Jesus was "made to be sin" and "made a curse" for us. He "took" our infirmities and He "bore" our sicknesses. And yet, He was always pure, perfect, good, holy, righteous and sinless. He knew no sin. In Him was no sin. He was always, without exception, the spotless Lamb of God. Completely without blemish. The Just for the unjust.
The summer is almost past. September is here and class in now in session.
One cannot attend high school before graduating from grade school. I have two English words for Eternal Tormentite-Unconditional Immortalist Tony Silva to study when he arrives: "Intrinsic" and "Judicial". Jesus was "made [to be] sin" for us in only one of these two ways. Words are very important. They are the tools we have been given to form ideas and express our beliefs. We have to take the time to learn what words mean, or else we will be continually tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine and found arguing on behalf of men's traditions. If we neglect study to learn how God communicates in His own unique way in order to understand what God really means, we will never truly know Him as He wants to be known, or who we are, or why we need Him. I'm not talking about anyone's salvation or status with God now, because that lofty business is way above my pay grade. I am only talking about understanding.
I know Tony fairly well and can predict that Tony will immediately cry out in pain, complaining that "intrinsic" and "judicial" are not "God's words", simply because they were not used by the King James translators.
In reply to that kindergarten-level conclusion, I reply in advance, 'Yes, they are God's words - IF - we are mature enough in Christ to see that, no matter which words anyone uses to translate the original languages, it is only the essence, or meaning behind God's words, His concepts, that matter.' That is what a true Berean searches for, by comparing scripture with scripture according to context. That is what the "truth" is.
Here is the concept of "intrinsic" in John 1:4:
Joh 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And "in him is no sin". (1Jo 3:5). Here is the concept of "judicial" in Psalm 89:14:
Ps 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
in·trin·sic
[in-trin-sik, -zik] Show IPA adjective 1. belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring. 2. Anatomy . (of certain muscles, nerves, etc.) belonging to or lying within a given part.
COMPARE TO:
ju·di·cial
[joo-dish-uhl] Show IPA adjective 1. pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system. 2. pertaining to courts of law or to judges; judiciary: judicial functions. 3. of or pertaining to a judge; proper to the character of a judge; judgelike: judicial gravity. 4. inclined to make or give judgments; critical; discriminating: a judicial mind. 5. decreed, sanctioned, or enforced by a court: a judicial decision. Tony's weekend homework assignment is to list three (3) synonyms and three (3) antonyms for each word and use each word in a sentence. After this pre-requisite lesson, we can then move on to some tough Bible verses like 2nd Corinthians 5:21 to learn exactly how Jesus was "made to be sin" and all those other ugly things. 2Corinthians 5:21: For he hathmade him [to be] sin for us,who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
This is all about understanding the difference between God's "logos" and "rhema". Below is a quote from theelijahchallenge.org, which I beleive is relevant.
QUOTE: "When an evangelical believer puts all emphasis on the logos to the exclusion of the rhema, he may rarely sense the leading of the Holy Spirit. There will be relatively less opportunity for the Spirit to speak to or direct him about a certain matter if he is not waiting and inclining his ear to listen. Thus although the believer is most certainly living a righteous Christian life according to the written word, incursions of God's miraculous grace into that life may be rare. The believer might not be experiencing all the victories that God intends for him."
The article also points out that there is also a problem when charismatics place too much emphasis on rhema. Here is an example of both words translated as "words" and "word":
Joh 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words [RHEMA], hath one that judgeth him: the word [LOGOS] that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
I believe the balance between the two types of "word" is perfected in us as the Holy Spirit applies other important graces to us, such as a willingness to be corrected and a broken spirit (humility).
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