THE SINLESS SAVIOR
Much
notice is taken in Scriptures of the innocency, holiness and
righteousness of the Redeemer; that He was holy in His nature,
harmless in His life; that He knew no sin, nor ever committed any;
that He, the Just and Holy One, suffered for the unjust. A great
emphasis is put upon this, that the price with which men are redeemed
is the precious blood of Christ, "as of a Lamb without
blemish and without spot" (I
PETER
1:19). For if He had had any sin in Him, He could not have
been a redeemer from sin, nor His blood the price of redemption.
And
yet more than all this, it is necessary to make this price a full and
adequate one. It must not be the blood of a mere creature, but of One
that is God as well as man. And such is Christ. Therefore, Christ,
Who is God, is said to purchase the church with His own blood (ACTS
20:28). Being God
and man in one person, this gave His blood a sufficient virtue to
make such a purchase. And a peculiar emphasis is put upon the blood,
being the blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God, which cleanses from
all sin (I
JOHN
1:7).
–Gospel
report by preacher John Gill (1697 – 1771 A.D.)
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