Conquering Physics and Conquering Theology

A few days ago, one of my professors showed me an example he was given 40 years ago. Obviously, this made a big impact on his life and after hearing what he said; I too was struck with wonder. I have been pondering what he said – and then I decided to tweak it and apply physics to it. I will try to convey the results in a simple manner. It begins with this simple graph:

And he shared with us the fact that Jesus can relate with us in our sin because he conquered each and every temptation. If you have conquered “Sin A” and have moved onto “Sin B,” then you personally are able to empathize with a person who is struggling with “Sin A.” Likewise, in your struggles with “Sin B,” you are not able to help someone with “Sin C” because you have not conquered that sin.

Essentially, you can empathize with the people who struggle with the things you have conquered, but you cannot empathize if you have failed to conquer the sin yourself. Jesus conquered all sins, thus he can empathize with all of us and help us in our struggle with sin. Succumbing to sin has nothing to do with it. It is non sequitur when people argue that Jesus cannot relate with us because he failed to sin.

Jesus conquered all sins to the infinite degree. When I ponder the fact that he conquered it to the infinite degree, it makes me think that you can only reach the limit when you reach infinity. Namely, let us observe the relationship between speed and energy. You may never reach the speed of light if you have mass, unless you were to apply an infinite amount of energy. When you start moving, a small amount of energy propels you a long way, however, as your speed increases; you need more and more energy to only slightly increase your speed. Namely, the speed and energy graph looks something like this:

If we apply this principle to sin, we can say that our ability to conquer sin is related to the Spirit indwelling us. I will call this the NIKA / Spirit graph:

Ultimate NIKA (victory over sin) can only be met when we are perfectly and infinitely filled with the Holy Spirit. When we are filled with the Spirit, sins “A” and “B” are easily conquered, but then the more difficult sins become evermore difficult to conquer and we need more and more of the Spirit inside of us. The Son of God became a man and was perfectly filled with the Spirit as a man and had Victory over all sins. And now we have access to the same Spirit because he was raised from the dead and he extends us his grace.

“But in all things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any created thing, will be able to seperate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8.37-39)

Are you struggling with a certain issue in your life? If so, do believe it would be beneficial to seek counsel from a friend or mentor who has had victory over this type of sin?

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