“For he had made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” – 2Corinthians 5:21
LIGHT FOR NOW: Irrespective of your past record, the day you arrive in Christ, you are righteous.
Paul puts even more clearly the central message of the gospel. This is the same teaching he had delivered to the Corinthians and to many other people around the world. This verse may be the most concise presentation of the gospel in all the scripture. God acted for our sake. That means God acted out of His love to make it possible to remove separation between us and Him: Our sin. To accomplish this, God made Christ, who had never sinned during His life on earth in any way, to become our sin. Jesus’ death, then, paid the price for our sin, removing our guilt and removing the obstacle between us and God. Instead of being sin ourselves, those who come to God through faith in Christ are given credit for Christ’s righteousness, sinless life. We become God’s righteousness and are reconciled with Him. By his gift of grace and through our faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9), righteousness is our nature since Christ’s death paid sin its wages. That’s what if means to be in “in Christ”. In Christ, God is not counting people’s sins against them, but instead giving them credit for Christ’s righteous life. As Christ’s ambassador, Paul begged all people to be reconciled to god through faith in Christ. All who are “in Christ” are new creation. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Acknowledge your reconciliation with God.
CONFESSION: I am reconciled with God through faith; therefore, I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, in Jesus Name, Amen.
QUOTE: The man in Christ is God’s righteousness.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: JOHN CHAPTER 3; EVENING: JOHN CHAPTER 4
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 