Who was made to be sin for us?
This text describes our great Surety upon one point only. He was and is that One “who knew no sin.” The Lord Jesus Christ, our Substitute was spotless, innocent, and pure. The Son of God took upon himself human flesh and dwelt among men. Though he was made in the likeness of sinful flesh, he knew no sin. He had no original sin. He never committed an act of sin. He never left anything undone which ought to have been done. He never had any inclination to or thought of sin. His holy mind never produced an evil though or desire. It was absolutely necessary that the sinner s Substitute be without sin. If he had any guilt of sin whatsoever, he could not atone for sin. Our Lord Jesus Christ is such a Substitute as we need. He was holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners. He is the embodiment of purity and virtue. As a man he was made under the law, but he owed nothing to the law. Yet he perfectly fulfilled the law. He was capable of standing in the room of others, because he was u
