Temptation of Christ

How do you think the temptation of Christ played out? Was it a vision? [Matthew 4:1-11, Ezekiel 8:7-18].

Do you believe that Jesus did not have the same sin nature a humans? [Hebrews 4:15, 1 James 1:14-16].

In light of scripture warning us not to lust, isn't it normal to be attracted to women? [Matthew 5:28, Exodus 20:17, James 1:15].

Was Jesus tempted with every possible sin or every category of sin? [Hebrews 4:15, 1 John 2:15-19, Genesis 3:6].

Could Jesus have sinned? [1 John 3:5, Matthew 24:36, James 1:13-16, Hebrews 4:15-16].

Would you talk about why God would allow testing and temptation when He knew Job and Jesus would not fail? How does The Trinity tempting each other fit in here? [James 1:13, Hebrews 4:15, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 Timothy 3:16, John 1:51, John 14:6].

How can we say Jesus was God? What would have been the consequence if Jesus had fallen?

How could Jesus have been able to sin and still be a worthy sacrifice? [Hebrew 4:14-15, James 1:13, Isaiah 40:30].

Caller challenges Steve's definitions of "test" and "tempt?" [1 Thessalonians 3:5, 1 Timothy 3:10, Genesis 22:1].

Was Jesus tempted by sex? [Hebrews 4:15, Matthew 5:28, James 1:14-16].

How does one evaluate the veracity of the "impeccability of Christ"? [Hebrews 4:15].

Is there some special significance of the repetitive 40 days that come up in scripture, as with Moses in the wilderness, his fasting, and Jesus'temptation? [Romans 5:12, 1 Corinthians 10:6, 1 Corinthians 10:11, 1 Peter 3:19-20].

Could Jesus have sinned? If He could not have, then the temptation doesn't mean as much. [1 Timothy 2:5, James 1:13, John 11:14-18, Hebrews 2:5-18, Philippians 2:7, Hebrews 4:15].

It wouldn't make sense that Jesus was taken up on a high mountain to see the cities of the whole world because that couldn't happen if the earth was a globe. [Matthew 4:8}.

Could you speak to the chronological confusion in the Gospel of John relative to the baptism of Jesus and the Temptation in the wilderness in contrast to the other gospels? [John 1:19-51, Acts 2].

Where did the Devil get the wherewithal to tempt Jesus the way he did?

Did Jesus have a sinful nature? Since it says He was tempted in ALL points as we are, was He tempted to be gay? Could He have been lustfully attracted to Mary Magadelene? [Hebrews 4:15]

How did Satan even have the power or ability to give Jesus all the Kingdoms during His temptation? How did he get them?

Could you share any scripture that indicates that the devil can speak into people's minds? [Matthew 16:23].

When was Jesus ever tempted by sexual sin? Was he tempted by the Samaritan woman? [Hebrews 4:15, James 1:14].

If I think that Jesus could have sinned, but did not, does that make me a heretic? [Romans 8:3].

Do you think that Jesus ever struggled with mental or emotional things, like depression?

Isn't it particularly touching that God would become vulnerable as a man and suffer temptation?

Do you think that since Jesus did not sin, there is a difference in His temptation to sin is different than our temptation to continue to sin? [John 8:34, Romans 6:15-23].

Do you think that our sin nature is different than the sin that Jesus was tempted by? [I John 2:15-17, Genesis 3:6].

Is it not true that Jesus was not tempted in every way as I am, as He was not continually tempted to sin, as I am. [Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 12:4].

Someone told me that Jesus couldn't sin because of His impeccability, but if He couldn't sin, how could the temptation have been genuine? [Hebrew 4:15, Matthew 4:1-11]

When Jesus resisted temptation, who was doing the resisting, God or Jesus?

Can you help me assess what was involved in the temptation of Christ?

When James says we are tempted by our own desires, then how does that apply to Jesus' temptation? [James 1:13-14, Matthew 4:1-11, Hebrews 4:15].

Regarding the temptations in the wilderness, are there four, rather than three, because of the difference in the two gospels? [Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 1:12-13]

Could Jesus have sinned if He had chosen to? [Hebrews 4:15, Matthew 26:53].

Did God cause Jesus to be tempted? James says that God does tempt us, but then in the Lord's Prayer it we are supposed to say, "lead us NOT into temptation", praying to God saying that. How do you reconcile these verses? [James 1:13, Matthew 6:13]

How was the devil able to Jesus all the Kingdoms of the world in a "moment of time" during the temptation? [Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13]

How come there's no mention of the temptation of Jesus in the gospel of John?

Why does it say that God can't be tempted, but Jesus was tempted, can you clear up this conflict?

God says He tempts no man, but the Jesus had to go through the temptation, so how do these reconcile w/ each other? [James 1:13]

Did Jesus actually see the devil when he was tempted in the wilderness?

Jesus wasn't ever tempted with sex, was He?

What was the divine aspect of Jesus while on earth? temptation vs sin; the temptation of Christ?

What does it mean to face temptation? Jesus faced it, but how did He overcome it?

Caller thinks Jesus wasn't really tempted like we would be....but just tempted.

Why was Jesus able to resist temptation?

Was there an actual reason for the temptation of Jesus?

During the temptation of Jesus, didn't Jesus already have the kingdoms of the world that the devil was offering anyway? [Matthew 4:1-11]

Was Jesus really tempted? Can we be tempted w/out sinning?

What do you think about someone who said that Jesus had to have sinned or He would not have been human? [2 Corinthians 5:21].

What would you say is the ultimate temptation?

Why does Satan get upset, and goes after us, when we are baptized? Why would Jesus be tempted by the devil, right after He was baptized? Is it not really important to be baptized?

Caller says that Steve almost sounds like an SDA, saying that Jesus could've sinned.