Jesus’ Sinlessness
Jesus’ Sinlessness: The biblical record consistently claims that Jesus is sinless, perfect, and Holy. Jesus’s perfection is a foundational Christian doctrine. This post will attempt to strictly utilize biblical evidence to support Jesus’ sinlessness. Not only did the New Testament authors believe that Jesus was perfect, but so did multiple other characters in Jesus’s historical account (such as Pilate’s wife and Judas). At the beginning of Jesus’s ministry John the Baptist saw Jesus and stated the following, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). John was invoking the symbolism of Jesus being the Passover Lamb, without blemish, that is sacrificed, and the lamb’s blood was put on the doorposts so the “destroyer” would not strike down God’s chosen people (Exod. 12:5, 7, 21-26). Jesus is the true Passover Lamb who brings about a greater exodus, freeing us from the slavery of sin. Jesus as the Lamb of God without blemish or spot is a recurri...