The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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lood." And these sinful drives are commonly<br />
considered to be irresistible. A succession of U. S.<br />
Surgeons General have assumed that it is<br />
impossible to expect teens not to indulge in this<br />
immorality, which is of course worldwide as well.<br />
It is appropriate to ask, Does the world have a<br />
Saviour "nigh at hand and not afar off?" Does He<br />
know how we are tempted? Can He save us from<br />
sin? William Johnsson declares that "Jesus wasn't<br />
exposed to some areas of temptation that we face"<br />
(Bible Amplifier, Hebrews, p. 105). Many<br />
Christian people, including Seventh-day<br />
Adventists, agree with one of my esteemed<br />
correspondents who wrote me recently saying,<br />
"Bob, you can never make me believe that Christ<br />
was ever tempted to break the seventh<br />
commandment."<br />
If this view is correct, according to Hebrews<br />
2:18 we have no Saviour from that sin. All He can<br />
do is continually pardon us while we continually<br />
fall. In this highly ensconced view, He is not "able<br />
to aid those [of us] who are tempted" so that we<br />
can be saved from sin now. He is reduced to being<br />
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