Question 16: Why must He be truly human and truly righteous?

 

Question 16: Why must He be truly human and truly righteous?

Answer: God's justice demands it. Since man has sinned, he must pay for his own sin. But a sinner cannot pay for the sins of others.

"The reason Jesus Christ must be human and righteous" is to save all the sinners of the world. Only a flawless sacrificial lamb can atone for sin. Jesus Christ fulfills two roles: as the first man, Adam, and as the last man, Adam. The first man, Adam, imparted a body of sin to man and woman. Therefore, Jesus died for that body of sin. God, seeing the death of Jesus Christ, forgives the sins of the world who are united with Him.

Romans 6:6-7 "For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin."

Second, Jesus, in the role of the last man, Adam, was resurrected from the dead and given a spiritual body, so God resurrects "sinners who repented and died with Jesus on the cross" and gives them spiritual bodies.

 

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