23 Satan bears our sins It was seen, also, that while the sin offering pointed to Christ as a sacrifice, and the high priest represented Christ as a mediator, the scapegoat typified Satan, the author of sin, upon whom the sins of the truly penitent  will  finally  be  placed.  The  Great Controversy, p. 422. As the priest, in removing the sins from the sanctuary, confessed them upon the head of the scapegoat, so Christ will place all these sins upon Satan, the originator and instigator of sin. The Great Controversy, p. 485. Their sins are transferred to the originator of sin. Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5, p. 475. THE BIBLE SAYS . . . and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed (1 Peter 2:24). The next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). We can be sinless Those only who through faith in Christ obey all of God’s commandments  will  reach  the  condition  of sinlessness  in  which  Adam  lived  before  his transgression.  Seventh-day  Adventist  Bible Commentary, Vol. 6, p. 1118. In order to let Jesus into our hearts, we must stop sinning. Signs of the Times, March 3, 1898. To be redeemed means to cease from sin. Review & Herald, September 25, 1900.