(September 10, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(September 10, 2014 at 12:09 pm)theophilus Wrote: When Jesus was dying on the cross God actually transferred our guilt to him. This is something no human legal system can do.Sure we can. We even have a word for it. Scapegoating. I'd like to think most people think scapegoating is a bad thing. Regardless of who does it, though, it's still wrong for the innocent to suffer in the place of the guilty.
It isn't the same thing. Scapegoating is shifting the blame for something to an innocent person. Jesus took the actual sins and guilt. One of the things he said on the cross was, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" At that point sin was an actual barrier that separated him from God.
His invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20 ESV
Romans 1:20 ESV
