Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” And all have continued to sin, believers and nonbelievers alike. What does it matter that Jesus died for our sins, laying his flesh forth, for our benefit? He made himself a martyr for our sins, fulfilling Isaiah 53:5, and for what? Is it his way of saving us, offering himself up for ransom as mentioned in Mark 10:45?
Perhaps man’s sins are not the issue, so much as the issue of drawing oneself to God. From Jesus’ standpoint, man’s sins may be the currency he uses for the ransom he pays to God in order that we be saved. Regardless of what happens, we are doomed to sin as Romans 3:23 alludes to. On the understanding that until Jesus offered himself on the cross, man’s sins were largely what separated us from God in terms of being saved, Jesus in effect says to God, ‘Here are man’s sins, the better to save man by casting the blame on me so those sins are no longer an issue.’
So even if to this day, man continues to sin, the issue has been put aside; the issues that remain are 1) How much would a person love God with all his heart, soul and mind, and 2) How much would that same person love his neighbor as he loves himself. For Jesus seems to have made it plain in the context of saving man in described in John 3:16-17, that the two great commandments he gave us is to help in our being saved. We may continue to sin since considering where we are in proximity to Satan we can’t help it, but if our overall focus is on the two great commandments we may put ourselves in a position to be called up to God’s Kingdom when our lives end.
In 1 Corinthians 15:3, seems that Jesus takes our sins off the table as something to be dealt with in saving our souls.
Perhaps man’s sins are not the issue, so much as the issue of drawing oneself to God. From Jesus’ standpoint, man’s sins may be the currency he uses for the ransom he pays to God in order that we be saved. Regardless of what happens, we are doomed to sin as Romans 3:23 alludes to. On the understanding that until Jesus offered himself on the cross, man’s sins were largely what separated us from God in terms of being saved, Jesus in effect says to God, ‘Here are man’s sins, the better to save man by casting the blame on me so those sins are no longer an issue.’
So even if to this day, man continues to sin, the issue has been put aside; the issues that remain are 1) How much would a person love God with all his heart, soul and mind, and 2) How much would that same person love his neighbor as he loves himself. For Jesus seems to have made it plain in the context of saving man in described in John 3:16-17, that the two great commandments he gave us is to help in our being saved. We may continue to sin since considering where we are in proximity to Satan we can’t help it, but if our overall focus is on the two great commandments we may put ourselves in a position to be called up to God’s Kingdom when our lives end.
In 1 Corinthians 15:3, seems that Jesus takes our sins off the table as something to be dealt with in saving our souls.
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