“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 2nd Corinthians 5:21. What is salvation? Salvation is the exchange of our sin for Jesus’ righteousness. What an amazing trade! You get to trade your sin for His righteousness. You get to trade not only the sin, but the condemnation that comes with it. “He who believes in Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” John 3:18.
You know what the hardest part of believing is? It’s too good to be true. It can’t be that simple. He took our place on the cross. He invites us to enter into His life and His righteousness. It’s an absolutely amazing and astounding exchange: “that we might become the righteousness of God.” It’s simply speaking of it in the sense of potential. It’s a possibility for any member of the human race to enter into a right relationship with God, to enter into His righteousness.
When God looks at you, the first thing He sees is the righteousness of His Son. That’s why Paul says in Ephesians 1:6, we are “accepted in the Beloved.” Christ is “the Beloved.” We are in Him. God accepts us as He accepts His own Son. It’s extremely important for us to latch on to this because the devil sits on your shoulder and my shoulder 24 hours a day, particularly when we fail, particularly when we fall short, particularly when we don’t do something that we should do or do something we shouldn’t have. And he begins his accusations, reminding us of how far we are from what we ought to be and how often we fail, and how far we fall short and on and on. “Aren’t you ashamed? You should be ashamed of the person that you are.”
We need to always remember that when Christ died, (this is very important) what Paul tells us in Philippians 2:5-9. He stepped down out of the glory of heaven, took on a robe of human flesh, found Himself in this world, and humbled Himself even more to death on a cross. That’s a criminal’s death. He despised the shame (i.e., our shame). He took on human flesh and went to the cross, despising the shame. That’s very important because it indicates that He looked at it as a small price to pay to carry your shame and to carry my shame.
And He paid the debt, and He wiped the slate clean of the shame. “Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.” Hebrews 12:2-3.
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