Therefore God does not require what is impossible from man.
Then why the need for a substitutionary atonement? What you espouse here is the heresy of Erasmus.
If man could be perfectly sinless, then there would be no need for the sacrifice of Christ.
You contradict yourself and make my point. If there was a need for Christ, as there obviously was, then God demanded something of man that he was incapable of providing.
Since Christians do sin, then the only way for the Christian to ever be holy, without blame, without blemish, without wrinkle is by being "in Christ". Christ's obedience was perfect thereby making Christ's righteousness perfect. When one is baptized into Christ he puts on Christ (Galatians 3:27) thereby clothed in Christ's perfect righteousness.
And if being baptized into Christ is necessary so that we would be clothed in the perfect righteousness of Christ, then it seems rather obvious that God demand's perfection, even if it is substitutionary.
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