May 8, 2025 • 7 mins
Jesus is impervious to sin and yet sympathizes, He understands, with us in our temptation. How can He relate to us without having experienced just like us?
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Now there are some implications for this.
Let's just talk about some ofthese.
These are very interesting andthey're very important for the
hypostatic union, that doctrineof God and man in one person.
So, first of all, jesus is atrue human, born of Mary.
She actually contributed DNA toJesus, but not just DNA.
It was Davidic DNA, becauseshe's also of the house of David
(00:31):
, interestingly.
So what this means, then, isthat Mary was not an incubator.
What do I mean by that?
This is a doctrine that's beenI've seen it in publications by
ICR.
I've seen it in Roman Catholicpublications.
It's the idea that the HolySpirit provided everything and
Mary provided nothing.
(00:51):
Now, if that is the case, thenJesus is separated from the
human race that you and I are apart of.
He is not a part of the samehuman race.
He's a separate human race.
That's not going to work, forsimply one fact he has to be of
the Davidic lineage.
That's this human race.
(01:14):
So she did have to contributeDNA to Jesus.
She's not just an incubator inthe sense that the Holy Spirit
just created Jesus, this baby,and put this baby in her.
No, he somehow utilized hergenetic material so that the
baby is a true human, of theseed of David that stems all the
(01:36):
way back to the seed of thewoman in Genesis.
It has to be this way for himto have a link to this actual
human race.
If not, he's a separate humanrace and that would mean that
his death is for another humanrace and not this human race.
Okay, logically that's what itmeans.
So this is necessary so he candie for the human race, our
human race.
If Mary is an incubator, jesusis not connected to this human
(01:59):
race, only to Mary herself,perhaps, and he could not have
died for the human race,possibly just Mary.
This is just, logically, tryingto think about the implication.
But it's Mary's connection tothe human race, our human race,
that was passed on to Jesus inhis DNA, that connects him to us
and makes the situation forsalvation is set up for us.
Another implication Jesus isimpeccable.
(02:24):
I remember when my third gradeteacher wrote this on a spelling
test that I took.
I'm sure she was trying toteach me a new word in third
grade.
When I had to go look up,impeccable.
I was like what does that mean?
Well, this is a theologicalterm and let's discuss a little
bit about it.
Jesus has two natures One,divine, he's God.
(02:45):
Other, he's man, emmanuel.
It's all captured in Emmanuel,right, it's all there.
He's God and he's man, but he'sonly one person, he's not two
people.
That's hard to understand.
But did you have two people diefor you on the cross?
That's an easy way tounderstand it.
No, you didn't have two peopledie for you on the cross, you
just had one person die for yourcross.
Okay, so you can see that as atruth.
(03:08):
His divine nature was not ableto sin.
Now look at point three andlet's contrast these two points.
In verse number two his divinenature, not able to sin.
Number three his human naturewas able not to sin.
What's the difference?
What's the difference betweennot able to sin?
There's a word order, right.
(03:29):
In the first one, I've got notable.
In the second one, I've gotable, not, okay.
So, um, theologians have usedthis terminology to make a
different emphasis in the firstone, line two divine nature, not
able.
Emphasize, it's impossible.
(03:50):
I mean, he's god as god.
Is god going to sin?
No, it's not able.
It's not possible for god tosin, not able to sin.
Now, human nature.
We would say his human naturewas something like adams when
adam was first created right andhe was able not to sin right.
But placing able before notemphasizes the ability and the
(04:14):
possibility.
So these are both true in thisone person, in his divine nature
, though not able to sin, andthat's what we mean by
impeccable.
That word impeccable means notable, that's what we mean by
impeccable.
That word impeccable means notable, okay, but human nature,
(04:37):
able, not.
That word is described by thetheological term peccable,
impeccable, impeccable.
So in his divine nature he'simpeccable.
In his human nature he'speccable, but remember, he's
only one person.
So by the end of this pointfive, you see, as a person, as
one person, a total person, he'simpeccable.
This is actually kind of afantastic thing in the
temptations, because of coursehe's tempted to sin right.
(05:00):
We know that.
We can read it right out ofHebrews 4.15.
We just read it.
But in another sense it'sinteresting because as you watch
him get tempted, you also watchthat it was the Holy Spirit who
took him out there.
What was the Holy Spirit doing?
Taking him out there, where heknew this was all going to
(05:22):
transpire?
It was to show hisimperviousness to sin.
It was to show that as a person, because his human nature is,
let's just say connected to hisdivine nature.
He's not going to sin.
It'd be like in the military youhave a ship that's impervious
to all the enemy's weapons.
(05:42):
You take your ship out and thenyou ride into the midst of all
your enemies and they startfiring on your ship.
But your ship, why did you takethe ship out there?
To show your enemies that itwas impervious.
It could be shelled, but itcould never be sunk.
(06:05):
And that's what's going on inthe temptations is the Holy
Spirit literally takes him outinto the devil's playground and
says take your best shot, go forit.
After 40 days of no food, takeyour best shot, go for it.
The Holy Spirit was taking thefight to Satan.
(06:25):
It's not the other way.
It's not Satan taking the fightto Jesus.
