Christians Weren’t Just “Better Jews”: They Knew Where to Take Their Sin

Christians Weren’t Just “Better Jews”: They Knew Where to Take Their Sin


Too often, Christianity is misunderstood as a mere moral upgrade from Old Covenant Judaism—like Christians are simply people who sinned less than the Jews who rejected Jesus and were destroyed in 70 AD. But this misses the heart of the gospel and the radical shift that took place in the New Covenant. The Christian wasn’t someone who merely sinned less. The difference wasn’t in behavior alone—it was in where they took their sin.


Two Types of Worshipers: The Compromiser and the Christian


Under the Old Covenant, both the faithful and the unfaithful participated in its practices—feasts, temple worship, and sacrifices. But when sin entered the picture, the response made all the difference.


The compromiser brought their sacrifice to the priest. They checked the religious boxes. They trusted the system, not the Messiah. Their hope was in ritual, not repentance. Their participation in the temple was disconnected from a transformed heart.


The Christian, on the other hand, brought their sin to Christ. Yes, many early believers still participated in other parts of the Old Covenant (Acts 21:20–26), but they knew where the real atonement lay. Christ was their High Priest. His once-for-all sacrifice had replaced the entire system of offerings. The Christian didn’t merely sin “less”—they sinned differently. They sinned as those under grace, not law, and therefore responded with repentance, not ritual.



The True Distinction Was Not Moral Superiority


The early Christians weren’t morally flawless. Peter denied Christ. Paul called himself the chief of sinners. Corinth was a mess. But the difference was that when they fell, they fell toward Christ. Their failures were not met with denial, cover-up, or dead ritual—but with a return to the cross. That is the essence of New Covenant life: not sinlessness, but sincerity in repentance and dependence on Christ’s finished work.


The Temple Couldn’t Clean What Christ Already Had


When Jerusalem fell in 70 AD, it wasn’t because Christians were “better behaved.” It was because the Jews who rejected Christ had clung to a temple that no longer had any meaning. They kept offering sacrifices as though the cross had never happened. They trusted the shadow rather than the substance (Hebrews 10:1).


The Christians had already fled to the mountains (Luke 21:21). Not because they were perfect—but because they recognized the judgment coming upon a system that could no longer save.


Today: Where Do You Take Your Sin?


If you're living under the illusion that being Christian means sinning less, you're still thinking in Old Covenant terms. The gospel isn't about behavioral comparison—it's about covenantal transformation. The question is not “Do you sin less than others?” but “Where do you take your sin?” Are you offering your sin to a system of self-justification and dead ritual? Or are you bringing it boldly before a throne of grace, where Christ intercedes forever?


Conclusion 


Christianity is not Judaism with stricter morals. It is a new creation, a new priesthood, and a new way to live—not by law, but by the Spirit. The Jews who perished in 70 AD weren’t destroyed because they sinned more. They were destroyed because they refused to believe in the only sacrifice that could save them. Let us not fall into the same trap—trusting systems, comparing sin, or hiding behind religion. Let us take our sin to Christ, the only one who bore it fully and finally.

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