Here is yet another article. As we may all have already surmised, this is a very important and likely oft asked question among the church.
Did Jesus Have a Sin Nature?
[\\]The short answer to your question is: No, Jesus did not inherit the sin nature from Adam. Jesus came to succeed where Adam failed. Jesus is called the "last Adam" (
1 Corinthians 15:45
) and the "second man" (
1 Corinthians 15:47
). Jesus testified that He came "to seek and to save that which was lost" (
Luke 19:10
). What was lost in Adam was to be won in Jesus Christ. However, in order to do this, he only needed to start where Adam started, not where he ended.
Much of the purpose of the virgin birth was to allow Jesus to be fully human but without the Adamic nature. Joseph was "the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ" (
Matthew 1:16
). Joseph was not the father of Jesus. Jesus did not receive the sinful nature of Joseph. However, He was born in the natural body and in the full likeness of sinful flesh.
Romans 8:3
states, "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh." He was born in the flesh, but the inner sin nature was not His nature. He was only born in the "likeness" of sinful flesh. If He had had a sin nature, John could not have said of Him, "in him is no sin" (
1 John 3:5
) and Paul could not have spoken of Him as the one "who knew no sin" (
2 Corinthians 5:21). More reading:
http://www.learnthebible.org/did-jesus-have-a-sin-nature.html