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Him Who Knew No Sin

         God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (II Corinthians 5:21)

Have you ever had a dilemma? There were two (or more) equal desirable outcomes, or two (or more) equally undesirable outcomes. You, yourself, and you have an argument. "You" wants one thing, "Yourself" wants the other, and "You" can’t decide. To be fully accurate, God doesn’t have dilemmas. He is wise; He knows how things will and must work out. But in a sense, God had a dilemma. He created the universe and put us in it. He loves us and is ready to forgive us, but at the same time, His sense of justice won’t permit it. We also have a dilemma. We’ve rebelled. We’re guilty. But we don’t want to face the punishment for our crimes. We want God to change the rules, and He does, but not the way we expect, because our solution either requires Him to violate His love or His justice. His solution might violate our egos, but neither His love nor His justice. But if we insist on doing things our way, He’s likely to let us. That means we get to pay for our own sin and get none of His righteousness, and the wages of sin is death if we insist.

I know God doesn’t experience time, but I wonder how long He mused over these things. I expect it might have only been long enough to blink, because God knows Himself, and if the sacrifice of His Son achieves His goal of our redemption, if it fits, He’d know it and act on it. In fact, He may have set it up that way so that He could show His love in His willingness to endure the greatest pain and sacrifice that He could for those who don’t deserve it. 

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