us? unity with God in his personal community with the Father and in his identity with the person of the Son of God means immediately his separation from all sin .? That is, ?the concept of peccability in the person of Christ is contradicted principally by the attributes of immutability .? Pannenberg notes that ?for Tertullian, Jesus is ... sinless ... because he is one with the sinless God .? In other words, both Pannenberg and Tertullian conclude that it is impossible for Christ to be peccable because to do so would fly in the face of God?s (including Jesus?) immutability.For Christ to be able to sin there would have to be a substantial change to the very nature of God. However, God himself has clearly revealed that ?Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever? (Hebrews 13:8) and ?you [Jesus] are the same, and your years will have no end? (Hebrews 1:12). Walvoord has extrapolated these verses to imply, ?it is unthinkable that God could sin [in] eternity past, it must also be true that it is impossible for God to sin in the person of Christ incarnate. The nature of His person forbids susceptibility to sin .? Towns states this as ?To rob God of any attributes would be to rob God of deity. It would mean that God is no longer immutable (unchanging), and therefore, causes Him to be less than God .? Therefore, based on the above, it is clear that Jesus could not have been able to sin.Second, it has also been argued that since Jesus was God, His omnipotence, even though he chose not to exercise this attribute through the kenosis, would guarantee His impeccability: ?peccability always implies weakness on the part of the one tempted. ... On the part of Christ, this is clearly out of the question .? Bechtle states this argument as ?falling to temptation shows moral weakness or lack of power and ability. Christ had infinite power, and was therefore not susceptible to sin .?Third, it is argued that because Christ was omniscient He could ...
