Jesus did not identify a person with his sin, but rather saw this as something alien, something that really did not belong to him, something that merely chained and mastered him and from which he would free him and bring him back to his real self. Jesus was able to love men because he loved them right through a layer of mud. Helmut Theilicke (1908-1986) German Theologian Comment: Sin is a spirit! An evil spirit! God is a spirit! Jesus being God had power over evil spirits that no mortal man possessed! Even though Jesus or God was not or ever had been evil he had to identify with our sin at death on a Cross to pay the penalty for our sin! Confessing our sin to Christ will free us or separate us from our sin and then this evil spirit will roam the earth looking for a soul to possess not covered by the blood of Christ! By the mention of Jesus name after conversion Christ gives you his power to defeat sin in others by his name! James & Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com