| “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21 |
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| THE GREATEST EXCHANGE. Jesus Christ, 2nd person of the Trinity, the Son of God, comes into this world as a human. Coming to this earth as a human He came with a purpose and in I John 3:5 we see the main reason for His coming as it says, “He was manifested to take away our sins AND there is no sin in Him.” Just as the Apostle John has written, the Apostle Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5:21 that Jesus did not sin. He was perfect. He was completely righteous. Paul then writes that while He never sinned, He is made sin. This is to be understood that at Calvary, on the cross, He takes our sin. On the cross, He takes the punishment and pays the penalty for our sins. The One who never sinned takes all our sins and pays the penalty for our sins. Overwhelming to consider is it not? But there is more. He then gives to those who accept Him as Savior His righteousness. He imparts His righteousness to the one who accepts Him. He takes our sins and gives us His righteousness! Christ lived as if He lived my life or your life so that we might now have a life as if we had lived like Him. Let’s just take a moment and say WHAT AN EXCHANGE!!! WHAT A SAVIOR!!! BTW – The prerequisite for entrance into heaven is to be as RIGHTEOUS as God. The only way that ever happens is for Christ, who was perfect, to give us His righteousness. Our righteousness is so bad that it is described as filthy rags. You are not getting to heaven keeping the Ten Commandments – (no one is able to keep all of them,) You are not getting to heaven being a good person because while you may be good you are also bad. You are not getting to heaven because you love people or help people or serve people or even attend a church. You get to heaven by accepting Jesus who died and rose again for you and with that acceptance, you are justified, and being justified you receive Christ’s righteousness. Without a doubt, 2 Corinthians 5:21 is one of the most informative verses we have concerning our great and wonderful salvation! Verse to DATE the Word on May 21 (5/21) is 2 Corinthians 5:21. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Have you accepted Jesus as your Savior? I trust you have and that you have experienced the greatest exchange of all time. Continue Strong praising God for the great exchange, And remember to DATE the Word |