"And many of the people believed in Him, and said, 'When the
Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has
done?'" (John 7:31).
Living a sinless life, as unique as that would be, wouldn't necessarily
prove someone is God. However, since Jesus claimed that He was God,
and lived a sinless and virtuous life and backed up His claim with miracles,
that is a different matter.
The Bible states that "sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4, King James Version). Paul tells us that "all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
Later Paul says, "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). God will
not compromise with His holy and righteous law. Jesus said that "one
jot or tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled" (Matthew 5:18). The penalty for breaking that law will be paid.
Since we have all sinned, we have all earned death, as Paul says. That
is the fate of all human beings-unless someone came along
and satisfied the law's demands. Jesus did this. And, as we
will see in a later chapter, it took God to do this. No life
of an ordinary human being could be sufficient to satisfy the law's
demand for all of humanity. A life that could satisfy the penalty
for the sins of all of us would have to be greater than that
of all of us-the life of the very Creator Himself.
