The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

Scripture. An "inclination" to sin resisted and
"condemned in the flesh" is not sin. We must not
permit Roman Catholic error to lessen the full
impact of the gospel. It was "in the flesh" that
Christ "condemned sin," and the condemning of it
was complete and total. He would have needed a
Saviour only if He had failed to condemn sin in the
flesh. Ellen White also says specifically that Christ
was "mortal" (DA 484; 5BC 1127). Had He not
been resurrected, He would have "seen corruption"
(Psalm 16:10; Acts 13:35).
11. Why did Ellen White say that Christ "was a
mighty petitioner, not possessing the passions of
our human, fallen natures, but compassed with
like infirmities, tempted in all points like as we
are" (cf. 2T 509)?
"Passions" are identical to the "evil propensities
to sin" that Christ did not have "for one moment."
A "passion" in this context is a compulsive
surrender to evil. However, her use of a pivotal
"but" indicates how she wished to preserve the
truth that Christ was tempted on the point of
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