I'll be looking at both views of at the answer to this question. Some reasons why God can/cannot sin. Consequences of God being able to/ not being able to sin.

One reason it is thought that it must be the case that God can sin is that God is all-powerful. If God is an all-powerful being then surely God must have the power to sin? I have the power to commit numerous sins. I am not all-powerful. God is all-powerful. Therefore a more powerful being than me. If I have the power to commit numerous amounts of sins, then surely so should God as he is more powerful than I am. For example. If I were to steal my neighbor's TV purely for my own entertainment wants. It is quite clear that this is an act of sin. If I am powerful enough to commit this act of stealing my neighbor's TV, then surely God is powerful enough to commit an act that results in a similar value of sin.

"Do not put the Lord your God to the test." (Mt 4:7;NRVS) or "Do not tempt at the Lord your God." These are quotes from the Bible, which Jesus used in his response to the Devil when he was tempted. It seems that if men and demons were warned by Jesus not to tempt God or not to put God to the test, then God must in fact have the ability to be tempted or put to the test. It would be a bit bogus for Jesus, the Son of God. Numerically identical only human form, to demand that we do not test/tempt God if God could not be tempted anyway. If it is a case that God cannot sin, or cannot even be tempted to sin, why would Jesus warn us not to test/tempt God. It seems that if God is unable to sin/ be tempted to sin then our Act's of trying to tempt God to sin cannot in themselves be a sin as the result of our attempts will have no bearing over whether God is tempted to sin or not. In this case it seems that God can be at least tempted to sin otherwise Jesus would not have warned us not to tempt God to sin.

One response to this type of argument. An argument that is based on the evidence that we are powerful enough to sin therefore God must be powerful enough to sin is that our ability to sin, or even our ability for us to be tempted to sin is not a power that we have. Our ability to be tempted to sin is a power that something else holds over us. Some would say that something is the Devil. For example if I were to steal my neighbor's TV set. This act of sin is not a power that I possess, rather a force (namely the Devil) has power over me to tempt me to steal my neighbor's TV set. Thus commit an act of sin.

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