1jo 03v05 In Him is No Sin
The Lord Jesus Christ was manifested to take away our sins; and in Christ there is no sin. Though he was made to be sin for us, OUR LORD HAD NO SIN OF HIS 0WN. "He knew no sin, neither was any guile found in his mouth." "He was holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners." In order for him to be a suitable sacrifice for sin, it was necessary that our Savior be without sin. The sinner's Substitute must himself be innocent, righteous, and holy.
Yet, in order to redeem us from our sins and to justify us before God, THE SON OF GOD HAD TO BE MADE SIN FOR US. By a legal transfer and imputation, the Son of God was made to be sin for us. Our sin and our guilt was imputed to the Lord Jesus Christ; and God's holy law exacted from him the just penalty of our sins. "He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree."
And having taken our sins upon himself, suffering for us the just penalty of our sins, OUR GLORIOUS MEDIATOR IN HEAVEN ONCE AGAIN HAS NO SIN. That One who sits in heaven and makes intercession for us has no sin. We know and are assured that God will accept him and will accept his intercession for us, because he is perfect. He is holy. He has no sin. This is the basis of our assurance and confidence with God. We have a perfect Substitute and Sacrifice whom the Father will accept.
But this text is speaking of those who are in Christ. HE IS TELLING US THAT IN CHRIST WE HAVE NO SIN. In ourselves We are sinners. The old nature of sin is with us, and will be with us so long as we are in this world. Anyone who denies this is a liar, and makes God a liar. But before God, in the sight of God, those who are in Christ by a living faith have no sin. "He was manifested to take away our sins." And he has done it: "And in him is no sin." The all-seeing eye of God's holy law sees no sin in the believer, because the believer has no sin.
In the covenant of grace God
promised that he would forgive us of our sins and remember them no more
(Jer.31:33-34; Heb. 8:10-12;
My sin, O the bliss of this
glorious thought,
My sin, not in part, but the
whole,
Is nailed to His cross, and I
bear it no more,
Praise the Lord' It is well
with my soul.
Because the Lord Jesus Christ has put away our sins by his
great atonement, God will never charge with sin, in anyway whatsoever, those
for whom Christ suffered and died. "Blessed is the man to whom THE LORD
WILL NOT IMPUTE SIN."
Now, believing on the Lord
Jesus Christ, we are freed from sin. Being united to him by faith, we have no
sin in him (Rom. 6:7-8; I Pet. 4:l-2). Trusting Christ
as our Representative and Substitute, we fulfill the law of God perfectly and
completely, because he fulfilled the law for us, as our Representative (
Children of the living God, get
hold of this blessed truth and rejoice in it - "IN HIM IS NO SIN!"
Did you hear what Jesus said to
me?
"They're all taken away:
Your sins are pardoned, and you
are free:
They're all taken away:"
If we are in Christ, we are no
longer under the dominion of sin, we are no longer subject to condemnation
because of sin, in the eyes of the law we are no longer guilty of or
accountable for sin, and we will never be charged with or punished for sin. Sin
cannot be justly punished where sin is not found. And IN HIM, WE HAVE NO
SIN: