Proverbs 21.18 says, the wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous and the transgressor for the upright. We know that Jesus was sinless when he died on the cross, but we should also consider that Jesus is presented as a ransom because, while he was innocent and sinless, the fact is he willingly played the role of the wicked as he became a ransom for the righteous. You see, in order to become our ransom, Jesus became sin and took the place of the wicked and the transgressor. Romans 3.23 tells us, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Every single man and woman who ever lived has one thing in common. We're sinners. We're born with a sinful nature, suffering the consequences of that original sin brought on the human race by Adam and Eve, who sinned in the Garden of Eden. So it's only reasonable that since the payment for sin against a holy, infinite God had to be made by a holy, infinite sacrifice, that only God himself could be that sacrifice. That's why God came into this world as a male child, born of a virgin named Mary in Bethlehem and raised in the city of Nazareth, in order to become that holy, infinite sacrifice and to provide payment for the sins of mankind. Philippians 2, 6-8 speaks of Jesus who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men, and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death. even the death of the cross. But in death, Jesus wasn't just a picture of sin's consequences. Our sin was laid on him. He took the place of the transgressor, as Paul explained in 2 Corinthians 5.21, for he hath made him, Jesus, to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Jesus was made to be sin, just as though he was the transgressor, and we were made upright by what is called imputed righteousness. Paul describes this in Romans 4, 24 and 25, but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him, that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered for our offenses. and was raised again for our justification. It was a great exchange. The holy, infinite God became the full and total sacrifice, standing in the place of the wicked to die as a ransom for those who would be made righteous by faith in his death and resurrection. As our proverb puts it, the transgressor for the upright. If this had not happened, we could never have been saved. We could never provide the infinite payment of a sinless sacrifice to pay for our sins, but Jesus did it for us as our substitute. Again, 1 Peter 2.24 also explains this about Jesus, who his own self bear our sins in his own body on the tree, that we being dead to sins should live unto righteousness by whose stripes ye were healed. This is called the substitutionary sacrifice. Sadly, a lot of the apostates and false teachers are rejecting this truth. Jesus became the transgressor to die for us, making us the upright, not by anything we've done, but by his finished work on the cross and victory at the empty tomb. As Titus 3, 5 says, not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost. And that is why we are going to sing and praise the name of Jesus in the fullness of his eternal spirit to the glory of God the Father for all of eternity for having such a wonderful God and Savior, holy and infinite. who willingly took our sins upon Himself, shedding His blood and death on the cross and rising from the dead in victory to His praise and glory.