but angels and humans could rebel against God and did. the temptation of Jesus would make sense only if he was, not God, but a separate individual who had his own free will.

someone who could have been disloyal had he chosen to be, such as humans and angels.

on the other hand, it is unimaginable that God could sin and be disloyal to himself.

''perfect is his activity... a God of faithfullness... righteous and upright is he.'' (deuteronomy 32:4)

so if Jesus had been God, he could not have been tempted look at wot James 1:13.

not being God, Jesus could have been disloyal (like adam who was also fully human)(Jesus is called the last adam) . but he remained faithful, saying: '' go away satan! for it is written, 'it is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service''' (matthew 4:10)

Unquiet1 why Jesus is called the last adam? Where did you get this info?

mate, i get all my info from the Bible, and if you look at 1st Corinthians close, Paul recognizes an interesting parallel, and a contrast, between Adam and Jesus.

Adam was created immortal a perfect human and sinless.
have a look at 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22 'For since death is through a man(Adam), resurrection of the dead is also through a man(Jesus). 22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.'

just like Adam, Jesus had no human father. but wot Paul was saying there just as through our 1st father(Adam) we all die.... through our eternal father(Jesus, see Isaiah 9:6) we can have life.

later Paul even calls Jesus the last Adam.

read 1 Corinthians 15:45. it says...

''It is even so written: 'The first man Adam became a living soul.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.''

those 2 scriptures also harmonize with Jesus being a perfect MAN. since Adam was a MAN and lost perfect life for us. it had to be a perfect MAN who would give up his life to redeem mankind. it wouldnt be a perfect balance if Jesus was God. the 1st Adam was a perfect human and so the last Adam had to be a perfect human as well.

unquiet GOD can be tempted but not in evil.Now jesus was tempted cos he has not been glorified(death & ressurection),ok?

concer'n tempt'n GOD,solmon temptd GOD by offer'n over 1000 burnt offerings wich moved GOD 2 ask him,ask what i'll giv u

the bible says: When tempted, no one should say, ''God is tempting me.'' For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;(James 1:13, NIV) ....
the point of James' thought is that God does not tempt us with evil (to sin) nor can He be tempted by evil and sin.
but wot was Satan doing in Matthew 4? was he not tempting Jesus with sin?
did you read from the start of this topic?

basboy,does God have a God to serve and worship? If so, then THAT God is THE God. Think, Jesus said in prayer that the ''Father'' is ''the only true God'',in John 17:3. After his resurrection,he tells Mary Magdalene to go and tell his brethren that he would ''ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to MY GOD, and your God.'' in John 20:17.

In Revelation,the resurrected Jesus speaks to John in vision where instructions are given to the 7 churches. In chapter 3:12, Jesus says ''my God'' 4 times,refering to his Father. KJV. God does not have a God. God is JEHOVAH - Psalm 83:18, Exodus 6:3.KJV. As for ''I am'' in John 8:58, Jesus is saying he existed before Abraham, not that he is God,the ''I AM'' in Exodus 3:14 rendered that way by the KJV. That is incorrect and trinitarian bias when translating both scriptures. Other translations render more correctly at John 8:58, ie. ''before Abraham was,I existed'' or ''I have been.''