God Made His Son To Be Sin For Us

“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV

“For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” Romans 8:3,4 NKJV

That's the picture of the cross. Sin must die because there is no other way around. If there was any, God would have not let His Son die. The Scripture says that Jesus died for sin in our place once for all. Jesus will not die again, never. Once for all, he died to sin, rose again from the dead, and lives to God now and forever. His death is a timeless event. Anyone who accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior cannot continue to sin but to live to the Lord God because they are born of God.

“He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” (1 John 3:8-9 NKJV)

That’s the eternal power of the cross manifested by the Son Jesus Christ to liberate His children from the iron grip and bondage of sin. The cross is the only way out of sin. The full and perfect payment for sin has been settled at the cross once for all. Those who believe in Him have begun a new life [eternal life] in Jesus Christ. They were born of God and joined to the family of God, being regenerated in the Spirit. We died to sin and now live to God!

When we were born of God through the faith in Him, Jesus Christ has begun His indwelling within us by the means of the Spirit. That’s all about Christianity. Christians are living someone else’s life, not theirs. It’s an exchanged life. We are created to be the vessel of the Spirit of God, created in Christ Jesus as His workmanship to do good works before the creation of the world (Ephesians 2:10). So, we cannot go on sinning! How can we live in sin any longer? (Romans 6:2)

In Adam, we had no other choice not to sin. However, in Christ Jesus we cannot sin because the new provision has been made for every believer that Christ Jesus is living within. We have power far above all power to refuse to sin and to obey the commandments of God. That power is Christ Jesus Himself. That’s the good news! In Christ Jesus the Lord, we do not have to submit ourselves to sin. Instead, we can obey God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ blamelessly and wholly.