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William said:
I agree up to the point that he pushes the question one step further.
Sproul said “Could Jesus have wanted to sin? Theologians are divided on this point. I would say yes, I think he could have.”
I have to disagree and even have a hard time reading that statement. I have provided scripture to support the idea that it was an impossibility for God’s Christ to sin for He said “I do always the things that please Him” speaking of the Father.
Bill,

Think for just a moment here on this one passage which you provided above, "I do always the things that Please Him." Now ask yourself, Was the Lord Christ referring to the decree of God that compelled Him to always do that which was according to the will of God and which required no thought or act of His own will? OR Was He making a statement regarding His deliberate choice and will to do that which was right? If it was the former, as some here are suggesting, then there is no room for "obedience, wrestling against temptation, conscious fulfilling of the law, etc., etc..." Was the Lord Christ's earthly life one of an automaton? or a life that was that lived out as one Who had to make choices; whether to obey or transgress the law of God? I have and do continue to insist that as the Second Adam, who had no propensity to sin, was tempted to transgress yet by conscious decisions, refused (act of the will) to give in to temptation but rather chose to please the Father in all things, thus as a true representative and Federal Head of the elect, secured that righteousness which was to be imputed to them.

In His grace,

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simul iustus et peccator

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