"The LAMB Without Blemish and Without Spot "

 

1st.Peter 1:15-25  "But as HE which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I AM holy. And if ye call on the FATHER, WHO without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of CHRIST, as of a LAMB without blemish and without spot:

WHO verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by HIM do believe in GOD, that raised HIM up from the dead, and gave HIM glory; that your faith and hope might be in GOD. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the SPIRIT unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the WORD of GOD, which liveth and abideth forever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: but the WORD of the LORD endureth forever. And this is the WORD which by the Gospel is preached unto you."

     The ONE WHO bore "our sins in HIS OWN body on the tree" must HIMSELF, be sinless: and, indeed, HE is: "WHO did not sin, neither was guile found in HIS mouth (1st.Peter 2:22-24 pictured above). GOD instructed the Jews that the sacrificial lamb had to be without blemish and without spot so as to rightly picture the sinless ONE WHO was to come. In JESUS CHRIST was no sin (1st.John 3:5). HE was the only person WHO could ever say, "I have no sin. In ME is no sin." If anyone else claims, "I have no sin," he deceives himself, and the truth is not in him (1st.John 1:8,10). The Bible describes CHRIST's sinlessness in unmistakable language:

HE "knew no sin" (2nd.Corinthians 5:21).

HE "did no sin" (1st.Peter 2:22).

HE was "without sin" (Hebrews 4:15).

HE was the "LAMB without blemish and without spot" (vv.18-19).

HE was "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners" (Heb. 7:26).

Others, too, testified of our SAVIOR's perfect character and flawless life. Pilate, who reluctantly permitted JESUS to be crucified, declared, "I find no fault in this man" (Luke 23:4). Pilate's wife noted that HE was a "just man" (Matthew 27:19). The Centurion at Golgotha said, "Certainly this was a righteous man" (Luke 23:41). Even Judas admitted, "I have betrayed innocent blood" (Matthew 27:4). JESUS once challenged HIS enemies, "Which of you convinceth ME of sin ?" (John 8:46). Not one could prove HIM guilty. When examined from any angle, our LORD's life and character were immaculate, spotlessly clean. We who are sinfully imperfect should be ever thankful that the ONE WHO advocates for us before the FATHER is "JESUS CHRIST the RIGHTEOUS" (1st.John 2:1). GWZ

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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