Jesus' Destiny, the Cross

The death of Jesus Christ is the fulfillment in history of the very mind and intent of God. There is no place for seeing Jesus Christ as a martyr. His death was not something that happened to Him—something that might have been prevented. His death was the very reason He came.

What sin of mine did the Son of God take to the cross?

Galatians 5:19-21
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

As we study this I hope to come to an understanding that only one specific sin would need to be taken to the cross. In so doing it would resolve the debt of all the others.

 

Hello David;

Thank you for replying. I hope to be able to articulate my point to the best of mine limited ability.
As I look at the life of Jesus He dwelt with every sin that was common to man.
Hebrews 4:14-16
14Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
I am not saying that He did not have to take our sins to the cross but that He (as He walked) showed us how to deal with sin in our lives.
He forgave the adulteress and told her to go and sin no more. He told the bed ridden lame man that his sins were forgiven and to rise up and walk. All the miracles of healing he did were to show how sin cripples, blinds and makes deaf the lives of men.
However He went to the cross to finish the one sin that He only could break.

 

The question that I am looking for is, Is it a sin to die? The Bibles tells us so.
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
This is the sin He had to commit to be able to vanquish it for us. All of the sins in my OP He did not have to commit nor did He.
In other words He had to die. He did not have to be a murder to forgive the murderer or an adulterer to for give the adulteress.
He came to die.

 

Whats to interpret? It says "The sting of death is sin." Please note that it is Christ who took this sting away and is why Paul says this, 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? For it is 57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

This is why Jesus asked for the cup to be removed.
Matt 26:42
42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Mark 14:36
36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Luke 22:42-44
42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 43And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
John 18:11
11Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
That that was without sin, Jesus the Son of God, died. His death was for our sins. I think we agree on this?
Jesus did not want to die, as the above verses indicate but by all means would do what The Father wanted Him to do.
Please do not take me wrong and npetreley I want a serious discussion and study here, I do not advocate that Jesus has sinned, God for bid it. He was just as that Scape goat in the OT. He had it all put on Him and had to die to accomplish it. Where as the goat was released in to the wilderness, Christ was released to hell for my sins and even my own sin of deaths sting.
Did He experience death? Yes
Did He give up the ghost after saying it is finished? Yes
Was the sting sin? According to Paul it was.
Did God turn His back on Him?
What causes God to turn His back on someone? Sin
If God had not turned His back on Jesus His Son then Jesus would not have died. But God had mercy on Him,
Psalm 16:10
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
And in Jonah we see this,
Jonah 2:6-9
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
Christ died and God rose Him up, Salvation is of the LORD.

 

Let me address it like this, Jesus did not go to the cross as an Adulterer, He did not go as a fornicator, He did not go to it unclean, He did not represent Him self in lasciviousness, He did not go as an Idolater, witchcraft was not His profession, He did not go with hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envying, He did not go as a murder, nor was He drunk or a reveler.
Yet He died.
I am not trying to be argumentative I seek a deeper study of His death. What He had to do and why.
Death had to be conquered because I could not do it on my on. Nor could I have ever have kept myself from the above sins that He conquered while He was alive.
He being God could have lived forever in His flesh here proving that death would never touch Him. Yet if He were here today and I were to die there would be no assuring that I would ever live again. His death proves that He has power over it in that He rose from it in victory. Here in lies my assurance.

 

Have I angered you? I sincerely hope not. I beg your forgiveness.
Did Paul call the sting of death sin?
Did Paul say in the same verses state that Jesus was victorious over it?
Did Paul state that the sting of death was taken away by His death?
This is the sin that only He could bear and conquer. The sinless one took it on Himself, I the sinner should have taken it and should never live again. He instead took it and brought His body back to life. Something you nor I could ever do.

Amen Brother, and His death is the result of our sin. His resurrection is the result of His sinlessness even though He bore our death/sin.:godisgood:

 

Am I in error stating that Jesus died?
Am I in error in quoting Paul in regards to the sting of death?
Am I in error for stating that His death takes the sting away from all of us?
If Christ did not bear the sting wherefore is it's conquerer? Some one took it away and it sure was not I.

 

Then what did he have to die for?
Both you and Alex are missing my point. Jesus was without sin but like that scapegoat He bore our sin by dying. There was no other way for that sin to be borne, and there is no other who could bear it.
Where is my error?
I really want to know?

 

I stand corrected and regret this choice of words. Rather should have said This is the sin He had to bear......
Hope this clears it up. But the sting of death is sin and to say other wise is to rearrange scripture.b