Question:
Could Jesus have sinned? If not, what was the purpose of Him being tempted by Satan in the wilderness? (Luke 4:1-13).

Answer:
No, Jesus could not have sinned because the Scriptures say, “In Him is no sin” (1 John 3:5). He is “holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens” (Hebrews 7:26). He “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin [or sin apart]” (Hebrews 4:15).

The reason He was tempted by Satan was to prove that He could not sin. 1 John 3:5 reads: “And ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.”