Why Jesus Is Uniquely Qualified to Deal With Our Sins

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin.2 Corinthians 5:21In the Gospels, we find three witnesses—an angel, a devil, and God the Father—testifying that Jesus is without sin.The witness of the angels: When the angel came to Mary, he said, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy” (Luke 1:35).The witness of the devils: When Jesus came into a synagogue in Capernaum, a man with an unclean spirit said to Him, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God” (Mark 1:24).The witness of the Father: At Jesus’ baptism a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased” (Mat. 3:17.). Jesus is the only person God could ever categorically say this about.Not only is this the unanimous testimony of the Gospels, it is also the unanimous witness of the New Testament:We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin (Heb. 4:15.)He appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin (1 John 3:5.)In all of human history there has never been another person of whom it could be said, “He is God, He is man, and He is holy.” As God, He is able to reconcile us to the Father, and as a sinless man, He is able to stand with us and act for us by laying His life down as a sacrifice.Can you think of any other person of whom these things could be said?