Basic Theology: Imputation - Sin is imputed to Christ

Imputation

Sin is imputed to Christ


The sin of man is imputed to the sinless Saviour Jesus, Jehovah, the LORD God, laid on His Son, the Lamb of God, the iniquities of us all.

Isaiah 53:5, But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

John 1:29, The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

1 Peter 2:24 & 3:18, who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,

There was a judicial transfer of the sins of man to Jesus Christ, God’s Sin-Bearer.

The sin and guilt of the human race was imputed to the spotless and pure Lamb of God, Jesus Christ when He became the sin offering for the whole world.

Hebrews 2:9, But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. 
1 John 2:2, And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

He bore the penalty for sin. God imputed the guilt of our sins to Jesus Christ.

Let this be emphatically clear in your mind and heart that Jesus Christ did not die for any personal sin that He had committed!

Because He knew no personal sin in His entire life on this earth. He was the only person who ever lived on the earth who was sinless and pure and that qualified Him to die as a substitute for sinners.

The imputation of sin to Jesus Christ was symbolized in the Old Testament sacrificial system.
When the sinner comes with his sin offering the lamb, then he lays his hands upon the lamb this signified symbolically transfer of his sin to the animal, the victim.

The scapegoat of the Day of Atonement! 
Leviticus 16:20-22, 20 “And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat. 21 Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. 22 The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

Graphically symbolized the transfer of human sin and guilt to the divine substitute. When the high priest laid his hands on the head of the goat and confessed the sins of the people he in effect transferred the sins of the people on to the animal.

Mediated punishment indicates the idea of the imputation of the guilt of our sins to Jesus Christ. He bore the punishment of our sin, and its guilt having been imputed to Him.

    ➢ Christ “was pierced through” for my transgressions.
    ➢ He was crushed for my iniquities.
    ➢ The chastening for my well-being fell upon Jesus Christ.
    ➢ By His wounds, I am healed.

(Isaiah 53:4-6, 12; Apostle Peter quotes in his letter 1 Peter 2:24-25). Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6 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.

    ✓ Our sins were imputed to Jesus Christ, and He went to the cross and died as our substitute (Romans 5:6-8).
    ✓ Christ on the cross bore the punishment due to the believer's sins. God made Him to be sin who knew no sin (2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:28).

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