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Salvation

 

Substitution - Christ's sacrificial atonement was for our sake. He actually died in our place. He became sin that we might be made righteous.

Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isa 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

 

Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Gal 3:13 Christ hath 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:

Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Personal Opinion:

I have always had a hard time with the phrase "He became sin". 

When did Jesus become sin? 

When did I become sin?  I suppose it is fair to say we are our attributes.  If our nature (attributes) includes the ability to sin, we are sin.  If we choose to then turn from that attribute, that seems to be step one in the born again process. So that makes it a little clearer how I can call my self "sin".

But still in the case of Jesus, who is God and as God has the attribute of never sinning, absolutely never - how and when did He overcome that attribute? In other words, since God's attributes are infinite, does that mean He has no free will, no ability to become sin?

It's another attribute of God which "passeth all understanding."