Why did God make Jesus to be sin for us?
God made Christ to be sin for us so that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. The sinless Lamb of God, the Eternal, Sovereign Creator, took on the sin of the world for us, enabling believers to be clothed in God's righteousness.
Les explains that God made Christ, the sinless Lamb of God, to be sin for us. He took on the sin of the world so that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. Les notes many people fear the word righteousness, thinking it means a holiness that makes you no earthly good. But when God's righteousness is imparted to the believer, it means God sees you clothed in the righteousness of God Himself, not looking on the old sinner. This is why ambassadors for Christ beseech others to be reconciled to God.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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What does it mean that God made Christ to be sin for us?
God made Christ, who knew no sin, to be sin for us so that believers could be made the righteousness of God in Him.