It's the Holy Spirit taking thefight to him and saying go for
it, because he's impervious tosin as a person.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(06:59):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Now there are some implications for this.
Let's just talk about some ofthese.
These are very interesting andthey're very important for the
hypostatic union, that doctrineof God and man in one person.
So, first of all, jesus is atrue human, born of Mary.
She actually contributed DNA toJesus, but not just DNA.
It was Davidic DNA, becauseshe's also of the house of David
(00:31):
, interestingly.
So what this means, then, isthat Mary was not an incubator.
What do I mean by that?
This is a doctrine that's beenI've seen it in publications by
ICR.
I've seen it in Roman Catholicpublications.
It's the idea that the HolySpirit provided everything and
Mary provided nothing.
(00:51):
Now, if that is the case, thenJesus is separated from the
human race that you and I are apart of.
He is not a part of the samehuman race.
He's a separate human race.
That's not going to work, forsimply one fact he has to be of
the Davidic lineage.
That's this human race.
(01:14):
So she did have to contributeDNA to Jesus.
She's not just an incubator inthe sense that the Holy Spirit
just created Jesus, this baby,and put this baby in her.
No, he somehow utilized hergenetic material so that the
baby is a true human, of theseed of David that stems all the
(01:36):
way back to the seed of thewoman in Genesis.
It has to be this way for himto have a link to this actual
human race.
If not, he's a separate humanrace and that would mean that
his death is for another humanrace and not this human race.
Okay, logically that's what itmeans.
So this is necessary so he candie for the human race, our
human race.
If Mary is an incubator, jesusis not connected to this human
(01:59):
race, only to Mary herself,perhaps, and he could not have
died for the human race,possibly just Mary.
This is just, logically, tryingto think about the implication.
But it's Mary's connection tothe human race, our human race,
that was passed on to Jesus inhis DNA, that connects him to us
and makes the situation forsalvation is set up for us.
Another implication Jesus isimpeccable.
(02:24):
I remember when my third gradeteacher wrote this on a spelling
test that I took.
I'm sure she was trying toteach me a new word in third
grade.
When I had to go look up,impeccable.
I was like what does that mean?
Well, this is a theologicalterm and let's discuss a little
bit about it.
Jesus has two natures One,divine, he's God.
(02:45):
Other, he's man, emmanuel.
It's all captured in Emmanuel,right, it's all there.
He's God and he's man, but he'sonly one person, he's not two
people.
That's hard to understand.
But did you have two people diefor you on the cross?
That's an easy way tounderstand it.
No, you didn't have two peopledie for you on the cross, you
just had one person die for yourcross.
Okay, so you can see that as atruth.
(03:08):
His divine nature was not ableto sin.
Now look at point three andlet's contrast these two points.
In verse number two his divinenature, not able to sin.
Number three his human naturewas able not to sin.
What's the difference?
What's the difference betweennot able to sin?
There's a word order, right.
(03:29):
In the first one, I've got notable.
In the second one, I've gotable, not, okay.
So, um, theologians have usedthis terminology to make a
different emphasis in the firstone, line two divine nature, not
able.
Emphasize, it's impossible.
(03:50):
I mean, he's god as god.
Is god going to sin?
No, it's not able.
It's not possible for god tosin, not able to sin.
Now, human nature.
We would say his human naturewas something like adams when
adam was first created right andhe was able not to sin right.
But placing able before notemphasizes the ability and the
(04:14):
possibility.
So these are both true in thisone person, in his divine nature
, though not able to sin, andthat's what we mean by
impeccable.
That word impeccable means notable, that's what we mean by
impeccable.
That word impeccable means notable, okay, but human nature,
(04:37):
able, not.
That word is described by thetheological term peccable,
impeccable, impeccable.
So in his divine nature he'simpeccable.
In his human nature he'speccable, but remember, he's
only one person.
So by the end of this pointfive, you see, as a person, as
one person, a total person, he'simpeccable.
This is actually kind of afantastic thing in the
temptations, because of coursehe's tempted to sin right.
(05:00):
We know that.
We can read it right out ofHebrews 4.15.
We just read it.
But in another sense it'sinteresting because as you watch
him get tempted, you also watchthat it was the Holy Spirit who
took him out there.
What was the Holy Spirit doing?
Taking him out there, where heknew this was all going to
(05:22):
transpire?
It was to show hisimperviousness to sin.
It was to show that as a person, because his human nature is,
let's just say connected to hisdivine nature.
He's not going to sin.
It'd be like in the military youhave a ship that's impervious
to all the enemy's weapons.
(05:42):
You take your ship out and thenyou ride into the midst of all
your enemies and they startfiring on your ship.
But your ship, why did you takethe ship out there?
To show your enemies that itwas impervious.
It could be shelled, but itcould never be sunk.
(06:05):
And that's what's going on inthe temptations is the Holy
Spirit literally takes him outinto the devil's playground and
says take your best shot, go forit.
After 40 days of no food, takeyour best shot, go for it.
The Holy Spirit was taking thefight to Satan.
(06:25):
It's not the other way.
It's not Satan taking the fightto Jesus.
It's the Holy Spirit taking thefight to him and saying go for
it, because he's impervious tosin as a person.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(06:59):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
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