1st John 3:5. “And ye know that was manifested to take away our sins: and in him is no sin.”
HE WAS MANIFESTED. He was here – manifested in the flesh, a babe lying in a manger; Proclaimed to those waiting for His coming, by angels – Heaven knew, creation knew – His star guiding the strangers To the place where God lay waiting to bless the “waiters.”
He was here – manifested to the wise as He listened – and answered; Increasing in favor with God and man while in Nazareth. They saw Him first in public when to Jordan He traveled – It was there God spoke aloud and He was manifested.
At Nazareth and Cana; Capernaeum and Bethsaida, His person and power were to the nation made known. Throughout the whole land was manifested the Savior, Forgiving sins and healing diseases – proving deity had come.
Of all the revelations manifesting God unto men, The cross-death stands out as a declaration of grace. The only Sinless One when His life there was given, Manifested His perfection while taking our place.
No sin was ere found in Him, neither in nature nor life; His holiness was visible and made manifest to men. From the depths of His mercy to grace’s highest height, The evidence is there to see – in Him is no sin.
“Father God, I am finding the blessing of being associated with the Lord Jesus to be a greater delight as the days quickly pass. I am praying that I will never in any way bring disgrace upon His name, His person or His work. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”
"Our sins" are what our Lord Jesus Christ bore in His own body on the tree. John the Baptist declared in the hearing of John and others, "Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." By virtue of the accomplishment of the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, there will come a time when all sin will be removed from the world. In grace God is waiting for those still in their sins to come to Him in faith for forgiveness of their sins. The forgiven sinner does not continue doing that which is in opposition to God. No claim of a person to be a child of God, makes one who continues in sin a Christian. That claim means nothing. The proof of reality is in the living, not in the words that are spoken. To say, "I am saved," does not make one saved.
The Lord came to take away our sins and could do that because in Him is no sin, He did not sin, He knew no sin and He was separate from sinners. He always pleased the Father. That is the desire of any child of God. We want to please our Father, and even though we fail on occasion, that is the "mistake," not the "normal" practice of a believer in Christ. Gratitude, appreciation and love for God are characteristics of divine life in those who profess to be born again. Those who are born again avoid sin because it condemns them and they lose their joy. If there is no condemnation when one sins but rather an attempt to justify the action, that person is not saved. He or she is not a child of God but a child of the devil.