THE SINLESS SACRIFICE



When the Lord Jesus Christ hung upon the cross, He was there as the Representative and Substitute of His people. It is written that He knew no sin (II Corinthians 5:21), was without sin (Hebrews 4:15), did no sin (I Peter 2:22), and in Him was no sin (I John 3:5). He was the divine, perfect sacrifice for sin. This was His qualification. When He died, He had not been made unjust, but remained "the Just One" (Acts 7:52). "The Just died for the unjust to bring us to God" (I Peter 3:18). It is true that all of the iniquities of His people were imputed to Him, yet all the while He remained, in Himself, the spotless, holy Lamb of God. He was undefiled (Hebrews 7:26) and could not be defiled. He was, is and always shall be the impeccable Christ.

In all aspects of His life and in every conceivable sense, the Lord Jesus was the embodiment of purity and the Spirit of inspiration led the writers of Scripture to keep this vital truth of the sinlessness of the Savior ever before us. The whole work of redemption is dependent upon the perfection of the Sacrifice. Many believe that the Lord Jesus Christ actually became sinful, and therefore, wicked on the cross (the belief of the Charismatics, Catholics and others). To say that the Son of God literally became wicked is to state an impossibility for it is written, "the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD" (Proverbs 15:8).

We know the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus was not a detestable, abhorrent thing to the Lord. His work as our Redeemer was satisfying to God and accepted as full payment for the indebtedness of the sins of His people. Only the guiltless Son of God could make infinite satisfaction to divine justice for sin. He was the Father’s "righteous Servant" (Isaiah 53:11) Who died that God might be "a just God and a Savior" (Isaiah 45:21). By one offering for sin He compensated the demands of a broken law. Since "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23), Christ our righteous Representative "died for our sins according to the Scriptures" (I Corinthians 15:3). The sins for which He died were "our sins" and not His own, except by imputation.


-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd

Thirteenth Street Baptist church of Ashland, Kentucky USA
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