Author: Joe
Last saved by: PJD
Company: GDC

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© 1998  Joe Griffi1

Introduction: Victory through Faith: Blood of Christ: Impeccability: Able not to Sin Because of Sustaining Ministry of Holy Spirit & Doctrine in the Soul inside the Prototype

5.	The Latin word peccare  means “sinful” or “flawed.”  Impeccability thus is the opposite: not capable of sinning; free from fault or blame; flawless.
6.	In hypostatic union the deity of Christ is neither temptable nor peccable, therefore impeccable.
7.	Also, in hypostatic union the humanity of Christ is temptable but impeccable.
8.	The impeccability of His humanity is made possible because of residence and function inside the prototype divine power system empowered by the delegated omnipotence of the Holy Spirit.
9.	Thus the Person of Christ in hypostatic union was temptable but impeccable.
10.	Only an impeccable Christ was qualified to do the work of salvation on the cross.
11.	During the period of His spiritual death on the cross our Lord retained His impeccability.  He remained perfect throughout the three hours of judgment.
1 John 3:5 -	Indeed, you know that He was revealed in order that He might remove our sins, in fact in Him there is no sin.
1 Peter 2:24 -	He Himself carried our sins in His own body on the cross.
2 Corinthians 5:21 -	He made Him who knew no sin to be sin as a substitute for us so that we might become the righteousness of God through the agency of Him.

Isaiah 53:5 -	But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed with our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace [ the judgment which produced our reconciliation ] was upon Him and by His scourging we are healed.
v 6 -	We all like sheep have gone astray, each one of us has turned to his own way; but God the Father caused to strike God the Son with the punishment of our guilt.

12.	This does not mean that the imputation of our sins caused our Lord to become sinful.  Commission of sin is volitional.
13.	Our sins belong to us because we commit them.  They were imputed to Christ for punishment.
14.	The punishment belonged to us but He accepted that punishment in our place.  He was punished for sins we committed.
15.	While the Lord’s temptations were real the issue is that He could not sin inside the prototype divine power system.
16.	This is the issue in the execution of the Christian way of life for believers in the Church Age.  No one can sin inside the operational divine power system.  He must volitionally step outside to sin.
1 John 3:6 -	When anyone resides in it [ ™n plus locative of sphere from the neuter singular of aÙtÒj, “it” ], He is not sinning.  When anyone sins [ ¡mart…a: customary present indicating what habitually occurs ] habitually, he has not seen Him [ cosmic system ] nor has he come to know Him [ at Gate 4 ].

17.	Stepping outside is the volitional decision to sin.  The act, whether thought, verbal, or overt, occurs in status quo carnality.

18.	All the elements we have noted in our study of the Blood of Christ are brought out in Paul’s epistle to the Philippians:
Philippians 2:5 -	Keep on thinking this within you, which was the mental attitude of Christ Jesus [ true humanity ],
v 6 -	Who though He eternally existed in the essence of God [ undiminished deity ], did not think equality with God a profit to be seized and held [ willingness to enter into hypostatic union ],
v 7 -	but He deprived Himself of the proper function of deity [ kšnwsij ] when He had received the form of a servant [ biological life ], when He was born in the likeness of mankind [ virgin birth ].
v 8 -	In fact, although He was discovered in outward appearance as a man [ true humanity ], He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of spiritual death, that is the death of the cross.

19.	Our Lord’s humility is demonstrated on the cross by the manifestation of genuine humility while being ridiculed.  He did not sin nor did He violate the principle of kšnwsij.
Luke 23:35 -	And the people stood by looking on.  And even the rulers were sneering at Him saying, “He saved others, let Him save Himself if this is the Messiah of God, His Chosen One.”
v 36-	And the soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,
v 37 -	and saying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!”

20.	His deity chose to remain loyal to the principle of kšnwsij while His true humanity continued to submit to the plan of the Father.

21.	He could have delivered Himself from the cross by using his divine omnipotence but His genuine humility remained loyal to the mission of the cross.
22.	In other words, even though he could have used divine omnipotence to get off the cross He instead used the delegated omnipotence of the Holy Spirit to stay on the cross.
23.	The power, which enabled our Lord to maintain His impeccability while being judged for our sins, is the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 1:3 -	Concerning His Son, Who was born from the progeny of David according to the flesh [ hypostatic union ],
v 4 -	Who has been demonstrated to be the Son of God [ undiminished deity ] by means of the power belonging to the Holy Spirit …