According to Biblical Unitarians, was Jesus sinless?
score:2
Accepted answer
Biblical unitarians (BU's) are a collection of people who combine a strong view about the Bible with a view that the Bible does not teach that God is more than 1 person, and therefore that Jesus is not God. Rather, the Father is God.
Although unitarianism impinges on various other theological beliefs in various ways, I don't think it effects this one directly. As with standard trinitarian belief, BU's would hold that Jesus is without sin. See 1 Peter 1:19 ("the precious blood of Jesus Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect"), 2 Corinthians 5:21 ("who knew no sin"), Hebrews 4:15 ("one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin"), 1 John 3:5 ("in Him there is no sin"), and so on.
As the BU article Jesus is the Son of God, not God the Son says
"He is the only begotten Son of God, who loved so much that he lived a sinless, obedient life and died on the cross for us[.]"
However, BU's would hold that Jesus could sin as He is a man, which would distinguish them from some trinitarians who hold that Jesus can't sin as He is God, as in the article Was Jesus sinless? where it states
"[A]s Jesus Christ is God, He has no capacity to sin."
More post
- 📝 How many prophecies from Hebrew Scriptures are fulfilled in Jesus Christ’s earthly life?
- 📝 On what basis did Mary Queen of Scots first reject the Scots Confession?
- 📝 Why is Good Friday not called Black Friday?
- 📝 Giving solace and comfort to our oppressed brothers and sisters
- 📝 Other than non-Trinitarian, what terms are there for Christians who don't believe in the trinity?
- 📝 Did Job hold the priesthood according to LDS teaching?
- 📝 According to Biblical Unitarians, is it theoretically possible for God to incarnate as a human and live a holy and humble life?
- 📝 Which does St. Thomas Aquinas teach is greater, to know God or to love Him?
- 📝 Why is Easter celebrated on a different day every year and Christmas is not?
- 📝 Did King Solomon have any personal Prophets during his reign over Israel?
- 📝 Does Christ explicitly say that this was his first time on Earth?
- 📝 According to Reformed theology, is teaching a false Trinitarian concept considered blasphemy?
- 📝 If a cathedral has to move in a diocese, is it normal to rename the parish?
- 📝 Where does the story of "the Cross on top of Adam's Skull" come from?
- 📝 How do Calvinists understand the argument that only the Ephesian church were elect in the context of Ephesians?
- 📝 Is prayer an integral part of worshiping, or is it possible to worship without a prayer?
- 📝 Do JWs believe the water canopy theory and do they think it will be restored?
- 📝 Is there any evidence for the claim that the Catholic church suppressed translation of Scripture?
- 📝 At what age should my daughters start wearing a head covering when they pray?
- 📝 What does "in the image of God" mean?
- 📝 Today shalt thou be with me in paradise
- 📝 Attending two different churches
- 📝 What biblical and historical support is there for the practice of child communion?
- 📝 Do Christian proponents of Intelligent Design hold it to be a scientific position, and if not, do they see this lack of scientific rigor as an issue?
- 📝 Can you proof trinity by Jesus's words alone?
- 📝 Why did the Lord create Goliath?
- 📝 What is the Reformed Protestant view of Theodicy?
- 📝 Books of NT written after the assumption of Mary
- 📝 How do Christians discern genuine spiritual experiences from hallucinations or other mundane psychological phenomena?
- 📝 Can a Catholic Parish Give A Building Away?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 According to Biblical Unitarians who was seen walking in the fire with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
- 📝 According to Biblical Unitarians, was Jesus sinless?
- 📝 According to those holding that Jesus was literally born of a virgin, why did Paul not mention it?
- 📝 According to the LDS church, why was Jesus Christ born when he was born?
- 📝 According to the Gospel of John, on which day of the week was Jesus crucified?
- 📝 According to the doctrine of Trinity, was Jesus always co-equal to the Father?
- 📝 If Jesus is not God according to Jehovah’s Witnesses, why was He accused of blasphemy?
- 📝 If Jesus was Sinless and had Free Will, how is the rest of creation not a mistake?
- 📝 If Jesus was sinless then why was he baptized?
- 📝 According to the Jehovah's Witnesses, why was Jesus likely not born in December because of Levite temple service schedule?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for Jesus Christ being a created being according to Jehovah’s Witnesses?
- 📝 On what basis was Jesus’ death sufficient for redemption according Non-Trinitarians who maintain that Jesus was not eternal God as God the Father is?
- 📝 Jesus said he was sent only for the lost sheep of Israel, so what is their destiny, according to Catholicism?
- 📝 What Biblical evidence is there that the Apostles feared for their lives after Jesus was crucified?
- 📝 According to Jehovah's Witnesses and Unitarians and all who deny that Jesus is the Almighty God, how can He be in you and live in you?
- 📝 How do Biblical Unitarians understand "the glory of the Father's own self" that Jesus claims he had before the world was?
- 📝 Do Biblical Unitarians worship Jesus or venerate him?
- 📝 According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was Jesus Christ ordained to the Priesthood?
- 📝 According to Catholicism, why was Jesus angry with the money-changers at the Temple?
- 📝 According to Biblical Unitarians, what does it mean for Jesus to be the Son of God?
- 📝 Do Biblical Unitarians believe Jesus rose and ascended in a "real" body?
- 📝 Jehovah's Witnesses teach Jesus was created and he's "a god" according to John 1:1 in their NWT. Yet the Bible teaches all men are sinners?
- 📝 According to Protestants, what is the biblical basis of Jesus being "one substance with the father"?
- 📝 According to Biblical Unitarians, who resurrected Jesus - the Father or the Son?
- 📝 In what way is Jesus different from other sons of God according to Biblical Unitarians?
- 📝 According to Catholicism and/ or Protestantism, how many times was Jesus of Nazareth, whether pre-incarnate or incarnate, begotten?
- 📝 Which biblical verses indicate that Jesus was a messenger?
- 📝 Do Biblical Unitarians consider worshiping Jesus and/or the Holy Spirit as God to be idolatry?
- 📝 According to Biblical Unitarians, Did Jesus know that he would succeed?
- 📝 Do Latter-day Saints consider Jehovah's Witnesses, Biblical Unitarians and any other groups that deny the divinity of Jesus to be 'true Christians'?