Christ, Tempted…Without Sin

Christ, Tempted…Without Sin

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 4:15

Does Christ really know what I face every day? That is a worthwhile question, is it not? We see the triumphant life of Christ, how He prevails over all adversities; conquers all temptations, overcomes all obstacles, and we think, ‘of course He does, He is God.’ What we perhaps do not as carefully consider, is that Christ is also truly man, and that as man, He ‘was in all points tempted as we are.’ Yes, tempted Child of God, Christ has been where you are. ‘What? Christ was tempted to lust, to pride, to lack of compassion, to hatred, to evil-speaking, to backbiting, to self-righteousness and to hardness of heart?’ Yes, Child, Christ was tempted to all those things, and more. He was ‘in all points tempted as we are.’ The following words are critical; ‘yet without sin.’ Here we see Christ’s victory over those temptations. Of what practical value is that to us? Simply this: if Christ was victorious in the face of temptation, and we are united to Him, then He can give us victory over temptation as well. Where the Head goes, the Body follows. If sanctification means anything, it means that the Holy Spirit ‘renews as in the whole person after the image of Christ, and enables us to die, more and more, unto sin.’ This means that Christ, Who has been tempted ‘in all points…like as we are,’ is able to give us victory today over our temptations. All Glory, Laud and Honor to You, O, Upholding Christ.

Our Most Powerful Conquering Christ,
We glory in You, and in Your Victorious Life,
Enable us, today, to be victorious, by Your Almighty, Upholding Power.

Where the Bush is Burning
Tomm Tice