What Does the Bible Say About God and Jesus"? - Could God Be Tempted?

AT MATTHEW 4:1,  Jesus is spoken of as being "tempted by the Devil." After showing Jesus "all the kingdoms of the world and their glory," Satan said: "All these things I will give to you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me." (Matthew 4:8, 9)  Satan was trying to case Jesus to be disloyal to God.

But what test of loyalty that would be if Jesus were God?  Could God rebel against himself? No. But angels  and humans could rebel against God and did.  The temptation of Jesus would make sense only if he was, not God but a separate individual who had his own free will, one who could have been disloyal had he chosen to be, such as an angel or a human.

On the other hand, it is unimaginable that God could sin and be disloyal to himself.  "Perfect is his activity . . . A God of faithfulness, . . . righteous and upright is he." (Deuteronomy  32:4) So if Jesus had been God, he could not have been tempted. - JAMES 1:13. 

Note: Don't forget, Jesus is perfect as well and cannot be disloyal, nor does he want to be.  And Satan could not give what he did not have at the time.

Not being God, Jesus could have been disloyal. (They are not thinking again)  But he remained faithful, saying:  "Go away, Satan! For it is written, 'It is Jehovah your God you must  worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service." - MATTHEW 4:10. 

Note:  When they wrote the fact that Jesus could have been disloyal, they were not being logical. Jesus cannot be disloyal, he is perfect and when you are perfect as God was perfect,  Jesus could not  be disloyal.  Imperfection of a person can make one disloyal if they want something bad enough to get it. 

Next time: What Does the Bible Say About God and Jesus? - How Much Was the Ransom?

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