God shows us that Jesus Christ is better able to be our High Priest because he suffered like we do: «For we do not have a high priest who is not able to empathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are,
yet without sin» (Heb.
Jesus was tempted three times by Satan before He began His ministry, and we are later told the He is «one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,
yet without sin.»
Jesus experienced these things, «
yet without sin.»
He accomplished this will of God at a level equal to sinful humanity,
yet without sin, at a level lower than the angelic beings.
He was fully human and fully God,
yet without any sin his entire life which is the reason he could be OUR sacrificial lamb.
... Christ is presented as a muscular, strong, manly person who sweated, bled, had doubts and was, as the Bible says, «tempted in every way
yet without sin.»»
It is Christ Jesus himself, the God - man who both perfected human nature and perfectly exemplified its perfection, «one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,
yet without sin.»
We can compare this with the Letter to the Hebrews «We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way,
yet without sin» (Heb 4:15).
How could he be tempted
yet without sin?
Hebrews 4:15 says that Jesus was tempted in all ways, just as we are,
yet without sin.
«For we do not have a High Priest who can not sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are,
yet without sin.»
Hebrews tells us this: «For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are,
yet without sin.
but God's Word says He was tempted in every way,
yet without sin.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,
yet without sin.
«For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,
yet without sinning.
Not exact matches
At this point in his year - long quest to obey the Bible literally, Jacobs has
yet to deal with the New Testament, and it's too bad because I think it would take some pressure off if he could read Jesus» words that «he who is
without sin can cast the first stone.»
15 For we do not have a high priest who can not sympathize with our weakness, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are,
yet is
without sin.
Sadly jesus was bipolar since on one hand he would tell the people the one
without sin should pick up the first stone,
yet told people to punish their children.
Jesus continually loves and yes, likes us, even on an individual basis,
without regard to any
sin we have committed and
without regard to any
sin we might
yet commit.
So when Jesus told the paralyzed man that his
sins were forgiven (Luke 5), are we to understand that Jesus words were
without any force because there was no sacrifice to cover and no crucifixion
yet to take them away.
In this way, Jesus was born
without the innate «
sin of rebellion» against God,
yet Jesus could be tempted to remove Himself from God's sonship via deception from Satan, or via His own choice.
(Kierkegaard would probably have replied that
sin is a confusing and mysterious experience) Niebuhr said that, when the psychological facts are investigated in their full complexity, it becomes clear that man
sins inevitably;
yet without escaping responsibility.
Sin is so deceitful that it can make us think we know God
yet we have denied Him
without even knowing it.
You could tell someone to believe in Jesus for everlasting life
without ever mentioning
sin, spiritual death, a substitutionary atonement since these are just fluff or evidences
yet they might be a stumbling block so if you just harp on eternal life isn't that neglecting the death and resurrection.
d. Pray = Hebrew 4: 15 -16 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathisze with your weakness, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are,
yet was
without sin.
Yet in it all, He was
without sin.
[2] This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as insignificant as a slight deficiency, or a tendency toward
sin yet without collective guilt, referred to as a «
sin nature», to something as drastic as total depravity or automatic guilt of all humans through collective guilt.