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You truly make me chuckle. I would argue that one's IQ is below zero if they use babies as an example of someone saying no to sin / being sinless. When the statement ''Jesus was without sin'' is made, it is a given that He be an adult tempted by sin. Babies cannot be judged as they are babies. A tree cannot be judged as it is a tree. A dog cannot be judged as it is a dog. An adult human, an angel and God, can be judged as they have IQ and accountability.
You are dancing around this fact.
Then, you make a decent point ''God cannot be tempted''. Correct, God cannot sin. God does not sin. Jesus, did not sin....
That God became flesh and opened Himself up to temptation for our sake, is a separate fact and topic. We can discuss it after you grasp Jesus not sinning = deity.
Please see post 11 here Slaves to Sin?.
Being tall is a not a comparative example.
That only God cannot sin is simply a fact. A better example would be 1 + 1 = 2. 2 - 1 = 1.
You can continue to ignore that the argument is flawed and refuted from Scripture. But that doesn't mean I'm being elusive. I've shown repeatedly that the argument doesn't work. The argument that if one is sinless and has been tempted it makes one deity simply doesn't work. By adding your addition, one must have been tempted, it also eliminates Jesus from contention. Again, if Jesus is God and God cannot be tempted, Jesus could not be tempted, thus He doesn't meet you new qualification for deity, that one must be without sin, and "must have been tempted". By adding this second requirement to avoid the initial refutation that babies are without sin you've inadvertently set up a scenario where Jesus doesn't meet your requirements either (according to your understanding of God).You truly make me chuckle. I would argue that one's IQ is below zero if they use babies as an example of someone saying no to sin / being sinless. When the statement ''Jesus was without sin'' is made, it is a given that He be an adult tempted by sin. Babies cannot be judged as they are babies. A tree cannot be judged as it is a tree. A dog cannot be judged as it is a dog. An adult human, an angel and God, can be judged as they have IQ and accountability.
You are dancing around this fact.
Then, you make a decent point ''God cannot be tempted''. Correct, God cannot sin. God does not sin. Jesus, did not sin....
That God became flesh and opened Himself up to temptation for our sake, is a separate fact and topic. We can discuss it after you grasp Jesus not sinning = deity.
Please see post 11 here Slaves to Sin?.
Being tall is a not a comparative example.
That only God cannot sin is simply a fact. A better example would be 1 + 1 = 2. 2 - 1 = 1.
You see, your addition of the second requirement, one must have been tempted, is valid the way I beleive about God, but it is invalid the way you believe. You see, I believe that the Father is God. So, when the Scriptures say God cannot be tempted it is a reference to the Father. This doesn't include Jesus, thus He could be tempted. However, you believe that Jesus and the Father are both God, the God who cannot be tempted by sin. If Jesus is God and cannot be tempted by sin then He doesn't meet your requirements for deity. This is why I keep telling you your argument is flawed. And, as seen here your understanding of God doesn't work with the Scriptures either.