For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
In Paul’s letter to the Romans he describes the essence of sin, that man is born in sin. The writer of Hebrews is writing about the concept of sin, that yielding to temptation is sin.
God became man in order to show that it is possible to carry the burden of sin without yielding to its demands. Jesus had to carry the burden of sin to the cross in order to be the perfect sacrifice to put an end to sin as a barrier to having a relationship with God. It was a judicial act putting sin itself on trial and putting an end to sin.
We do not go to hell because of sin. Eternal life comes to us through faith in the atoning sacrifice of the man participating in God the Father’s plan to redeem His children. He lost them to disobedience and redeemed them by obedience of His Son Jesus Christ.
But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
We are not saved by our faithfulness but rather by His.
If the concept of sin has been destroyed then what is the purpose of our faithfulness?
The simple answer is to show our love for God who saved us from ourselves.
In my past there have been discussions about love being the target and our obedience is the aim and release of our arrow, the cupid concept. Since the small red center of the target is perfect love then hitting anywhere on the target is acceptable even if we don’t hit the red bullseye.
Allow me to use that analogy to help our aim. Get closer to the target.