Where do sins go

WHERE DO SINS GO

“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6)

Jesus walked this earth in His day much as we do in our time. He experienced the pleasure of living in the flesh and he knew the sorrows. His walk was comparatively short but it took Him farther than the longest walk ever recorded by any other man. He walked the hot sand with sandal wrapped feet. He had a cause to address: a purpose to fulfill. g to be God. He knew sadness. He suffered rejection. He experienced sorrow and wept, He knew rejection but he did not sin. He was totally misunderstood in all things.

His own nation of people accused Him and contentiously sought to find some sin in Him worthy of death. Believing Him to be a fortune hunter or celebrity freak, they feared his followers. They were loosing respect and revenue in the temple of worship. They knew not that He was come, not for any self serving purpose, but to make a way for all mankind to hide thir sin beneath His sacrificial blood.

The officers of the court tried to trick Him into some act or statement worthy of punishment. They could not. In short, they felt that they were ridding the Jews of a man who was dying for His own sins. Their tragic lack of understanding was long before predicted; centuries earlier prophets had outlined His mission on earth as the only begotten Son of God. We read some oh it in the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah: “We hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. . . . we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted” (vv. 3-4).

His afflictions were not His own. God did not punish Him for His sins, but for ours. “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities” (v. 5). “For the transgression of my people was he stricken” (v. 8).

The penalty for sin has been death since the “Garden fall.”, and even though “he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him” (vv. 9-10). He was the perfect “offering for sin” (v. 10) and “he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors” (v. 12). Justice has been served! “He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many” (v. 11).

Furthermore, through His death, even our griefs have been borne and our sorrows carried (v. 4). In addition to all this, our peace has been gained through His chastisement and our healing has been accomplished with His stripes (v. 5).

Yes, “all we like sheep have gone astray,” God’s justice has been satisfied, because Christ, in love, has taken upon Himself “the iniquity of us all.” where have all the sins gone...they’ve gone every one beneath the blood of Jesus for those who know and accept Him as Lord. Know God, know peace. Amen 05-03-2019 BLL