Christ bore our sins though He knew no sin
Psalm 18 presents a striking paradox. David declares his uprightness before God—"I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity." Yet...
This is historical examples on substitutionary atonement and christ's sinlessness, drawing on Psalms 18:23.
Psalm 18 presents a striking paradox. David declares his uprightness before God—"I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity." Yet this same psalm, when read messianically through the lens of Scripture, applies to Christ Himself. In Psalm 40, the Psalmist confesses, "innumerable evils have compassed me about; mine iniquities have taken hold upon me." Our Lord identified Himself with these very words.…
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