The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

head; therefore My heart fails Me (Psalm 40:7-12;
cf. vs. 9 and John 2:17, etc.).
Those who hate Me without a cause are more
than the hairs of My head; they are mighty who
would destroy Me, being My enemies
wrongfully;... O God, You know My foolishness;
and My "sins" are not hid from You (Psalm 69:4,
5; cf. vs. 9 and John 2:17, etc.).
There is no contradiction here. "We should
have no misgivings in regard to the perfect
sinlessness of the human nature of Christ." Peter
says that He bore our sins "in His own body" (1
Peter 2:24). He must have felt the guilt of our sin
as though it were His own. Thus He was "made to
be sin for us, who knew no sin" (2 Corinthians
5:21). His identification with us was complete. He
truly took the sinner's place. Ellen White speaks
further of this complete identification with us:
After Christ had taken the necessary steps in
repentance, conversion, and faith in behalf of the
human race, He went to John to be baptized of him
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