I was once again singing this song in church and as always, it bothered me once again. This verse has been taken out of context over and over again, and Satan is as always trying to undermine who Jesus really is. 1 Peter 2:22 says Jesus was sinless. He committed no Sin. John 5:18 says "Jesus was equal to God" Is someone implying that Jesus became sin on the cross? 1 Peter 2:24 says he bore our sins in his body as a sacrificial substitute for us. This is a sacrificial system in the OT where the lamb was offered as a substitute to atone for our sins. The lamb did not bear our sins itself (It was symbolic), but the shed blood of the lamb was offered as a sacrifice for atonement. Hebrews 9:26 says "He hath appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself." The sacrifice needed to be a unblemished spotless innocent lamb. 1Peter 1:9 states "but with the precious blood of the lamb without blemish or defect." 1John 3:5 "He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. How silly is this idea that Jesus became sin? First of all in Hebrews 13:8 we read "he is the same yesterday today and Forever" If we can agree that God is Sinless, and does not change.......how did he become sin? So...How did he become Sin in 1 Corinthians 5:21? Ephesians 2:13 "But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have been made near by the blood of Christ. The blood is the key ingredient, not our sins, or Jesus becoming sin. Isaiah 53:6 "the Lord laid on Him the iniquity of all" the Hebrew word for iniquity is "deed and consequences." This verse is saying that Jesus paid the consequences for our sins as the blood sacrifice that was accepatable to God. 2 Corinthians 5:21, back to the verse.... The Greek Word here for Sin means "guilt" Jesus was made guilty for us as our sacrifice and substitute. Gal 3:13 "having become a curse for us" Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree." The curse of the Law was its demands that no one could keep. Jesus did what no man could do for themselves. His work, not ours, removed the curse upon us because of our disobedience to the law. He shed his blood as our substitute. He was made to be guilty in our place. He paid the price! How foolish to think a Perfect sinless lamb of God, equal fully to God, a God who never changes, could have become Sin.
