For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses,
but we have one who has been tempted in every way,
just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Hebrews 4:15 NIV
"Christ ...could not have been tempted in all
points like as man is tempted had their been no possibility of his failing.
He was a free agent, placed on probation, as was Adam and as is man. Unless there is a possibility of yielding, temptation is no temptation. Temptation comes and is resisted when man is powerfully influenced to do a wrong action, and knowing that he can do it, resists by faith, with a firm hold upon divine power. This was the ordeal through which Christ passed."
Manuscript Releases Vol.6,p.1 E.G.W.