(March 7, 2019 at 6:48 pm)fredd bear Wrote: OT a paradox; Jesus was said to be both god and man.Being fully man by definition doesn't mean imperfect and by nature sinful. Adam and Eve were fully mankind and up to a point were sinless. They also introduced sin into the race. Two prevailing schools of thought do an end run around your paradox. Jesus existed prior to the creation of Adam and Jesus was not born the same way regular mankind was and thus not tainted with original sin. A simpler answer would be that Jesus did have a nature that was sinful but over came that nature. Our capabilities only affect our abilities (typically limiting them) they do not necessitate actions and sin is an action.
If he was fully man, by definition, he would be imperfect and commit sin. But, if he was god, by definition he was perfect, and incapable of sin. seems to me, can't have it both ways
A little mental gymnastics could even get to the point where because Jesus was 100% God, and sin is going against God, and by definition, you can't go against who you are, he was incapable of sinning. So that while he had the same capabilities as mankind and the same potential limitations, because of His nature was was incapable of going against His own nature and sinning.
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