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Pilgrim said:
Joe,

Not to sound like a broken record, but those 33 years of living a perfectly holy life were no less necessary to atone for the sins of the elect than was His death. BOTH were vicarious, i.e., substitutionary. Christ's death alone could not fully atone for what was needed by those for whom He came to save. So again, the atonement was to counter the curse of Original Sin; BOTH the imputed guilt AND the inherited corruption with its consequences. Salvation effects the whole man, both internally and externally. (cf. Jh 17:23; Heb 9:5; 12:23; Gal 3:13; 4:5; Rom 3:25; et al)

In His grace,

I agree pilgrim. I am trying to make a distinction where his WHOLE sinless life was needed. But during those 33 years, the externals of reproach and slander et all had no efficacious value in themselves.

There never was a sinner half as big as Christ is as a Savior.