But what I have come to see, and believe, is this. The end, or purpose, of the cross was not to destroy sin. Redemption, therefore, or salvation, is the process of our becoming human again. It is the Spirit of the Risen Christ, who comes with fire to burn away the sin in our life, who comes with life and healing, who brings resurrection power, who redeems us, to save us from our inhumanity. The Holy Spirit desires to humanize us - to free us to be creatures again, dependent upon and in relationship with God, finding within God the source of life.
Sin continues to dehumanize.
This is why we call him Savior and Lord. It is because he was without sin that his humanity was preserved, and his triumph over sin in our lives, frees us to be truly human again. The truly human one gives us our humanity back again, and allows us to return to Eden. He made risen humanity His temple. We must be human.