The human side of Jesus
The human side of Jesus is fallible, i.e. capable of making
a mistake and capable of sinning, however, He made no mistakes and He never sinned.
Jesus, like Adam, was a perfect man. The difference is, Jesus chose never to
eat the apple. Jesus was filled by the Holy Spirit of God whom He consulted
with and who always guided Him in making the right decisions.
Jesus always chose the Will of God the Father. "Not
mine but Thy Will be done" ... "I must be about my Father's
business" ... "I do nothing of myself but that which the Father has
taught me." God the Father said, "This is my beloved Son in
whom I am well pleased, listen to him". (Matthew 17:5)
If the Bible is true and Jesus only did what the Father told
Him to do, then He could never make a mistake because God doesn't make
mistakes.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord,
but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the
Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he
himself is doing. (John 5:19)
What is
sin? Sin is choosing something that does not align with God's
will. Adam did not make the right choice and we do not make the right choices but
Jesus always made the right choice. In Hebrew terms, Sin is 'missing the mark.'
Jesus had the option to choose incorrectly like Adam did and
He could have made a mistake but Jesus chose to never sin. Jesus was truly
human and was tempted to make the wrong choice but He was humble and obedient
and was always led by the Holy Spirit to choose only to do God's will. "For
we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One
who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin."
(Hebrews 4:15)
Christ wants us to be like Him. Once we receive the Spirit
of Christ, we become Christ-like and we sin less and less as we allow ourselves
to be led by the Holy Spirit and choose God's will in all that we do.
God "rescued us from the domain of darkness
and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son." (Colossians
1:13)
"i will put my spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim justice to
the Gentiles." (Matthew 12:18) Note: this verse is related to the encounter with a Gentile
woman in Tyre whose daughter was possessed. Jesus, who was Jewish, was not
respected in Tyre but was tolerated because He could heal. In a controversial
manner, Christ explained that the Messiah was sent to earth to bring salvation
not only to the "chosen people" but also to all Gentiles.