That's An Oxymoron
A person cannot be born a sinner and yet sinless be born too,
’Cause such is an oxymoron, something that simply cannot be true.
No, one cannot be born sinless, and yet a sinner by nature be,
’Cause such is an oxymoron, and thus thinking ridiculously.
And therefore, it only stands to reason that Jesus was born sin free,
’Cause a sinful moral nature in our Saviour could hardly be.
After all, only one who was sin free, an unblemished lamb could be,
As was foretold via the sacrifice in the ancient sanctuary.
Tell me, how could Jesus have saved us if He was a sinner too
Due to ill propensities like those that are found in me and in you?
And hence why there wasn’t found in Him any sinful propensity.
No, such never marred the life of our Lord and Saviour’s humanity.
Though able to be tempted like us, not even once did Jesus sin.
No, not even when tempted in the wilderness did Jesus give in.
But rather, a life of perfect obedience to His Father’s will,
Along with a sinless moral nature, saw Jesus His task fulfil.
And that sinless moral nature came from His heavenly Father, and
Not from His fallen earthly mother — Mary a virgin — as planned.
Just like Adam’s before the Fall, our Lord’s moral nature was sin free,
’Cause for Christ to be a second Adam, such was but a necessity.
Over Adam’s sinless nature, the devil obtained the victory,
And therefore, the second Adam’s nature had to also be sin free.
Yes, to succeed where Adam failed, one could only successful be
If their moral nature was sinless also — in other words, Holy.
And hence why only Jesus, a second Adam was able to be,
’Cause since the Fall, not one human has had a nature that’s been sin free.
Thus only via our sinless Saviour, do we receive eternity,
’Cause our good deeds can never save us, for by nature, sinners are we.
Yes, even our righteousness is like filthy rags, and thus cannot save,
And hence why we’re saved by grace alone, and never via how we behave.
However, Christ (who saves via His grace), still complied with His Father’s will,
And if we're genuine here, we too will try our best to do God's will.
If Christ had had our fallen moral nature, crippled He would have been,
And therefore, no spotless sacrificial Lamb this old world would’ve seen.
’Cause He too, just like us fallen creatures, a saviour would have needed,
And that we would all be lost, is something that has to be conceded.
That said, Christ’s physical nature inherited the results of sin,
And hence why He needed to rest, and hence why He felt the strain within.
Yes, Christ had a human body too, that like ours, gave Him aches and pains,
A body composed of bone, flesh and blood, one that on the cross left stains.
Yes, Jesus came in human form, and experienced hunger and thirst,
But He always displayed righteousness, despite suffering from the worst.
Divinity from God the Father, humanity from His mother,
Humanity and divinity combined, He one like no other.
Imagine going through this life knowing that just one step out of place
Would thereby imperil the salvation of the whole human race.
Though He had a sinless moral nature, it was needed for the task,
And I’m glad He had that nature, ’cause now, I in His grace can bask.
If Christ’s great mission had failed, then separated He would have been
Forever from His heavenly Father (who no eye on Earth has seen).
And given how Christ loves His Father, parted He wouldn’t want to be,
Yet He chose to take that great risk so that there’d be hope for you and me.
That Christ had a sinless moral nature, some may well think such unfair,
But if we are saved via grace alone, where on Earth is the issue here?
’Cause if Jesus hadn’t had that nature, and not obedient been,
Power and salvation for the sinner, this old world would not have seen.
Oh yes, Christ took on our human nature, but a sinless, moral one.
He keenly felt sorrow and grief, and the weight of what had to be done.
His senses were also assailed by all the sights and sounds of Earth,
But never once within Him did the desire to do wrong give birth.
No, our Saviour never sinned, but was obedient throughout all,
And He knows that we’ll never match Him, that we will often slip and fall.
And hence why He has promised fallen mankind that via His gift of grace
He will provide us with Salvation, if in our heart, He has first place.
So where is the unfairness then, when all that He expects is our best,
Knowing that the stain of sin, even our very best will still infest.
And hence why Christ’s perfect obedience has provided us with grace,
’Cause He knows that perfection is totally beyond this fallen race.
Just our best. Now that’s a pretty good deal, one we don’t deserve at all,
So why would anyone complain, and unfair, Christ’s sinless nature call?
Christ’s sinless moral nature was clearly needed to save you and I,
’Cause someone with a sinful nature couldn’t save, couldn’t grace supply.
So where does obedience fit in then? And why has such, God called for?
Do our works benefit Him or us? Are they warranted anymore?
After all, we’re told our works can’t save us, that we’re only saved by grace,
And therefore, why are we told to obey? Where exactly is work’s place?
Okay. Well, God wants us to obey Him, not because we’re saved by works,
But because the one who’s truly sincere, hardly righteous living shirks.
’Cause via our obedience, sincerity and gratitude we convey,
And also that we’re genuine, that we truly mean the things we say.
Though our good works certainly can’t save us, our hearts true intent they show,
Which is proven in that fruitage that comes as further in Christ we grow.
Obedience witnesses for God, and thereby glory to Him brings
As the Holy Spirit changes the person who to their Saviour clings.
You see, Christians work because they’re saved, and not in order to be saved,
Though sadly, some who’re misinformed here, inappropriately have slaved.
Oh yes, our works certainly have their place, despite our Lord’s gift of grace,
But that our works can’t save us, everyone on Earth must clearly face.
Though God knows that it is only grace that can release us from our plight,
He didn’t intend that His grace let us off from doing what is right.
No, it wasn’t God’s intention that His gift of grace should cover sin,
But that through His enabling, the victory over sin, we would win.
“For if we willingly persist in sin after having received the knowledge
of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins [God’s grace
is made void], but [rather] a fearful prospect of judgment
[unless we repent]...” (Heb 10:26,27).
Oh yes, we must be very careful regarding Christ’s humanity,
Lest we reduce Him to our level, denigrating divinity.
Although He came in human likeness, and thus in human form was born,
He didn’t have our sinful bent, ’cause if He’d had, we’d have cause to mourn.
By Lance Landall
This poem was upgraded on 5 February 2023.
If Christ had had a sinful moral nature, what would be the point of the ‘new birth’ experience (2 Cor 5:17; Rom 6:3,4) if what came to us from the ‘new’ Adam [Christ] by faith, was the exact same sinful moral nature that came to us from the first Adam by inheritance (Rom 5:19)?