(Ron) Definition of Inerrancy

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> >> TILL

> >> Hebrews 4:15 claimed that "we" have a high priest [Jesus] who has

> been in

> >> all points tempted as "we" have, yet without sin.  Now if Jesus was

> indeed

> >> tempted in all points as "we" have, then he surely experienced some

> moments

> >> when, for example, he saw a pretty woman and thought that sexual

> relations

> >> with her would be a pleasurable or exciting experience.  (Maybe he

> had a

> >> yearning for Mary Magdalene at times.) Fisher is simply claiming that

> the

> >> temptation cannot occur without a mental fixation on the act that the

> person

> >> is tempted to do.  If there is no fixation, then there can be no

> temptation.

> >> You, of course, say otherwise, so all that we want you to do is

> explain to

> >> us how that Jesus could have been tempted "in all points as we are"

> unless

> >> he had experienced mental fixations or images of involvement in the

> sins he

> >> was tempted to commit.

> >>

> RON

>   OK Till, let me give you an example. Some guy cuts me off in traffic

> (my BIGGEST source of temptation. If I was Bryce I'd be offing half the

> people on the road due to my overpowering instincts!). If I try to

> forget about it and let go of the anger I've been tempted only. If I

> start fantasizing how I could follow him to his house and the terrible

> things I could do to him I would be sinning. Giving in to the temptation

> is sinning, not the temptation itself. Do you get the difference now?

>

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