| Fundamental truths Christ's purity | by A. Wood | |
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Last month we looked at Christ's humanity, this month we'll look at His purity (sinlessness).
Isaiah's prophecy.As with last week we start with a look back at Isaiah's prophecy. Where in chapter 53 and verse 9 we find the phrase "He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth" This being the first pointer to Christ's sinlessness.
Gospel recordsIn John 8v46 the Lord asks "Which of you convinceth me of sin". None found gathered could point ot any sin Christ had committed. In Matthew 27v3-4, Judas, one who had been with the Lord for over 3 years, closely following his every move, could say that he had "betrayed the innocent blood" If Christ had ever sinned, then surely Judas one of the closest people to Him would have known.Furthermore, in Luke 23 we have three people who testify to Christ's sinlessness. In v13-14 we have Pilot saying he "have found no fault in this man", in v43 we have the thief on the cross saying "but this man hath done nothing amiss" whilst in v47 the centurion glorifys God saying "Certainly this was a righteous man." Ecclesiastes chapter 4v12 reminds us that "a threefold cord is not quickly broken".
In the epistles:Talking of threefold cords we have another one in the epistles. For 2 Corinthians 5v21 tells us that He "knew no sin", 1 Peter 2v22 tells us that He "did no sin" and 1 John 3v5 tells us that "in Him is no sin." These tells us not only that He didn't sin in action but He didn't even know sin and there was no sinful nature within Him.Hebrews 4v15, tells us that Christ was "tempted like as we are, yet without sin". The word tempted is better translated tested. It was recently compared by one speaker I heard to a chain. If a chain is being tested and never fails, it has had a greater test than the chain that when tested fails. That is because Christ could never sin, He bore a greater test than we who so easily sin. Other verses such as Hebrews 7v26-27, 9v14 and 1 Peter 1v19 would again remind us of how He was a sacrifice offered up to God. If this sacrifice, God forbid, had ever sinned it could not have been the perfect sacrifice for our sins. But thank God, the Lord could never sinned and was therefore the perfect sacrifice for our sins.
All quotes are from the King James version of the Bible unless otherwise specified. | ||