Jesus on the cross - help please

[NeilJoseph]

Please help with something i cant seem to get my head around - and apologies if it seems a silly question
When jesus died on the cross, how did that take our sins away.

 

[Who Me]

Because God put our sin, guilt, and shame on Jesus.
Romans3:21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

It only worked because Jesus is part of the trinity, God the Father could put everything on Jesus God the Son.

 

[miamited]

Hi NeilJoseph

God's word tells us that it is only through innocent blood that sin can be forgiven. It was the premise and purpose of the Passover. For some 1,000 years God had His children display for us 'how' sin is held in abeyance through the sacrificial blood of an innocent lamb. A perfect animal had to be chosen for the Passover sacrifice just as only His perfect Son could pay the real price for the sin of mankind.

Now, 'why' does Jesus' death pay for our sin? Because God has made a promise to us that it will. The Scriptures tell us that God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son for the purpose of our salvation... IF we will trust and believe that. So, the only reason that the sacrifice of innocent blood covers our sin is because God has said that is how He will judge us.

Of course, we don't have to believe it, and we can make many a fine sounding argument as to how it just doesn't make sense... but it's how God has said He's going to deal with mankind's sin. So our choice, whether we understand the how and why that Jesus' blood paid the price for our sin, is to follow the instruction that God has given us on the matter. "Whosoever believes shall gain eternal life." That's it.

 

[miamited]

So basically, it boils down to whether or not one will trust that God's promise on the matter is true or not. Whether or not we understand the 'mechanics' of 'how' Jesus' blood takes away the sin of the world.