Right. Which proves that Jesus had flesh of sin just as the rest of mankind.
The fullness of the Deity that dwells in Jesus is the Spirit of the Father.
Right. His flesh needed to be put to death because it was sinful flesh. Our sins were not imputed to him. God's righteousness is imputed to us by faith. We still have sin. But we have a mediator between God and ourselves, the man Jesus Christ, who, if we confess our sins, God will forgive us.
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Well, our flesh is sinful in this regard because it cannot inherit the kingdom of God and is under the sentence of destruction from Adam onwards. Jesus put the flesh to death and commands us to do the same saying "Take up your cross and follow me" the implication being that we must also die on Golgotha's hill.
However, Jesus did indeed take our sins upon Himself. As it is written "Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows" which we know are the results of sin. Furthermore, it is written that as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so the Son of man must be lifted up. Why a serpent? Because among other things; serpents are sin in Biblical symbolism. Therefore, if we believe in Jesus on the cross we admit our sins are what put Him there. That's confession of sins right there. So they looked on the serpent when they were bit and were healed. Now we admit our sins the same way; if we believe in Jesus Christ.
Again, in the old Testament when the High priest was making a sacrifice for sin. He put his hand on the animal's head and confessed the sins of Israel. Then they put the sacrifice to death. So to with Jesus; the high priest examined Him and confessed the sins of Israel. Because he tore his clothes and said that Jesus was guilty of blasphemy. Which he and all Israel was truly guilty of because they were about to put the Son of God to death.
You may say that faith alone saves you all you want. However, if you read the scripture carefully you find that salvation is indeed
through faith but it's
by grace. (Ephesians 2:8) Without the blood of Jesus; faith is useless. The grace (which means unmerited favor of God) comes through the blood of Jesus as it is written "Ye are bought with a price" (1 Corinthians 7:23) Implying clearly that Jesus paid the price. Again it claims that God purchased the church with His own blood. (Acts 20:28)
