relationship

i've been thinking about how jesus is able to relate to us. it seems to me that there is a lot to be said about his living days that tell that he went through the things that we have been through. the wandering in the desert for 40 days is an excellent reminder of that he was

"tempted in every way, but was without sin"

However, I imagine that would leave people wondering. Jesus never needed to repent, or ask forgiveness from God, because he never sinned. Does that mean that he is unable to relate with sinners?

I think he definitely does relate with sinners.

Take the cross. There, the sinless one knew what it was like to feel shame, to feel guilty, even to feel sinful, before the father. In carrying all the sins of the world on our behalf, he knows the bitter aftertaste it leaves. He knows the situations that have come about to make all this stuff be pinned onto him. He knows what it is like to be seperated and abandoned by the Father;

"my god, my god, why have you forsaken me?"

He can relate then to the sinner. if anyone has a hang up as to why christians have to bang on about it being a relationship, and why do they have to use such cheese laced terminology, well - the language used came at great personal cost to jesus, willingly, to be able to say that He Relates.