Life Of Christ
This was a really great class. Anyone who is serious about understanding who Christ was, why He came, and what that means to them; should take a class like this. This class took the four Gospels and reassembled them into chronological order, and provided a parallel account. This task was accomplished by having the student’s purchase a book entitled “A Harmony of the Gospels,” by Robert L. Thomas and Stanley N. Gundry. I cannot begin to express how great a book this was. The harmony shed a whole new light on Bible for me, and formerly hard topic began to make perfect sense. In addition, this class provided us with PowerPoint presentation accompaniments, lecture videos, and websites to pursue.
The below assignment, is a discussion board that addresses the impeccability of Christ. Farlax defines Impeccability as: 1. Having no flaws; perfect. 2. Incapable of sin or wrongdoing. Therefore, the topic at hand is a question that theologians have debated for centuries; was Christ capable of sin? I only had one other student with me in this class, and this other student was behind on his assignments, and was unable to reply to my post. Therefore, this discussion thread is very short. However, GBS is teaching me to say more in fewer words. I like this question and my following response because my answer was straight, short, and on the money. I have also included my teachers feedback.
The below assignment, is a discussion board that addresses the impeccability of Christ. Farlax defines Impeccability as: 1. Having no flaws; perfect. 2. Incapable of sin or wrongdoing. Therefore, the topic at hand is a question that theologians have debated for centuries; was Christ capable of sin? I only had one other student with me in this class, and this other student was behind on his assignments, and was unable to reply to my post. Therefore, this discussion thread is very short. However, GBS is teaching me to say more in fewer words. I like this question and my following response because my answer was straight, short, and on the money. I have also included my teachers feedback.
W3 Discussion
Share your thoughts on the impeccability/peccability debate. Do you think that it was possible for Christ to have sinned? Take in consideration the fully deity of Christ, the full humanity of Christ, and the inseparable nature of the divine human union. Explain your answer well.
After you have posted (by Thursday), reply to someone else.
Chuck Chapman 10/4/2012 11:38 PM
Yes it was possible for Christ to have sinned. The bible says:
"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." (Heb 4:15 NKJV). The Bible clearly states that Jesus was tempted. Therefore, if He was tempted then He was perfectly capable of sinning (otherwise, why would Satan have bothered tempting Him?). Jesus' temptation was made against His humanity side, and not against His divinity. In our lecture videos from class, Dr. Phillip Brown asked the question: "What would be the point of mentioning His temptation, ‘but yet was without sin,’ if He did that in His Divine nature?" Dr. Brown also affirmed his belief that Jesus could have sinned by pointing to Matt 26:53 "Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?" This verse clearly demonstrates that Jesus had the ability to do something that was contrary to the will of the Father. Anything that is contrary to the will of the Father is sin. So this verse proves that Jesus had the ability to sin, however; He did not as the Scripture from Hebrews shows us.
Feedback from teacher: Saturday, October 06, 2012
Excellent discussion, Chuck! I'm sorry that you didn't get a response from your classmate, but what you've written is good.
Stephen
Share your thoughts on the impeccability/peccability debate. Do you think that it was possible for Christ to have sinned? Take in consideration the fully deity of Christ, the full humanity of Christ, and the inseparable nature of the divine human union. Explain your answer well.
After you have posted (by Thursday), reply to someone else.
Chuck Chapman 10/4/2012 11:38 PM
Yes it was possible for Christ to have sinned. The bible says:
"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." (Heb 4:15 NKJV). The Bible clearly states that Jesus was tempted. Therefore, if He was tempted then He was perfectly capable of sinning (otherwise, why would Satan have bothered tempting Him?). Jesus' temptation was made against His humanity side, and not against His divinity. In our lecture videos from class, Dr. Phillip Brown asked the question: "What would be the point of mentioning His temptation, ‘but yet was without sin,’ if He did that in His Divine nature?" Dr. Brown also affirmed his belief that Jesus could have sinned by pointing to Matt 26:53 "Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?" This verse clearly demonstrates that Jesus had the ability to do something that was contrary to the will of the Father. Anything that is contrary to the will of the Father is sin. So this verse proves that Jesus had the ability to sin, however; He did not as the Scripture from Hebrews shows us.
Feedback from teacher: Saturday, October 06, 2012
Excellent discussion, Chuck! I'm sorry that you didn't get a response from your classmate, but what you've written is good.
Stephen