Focus: Jesus, Our Sinless Savior

Text: Jh.1:4

"In him was life; and the life was the light of men."

It is indeed a moral miracle for a man to live in this world without sin, and apart from Christ, no man has ever so lived. By nature Jesus Christ was born without sin and by conscious choice He lived without sin. His life was pure and impeccable. He could not have been the worthy Savior of mankind if He hadn't lived a spotless life and died a saving death.

Pilate said, "I find no fault in him… I am innocent of the blood of this just person" (Mt.27:24). As a matter of fact, it took false witnesses to actually condemn Him.

Pilate's wife said to the husband, "Have thou nothing to do with this just man" (Mt.27:19).

Christ Himself boldly challenges the people, "Which of you convinces me of sin?" (Jh.8:46). Concerning His Father, He declares audaciously and with utter confidence, "I do always those things that please him" (Jh.8:29).

Evil spirit cried out to Him, "I know thee, who thou art, the holy One of God" (Mk.1:24).

The dying malefactor said, "This man hath done nothing amiss" (Lk.23:41).

Judas lamented, "I have betrayed innocent blood" (Mt.27:4).

The Roman centurion said, "Certainly this was a righteous man" (Lk.23:47).

Peter said, "He did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth" (1Pet.2:22).

John said, "In Him is no sin" (1Jh.3:5).

Paul said, "He knew no sin" (2Cor.5:21).

He is indeed our Lord and Savior! He is the spotless and unblemished Lamb of God. His birth was immaculate, and His life, sinless. He lived with no sin-consciousness. Strauss said, "Jesus had a conscience unclouded by the memory of any sins," and Rousseau inquired, "Can the person whose history the Gospels relate be himself a man? If the life and death of Socrates are those of a philosopher, the life and death of Jesus Christ are those of a God."

I pray you encounter the mystery of His morality, the majesty of His personality, the marvel of His humanity, the might of His ministry, and the matchless miracle of His death.

O Lord, make us "love you more dearly, know you more clearly, and follow you more nearly," and I pray, may His life be our light and driving force. Amen.

by Bishop Moses E. Peter