Thirty Days of Jesus: Day 26, Jesus’ sinlessness

    By Elizabeth Prata

    This section of verses that show Jesus’ life are focused on His attributes & earthly ministry. We’ve seen Him as servant, teacher, shepherd, intercessor, and healer. We looked at His attributes of omniscience, His authority, and now His sinlessness.

    He came from glory where righteousness reigns. He descended to an earth that’s cursed where every single human is depraved, thoroughly drenched with a sin nature. He lived among us, sinlessly and perfectly fulfilling the Father’s commands for righteous living. He did this at every moment in every way. Not one blot, not one thought, not one act of anything less than perfection.

    For this, He was reviled, mocked, hated, and killed.

    He did it for us.

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    Further Reading:

    Based on the above passages, we can safely determine what 2 Corinthians 5:21 does not mean. It cannot mean that Jesus became unrighteous, or that He became a sinner, or that He took on a sin nature, or that He literally embodied sin. … So, then what does it mean? This brings us to our third point. … 3. The best way to understand Paul’s statement (that Jesus became sin on our behalf) is in terms of imputation. Our sin was imputed to Christ, such that He became a substitutionary sacrifice or sin offering for all who would believe in Him.

    GotQuestions: Why does Christ’s righteousness need to be imputed to us?

    On the cross, Jesus took our sin upon Himself and purchased our salvation. We have “been justified by his blood” (Romans 5:9), and part of that justification is an imputation of His own righteousness. Paul puts it this way: “For our sake [God] made [Jesus] to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus is righteous by virtue of His very nature—He is the Son of God. By God’s grace, “through faith in Jesus Christ,” that righteousness is given “to all who believe” (Romans 3:22). That’s imputation: the giving of Christ’s righteousness to sinners.

    Ligonier: Jesus’ Sinless Life
    Jesus lived a representative life. Jesus lived a sinless life, and it was, therefore, a life of representative sinlessness. Our Lord’s obedience stands in the place of His people’s sin. His law-keeping is counted as the law-keeping of those who have faith in Him.

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    Thirty Days of Jesus Series-

    Introduction/Background

    Prophecies:

    Day 1: The Virgin shall conceive
    Day 2: A shoot from Jesse
    Day 3: God sent His Son in the fullness of time
    Day 4:  Marry her, she will bear a Son

    Birth & Early Life-

    Day 5: The Babe has arrived!
    Day 6: The Glory of Jesus
    Day 7: Magi seek the Child
    Day 8: The Magi Offer gifts & worship
    Day 9: The Child Grew
    Day 10- the Boy Jesus at the Temple
    Day 11: He was Obedient

    The Second Person of the Trinity-

    Day 12: The Son!
    Day 13: God is pleased with His Son
    Day 14: Propitiation
    Day 15: The Gift of Eternal Life
    Day 16:  Kingdom of Darkness to Light
    Day 17: Jesus’ Preeminence
    Day 18: The Highest King
    Day 19: He emptied Himself


    Day 20: Jesus as The Teacher
    Day 21: The Good Shepherd
    Day 22: The Intercessor
    Day 23: The Compassionate Healer

    Attributes

    Day 24: Jesus’ Omniscience
    Day 25: Jesus’ Authority

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