Sinless Life of Jesus

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Sinless Life of Jesus
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all
points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Heb. 415
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Sinless Life of Jesus
I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
II. Necessity of His Sinless life
III. He Set a Perfect Example for man to follow
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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth

• 1. Testimony of Jesus
• He never confessed a sin
• He never asked for pardon of a sin
• He never shed a tear for His own sins

Which of you convicts Me of sin? Jn.846
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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
2. Testimony of His Enemies

• Pharisees - tried to find fault

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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
2. Testimony of His Enemies

• Pharisees - tried to find fault
• Pilates wife - Mt.2719 that just man

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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
2. Testimony of His Enemies

• Pharisees - tried to find fault
• Pilates wife - Mt.2719 that just man
• Pilate - Mt. 2723-24 this just person

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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
2. Testimony of His Enemies

• Pharisees - tried to find fault
• Pilates wife - Mt.2719 that just man
• Pilate - Mt. 2723-24 this just person
• Herod - Luke 2315 nothing worthy of death

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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
2. Testimony of His Enemies

• Pharisees - tried to find fault
• Pilates wife - Mt.2719 that just man
• Pilate - Mt. 2723-24 this just person
• Herod - Luke 2315 nothing worthy of death
• Judas - Mt. 274 innocent blood

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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
2. Testimony of His Enemies

• Pharisees - tried to find fault
• Pilates wife - Mt.2719 that just man
• Pilate - Mt. 2723-24 this just person
• Herod - Luke 2315 nothing worthy of death
• Judas - Mt. 274 innocent blood
• Centurion - Mt. 2754 was the Son of God

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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth

• 3. Testimony of His Disciples
• John the Baptist - Mt. 314
• John was baptizing unto repentance
• Jesus did not need this because He had no sins to
  repent of

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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
3. Testimony of His Disciples Peter WHO
COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS DECEIT FOUND IN HIS
MOUTH 1 Pet. 222 John And you know that He
was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him
there is no sin. 1 Jn. 35
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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
3. Testimony of His Disciples Paul For He made
Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we
might become the righteousness of God in Him.
2 Cor. 521
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I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
3. Testimony of His Disciples Hebrew writer Heb.
415 .. in all points tempted as we are, yet
without sin. Heb. 726 For such a High Priest
was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless,
undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become
higher than the heavens.
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II. Necessity of His Sinless life
To prove His Deity

• A part of the Godhead
• If He sinned He would be just like humans
• He can only be Divine if He is sinless

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II. Necessity of His Sinless life
To Atone for Sin

• 1. Law required unblemished sacrifice
• Ex. 125 Your lamb shall be without blemish
• 2. Christ was without spot
• how much more shall the blood of Christ, who
  through the eternal Spirit offered Himself
  without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from
  dead works to serve the living God?
  Heb. 914

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II. Necessity of His Sinless life
To Atone for Sin

• 1. Law required unblemished sacrifice
• Ex. 125 Your lamb shall be without blemish
• 2. Christ was without spot
• But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a
  lamb without blemish and without spot 1
  Pet. 119

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II. Necessity of His Sinless life
To Atone for Sin
Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin
of the world Jn. 129

1. Identifies Christ as the antitype of the Passover
   sacrifice
2. Asserts the vivid nature of Jesus impending
   death
3. Affirms the universality of the Saviors mission

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II. Necessity of His Sinless life
To Atone for Sin

• Innocent must suffer for the guilty
• For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for
  us, that we might become the righteousness of God
  in Him. 2 Cor. 521

CURSING
???
STEALING
JEALOUSY
IDOLATRY
LYING
DRUNKENESS
HOMOSEXUALITY
FORNICATION
ADULTERY
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II. Necessity of His Sinless life
To Atone for Sin

• Innocent must suffer for the guilty
• All we like sheep have gone astray We have
  turned, every one, to his own way And the LORD
  has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isa.
  536
• Jesus death could not have atoned for sin, if He
  was sinful.

CURSING
???
STEALING
JEALOUSY
IDOLATRY
LYING
DRUNKENESS
HOMOSEXUALITY
FORNICATION
ADULTERY
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II. Necessity of His Sinless life
To Atone for Sin

• If Jesus had been guilty of sin, then...
• Not able to satisfy Gods wrath
• Not have been an acceptable sacrifice of God
• He would have violated O.T. types
• He would have violated O.T. prophecies about
  sinless Savior
• He would have violated doctrine of atonement

Instead of saving others, He would need saving !
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III. He Set a Perfect Example for man to follow

• We need a perfect example
• We follow others only as they follow Christ 1
  Cor. 111
• We must walk in his steps
• For to this you were called, because Christ
  also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that
  you should follow His steps "WHO COMMITTED NO
  SIN, NOR WAS DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH 1 Pet.
  221-22

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Sinless Life of Jesus

• Jesus was more than simply without sin
• He was a model of holiness.
• He lived a life of excellence.
• He is Immanuel - God With Us
• Human and divine
• Divinity required that He be without Sin !!

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Sinless Life of Jesus
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all
points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Heb. 415
I. Jesus lived a sinless life while on earth
II. Necessity of His Sinless life
III. He Set a Perfect Example for man to follow
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