The Sin-Bearing Christ
The
apostle Peter writes in his first epistle, chapter two and verse 23
that Christ “committed Himself to Him that judgeth
righteously.” As the Substitute and therefore Sin-bearer of
His people, He faced the judgment of God in their place and for their
sins. Isaiah tells us that the Lord had laid on Him their iniquities.
All responsibility for their sins was His and all the judgment for
them fell on Him. Then Peter says of Christ, “Who His own
self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead
to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were
healed.”
What
did Christ bear in His own body? Obviously, it was the judgment due
our sins. Since that judgment was death, this is why His “body”
was required. The perfect body prepared for Him was necessary in
order for Him to die as the sinless Sin-bearer the death required.
“The soul that sinneth shall surely die.” “The
wages of sin is death.” He who knew no sin died as the
“Just for the unjust.” He bears the penalty for
their sin in His body and when He dies for their sins, they die to
sin! Again, “by His stripes ye were healed.” Isaiah again in ch.
53:4-5: “Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised
for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and
with His stripes we are healed.”
And
again, Isaiah 53:8, "He was taken from prison and from
judgment: and who shall declare His generation? for He was cut off
out of the land of the living: for the transgression
of My people was He stricken.” Paul says that He was “made
a curse” for us. What does this mean? He answers, “Cursed
is every one that hangeth on a tree.” What happened to
Christ on the tree, the cross? He laid down His life for the sheep.
He died for our sins the death no other could die, the death as the
Sinless Savior FOR sin, all the sins of all His people for all time.
He bore them in His own body and believers don’t have to face or
fear God’s judgment for them!
“My sins not in part but the whole, were nailed to His cross and I bear them no more, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, O my soul”!
“My sins not in part but the whole, were nailed to His cross and I bear them no more, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, O my soul”!
-Gospel report by preacher Gary Shepard
Sovereign
Grace Baptist church of Jacksonville, North Carolina USA
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