Thursday, April 7, 2011

QUESTION: Did Jesus become a sinner when He died on the cross for our sins?

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QUESTION: Did Jesus become a sinner when He died on the cross for our
sins?
ANSWER: No! II Corinthians 5:21 says that Christ “knew no sin.” It was because
of this that He could be “made to be sin for us.” This passage does not teach that
He became a sinner or even that He literally became sin. It is teaching that He
suffered as though He were the sinner; that He only, because of His sinlessness,
could do such and be the one perfect sacrifice (sin-offering) whereby “we might be made the righteousness of God in Him!” Those who teach that Christ became
a sinner at the cross are in error!