SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

Systematic Theology

The Sinlessness of Christ and Atonement

Introduction

A straightforward point of Biblical theology which states that, Jesus is truly a God Almighty, and his existence was in a human form almost 2000 years age. We have considered Christ as God and Man in a blessed person, which accepted by the true believers everywhere. However, majority of people do not realize that Christ was completely human and yet absolutely without sin.

Discussion

This is contradictory because being men they tempted and afflicted by sin. Consequently, questions arise that "Did the Lord Jesus came in to the world completely like the condition of man? How could he, if he was perfectly human, to be perfectly sinless and not have the slightest chance of giving rise to the temptation? "This certainly may seem paradoxical because our tendency to think and consider things from our own point of view. We must learn not to trust our reasoning, but in the Word of God. The true humanity of Jesus and his identification with our humanity are clearly true. So, as the children born with flesh and blood, likewise; he has born in the same way, the person who possesses the power of death, that is, the devil. Therefore, he had to be at all like his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to atone for the sins of the people.

What a joy for us to know that the real man who fell in perfect grace and empathy in order to identify human needs. However, we must be very careful not to misinterpret the circumstances. We do not have the high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but all points that tempted as we are, yet without sin. Even though, the Lord was truly human, humanity did not get involved with sin in any way. Always keep in mind that sin is not part of mankind, by contrast, it is an abnormality. Besides being reality that Christ "did no sin" (1. Peter 2:22), it is also true that "there is no sin in him" (1. Jn 3:5), and that he "knew no sin" (2. Corinthians 5:21). Sin could not even influence your thoughts. Therefore, when the Lord was in all points like as we are, he had neither the slightest inclination to yield to the temptation. Perhaps, we think that the word temptation implies the ...