Did Jesus Have a 'Sin Nature' Even if He Never Sinned?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1294 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. Is the practice of "pleading the blood of Jesus" in prayer biblical?
2. How is salvation possible for those who never hear the Gospel?
3. How can we understand God's existence?
4. How important is it to end prayers with "in Jesus name"?
5. Did Jesus' human nature mean that he had the ability to sin?
6. Can we ask God to send his Spirit if he already indwells us?
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| 0:00.0 | Did Jesus have a sin nature, even if he never sinned? |
| 0:09.1 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:14.0 | Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, |
| 0:16.9 | and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. |
| 0:22.9 | We'd love to hear from you. Our phone lines are open right now. You can call us for the next 25 minutes or so. |
| 0:27.9 | Here's the number. It's 833 The Core. That's 1-833-843-243-2673. By the way, you can also watch us on YouTube. We have a YouTube channel, and you can send your question through YouTube, or email us at Questions at Core Christianity.com. First up today, here's a voicemail from one of our listeners named Lynn. |
| 0:50.3 | My question has to do with the practice of pleading the blood. Is this a biblical error, or is this something that is in the Bible? I appreciate your insight, and thank you, sir, for your daily program. |
| 1:09.0 | Lynn, thank you for your daily program. |
| 1:12.7 | Lynn, thank you for that question. |
| 1:18.1 | I actually do think that there is a way of looking at this that's very biblical. |
| 1:24.7 | I know that there are many churches that, you know, people, when they're praying, they talk about pleading the blood of Jesus. |
| 1:29.3 | Maybe they're pleading the blood of Jesus to get some answer to prayer specifically or something like that. |
| 1:29.7 | So I guess it depends on the practice. |
| 1:33.0 | If we're trying to plead the blood of Jesus in order to get something from God, you know, |
| 1:38.9 | something that we want, well, that might not be the proper approach. |
| 1:43.1 | But I do think we do, I mean, we come before |
| 1:47.5 | God of the Father through the shed blood of His Son, Jesus Christ. And the way in which I think that |
| 1:53.6 | actually there's a biblical way of looking at this is, is in particular as it relates to Holy Communion |
| 1:59.3 | when we take the Lord's Supper. The Apostle Paul said in |
| 2:02.1 | 1 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 26, as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim |
| 2:07.4 | the Lord's death until he comes. In one sense, when we gather together as the church to receive |
| 2:14.5 | the Lord's supper by faith, the body and blood of Jesus Christ. |
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