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misgivings in regard to the perfect sinlessness of the human nature of
Christ.—
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 5:1131
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Be careful, exceedingly careful as to how you dwell upon the
human nature of Christ. Do not set Him before the people as a man
with the propensities of sin. He is the second Adam. The first Adam
was created a pure, sinless being, without a taint of sin upon him;
he was in the image of God. He could fall, and he did fall through
transgressing. Because of sin his posterity was born with inherent
propensities of disobedience. But Jesus Christ was the only begotten
Son of God. He took upon Himself human nature, and was tempted
in all points as human nature is tempted. He could have sinned; He
could have fallen, but not for one moment was there in Him an evil
propensity. He was assailed with temptations in the wilderness, as
Adam was assailed with temptations in Eden.—
The S.D.A. Bible
Commentary 5:1128
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The Son of God humbled Himself and took man’s nature after the
race had wandered four thousand years from Eden, and from their
original state of purity and uprightness. Sin had been making its
terrible marks upon the race for ages; and physical, mental, and moral
degeneracy prevailed throughout the human family. When Adam was
assailed by the tempter in Eden he was without the taint of sin....
Christ, in the wilderness of temptation, stood in Adam’s place to bear
the test he failed to endure.—
The Review and Herald, July 28, 1874
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Avoid every question in relation to the humanity of Christ which is
liable to be misunderstood. Truth lies close to the track of presumption.
In treating upon the humanity of Christ, you need to guard strenuously
every assertion, lest your words be taken to mean more than they
imply, and thus you lose or dim the clear perceptions of His humanity
as combined with divinity. His birth was a miracle of God.... Never, in
any way, leave the slightest impression upon human minds that a taint
of, or inclination to, corruption rested upon Christ, or that He in any
way yielded to corruption. He was tempted in all points like as man is
tempted, yet He is called “that holy thing.” It is a mystery that is left
unexplained to mortals that Christ could be tempted in all points like
as we are, and yet be without sin. The incarnation of Christ has ever
been, and will ever remain, a mystery. That which is revealed, is for
us and for our children, but let every human being be warned from the