He Who Was Without Sin Became Sin

Jesus as we know was sinless, but when he was on the cross he cried out “My God, My God why have you forsaken me”…and at the moment he was bearing our sins, however he himself did not become sinful because of them, so did God turn away from Jesus at that time as if that were the case?

Q. Jesus as we know was sinless, but when he was on the cross he cried out “My God, My God why have you forsaken me”…and at the moment he was bearing our sins, however he himself did not become sinful because of them, so did God turn away from Jesus at that time, as if that were the case, otherwise he would have to have done it to us?

A. 2 Cor 5:21 says that God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

During the time He was on the cross Jesus became the physical embodiment of sin, and Habakkuk 1:13 tells us that God’s eyes are too pure to look upon sin. That’s why He had to look away.

The fact that Jesus came out of the tomb and ascended into Heaven to sit at the right hand of God is our proof that His death paid the price for all of our sins, restoring both His righteousness and ours. If even one sin remained on Him, God would not be able to tolerate Jesus in His presence, so He’d still be in the grave and you and I would be hopelessly lost. That’s why in Romans 10:9 Paul said that one requirement of salvation is that we believe in our heart that God raised Jesus from the dead.