There’s a lot of wisdom to be drawn from the Bible about this subject of the origin of temptation to sin. I’ve been meditating on the sinlessness of Jesus Christ. He was the sinless Lamb of God, holy and blameless, unstained by sin (Hebrews 7:26). I think it’s hard for us in our sin to understand how Christ, Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead he gave up his divine privileges, he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross (Phillipians 2:6-8). He became a human being the scripture does not say that he gave up being God, He is Emanuel God with us. In the Book of Matthew Chapter 4 we read, “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil”.(vs. 1) That’s where we understand the concept of the devil being called the tempter. But Jesus could not be tempted to sin. Because “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed”. (James 1:13-14) Jesus could not be enticed to sin because Jesus is God. So where does that leave us? “As it is written there is none righteous, no not one:” For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God”. (Romans 3:10,23) “Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty of our sins. for God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.” (Romans 3:24-25a) Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith”. (Romans 3:27) “For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.” (Galatians 5:6) We love Him because He first loved us.
There’s a lot of wisdom to be drawn from the Bible about this subject of the origin of temptation to sin. I’ve been meditating on the sinlessness of Jesus Christ. He was the sinless Lamb of God, holy and blameless, unstained by sin (Hebrews 7:26). I think it’s hard for us in our sin to understand how Christ, Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead he gave up his divine privileges, he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross (Phillipians 2:6-8). He became a human being the scripture does not say that he gave up being God, He is Emanuel God with us. In the Book of Matthew Chapter 4 we read, “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil”.(vs. 1) That’s where we understand the concept of the devil being called the tempter. But Jesus could not be tempted to sin. Because “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed”. (James 1:13-14) Jesus could not be enticed to sin because Jesus is God. So where does that leave us? “As it is written there is none righteous, no not one:” For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God”. (Romans 3:10,23) “Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty of our sins. for God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.” (Romans 3:24-25a) Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith”. (Romans 3:27) “For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.” (Galatians 5:6) We love Him because He first loved us.