Jesus: My beloved disciples, I see that you wonder about whether I could have sinned. Let us explore this together, for it touches the heart of who I am and the mission for which I came.
Peter: Lord, I remember the day You asked us, “Whom say ye that I am?” And I said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God!” I know You are divine, and sin doesn’t belong to You. But still, as You walked among us as a man, faced with temptation like the rest of us… could You have sinned?
John: Brother Peter, I know what you’re saying, but I think of how Jesus said, “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30). How could the Son of God, who is one with the Father, fall into sin? God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. Jesus, being God, is pure light—sin couldn’t dwell in Him.
Andrew: But, John, we all saw Jesus tempted in the wilderness. Satan himself came to Him, offering Him the world if He would bow down and worship him (Matthew 4:8-9). If He could not have sinned, why would Satan even try?
James (son of Zebedee): That’s a good point, Andrew. Temptation is real. We all feel it in our bones. If Jesus was truly tempted, He must have had the option to sin, or what’s the point of the trial?
Philip: Yet, brothers, doesn’t that make Him like us then? I understand why He needed to feel temptation—it shows us that He understands our struggles. But I agree with John. If He had sinned, how could He be our perfect Savior? He would be blemished, and His sacrifice on the cross would have been worthless (Hebrews 4:15).
Thomas: I have my doubts here. The temptations were real, yes, but perhaps they were not like our temptations. His nature—being both God and man—wasn’t ours. I’m still trying to grasp this. Could He have sinned if He is God?
Matthew: Thomas, you speak wisely. We know that Jesus is fully God and fully man. His human nature was capable of being tempted, yet His divine nature was perfectly sinless. It’s a mystery beyond our minds, but perhaps it’s not about whether He could sin, but the fact that He did not. That’s what shows His perfection.
Bartholomew: Yes, He chose not to sin, even when faced with the same weaknesses we have. Jesus, You faced hunger, loneliness, pain, and betrayal. The choice to obey the Father was Yours each time, but You remained faithful (Hebrews 5:8).
James (son of Alphaeus): Exactly. He endured all things, yet without sin. His strength wasn’t in being unable to sin—it was in choosing not to. That’s the example He leaves for us.
Simon the Zealot: That’s true. If He could not have sinned, it would be like a battle that was already won before it began. But He fought every temptation, standing firm. In that way, we see His true power. He resisted the enemy’s strongest attacks.
Thaddaeus: But, Simon, doesn’t that mean that He had the ability to sin? To me, that’s what’s so beautiful—He had the power to defeat sin, not by avoiding it but by triumphing over it. Otherwise, would His victory over death even mean as much?
Judas Iscariot: I wonder… If Jesus truly could have sinned, what would have happened? Would His mission have failed? Or did God ordain it so that no matter what temptations came, He could not fall?
Jesus: My dear Judas, the purpose of My coming was never at risk. I came to fulfill My Father’s will, and that purpose would never fail (John 6:38-39). But you all speak truth in parts. In My humanity, I was tempted, as you have seen. But temptation alone is not sin. It is the yielding to temptation that leads to sin, and I did not yield. The Son of Man came to conquer sin, not succumb to it.
It is not a question of whether I could have sinned, but of what I came to accomplish. I came to reveal the love of God and to redeem the lost. My sinlessness is your hope, for it is by My perfect obedience that you are saved (2 Corinthians 5:21). As the Scriptures say, “He that is born of God doth not commit sin” (1 John 3:9). I came as the spotless Lamb, and I remained as such because My life was fully aligned with the will of the Father.
Peter: So You could have sinned, but You chose not to. It was Your love for the Father—and for us—that kept You pure.
Jesus: Yes, Peter. It was My love that kept Me, and it is love that will keep you. Temptation may come, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world (John 16:33). Now go, My friends, and walk in the strength of this truth.
