growing in wisdom and stature and favour with God and man .?And finally, Christ?s peccability/impeccability will have an impact on the victory over temptation and sin that the Redeemer accomplished . For if it was impossible for Jesus to have ever sinned then it is indeed a hallow victory: there was no chance of his ever not winning the battle. Thus, the victory is a very mute point and raises the question if the victory has any real impact on mankind under these circumstances.Thus, we can see that the peccability or impeccability of Jesus is more than simply an academic debate. The outcome of such a debate could have far reaching implications on our view and knowledge of God, our doctrine of the humanity of Jesus, the doctrines of the virgin birth, the Incarnation and the hypostatic union, our theology of angelology, the question of biblical inerrancy and integrity and finally, our view of Jesus? victory over temptation and sin.I would now like to turn to the arguments for the peccability of Jesus, i.e., Jesus could have sinned if he had wanted to sin. As stated earlier, a positive result of this investigation does not imply that Jesus had to have sinned during his earthly life. Only that it was possible for Jesus to have sinned.Our first argument that Jesus was peccable centres on the question of the temptations of Jesus. Charles Hodge has been quoted as ?summarizing this teaching in these words: This sinlessness of our Lord, however, does not amount to absolute impeccability. It was not a non potent peccare. If He was a true man, He must have been capable of sinning. That he did not sin under the greatest provocation ... is held up to us as an example. Temptation implies the possibility of sin .? Sahl states this as ?if a person has no susceptibility to sin or if sin has no appeal for him, the temptation is a farce .? In short, this means that if Jesus was not capable of being tempted by sin and capable of sinning and then He was not...
