Jesus Christ death; the message is unbelievable, a message of redemption, that is a substitution for sin. This is one of the great verses proclaiming the unbelievable love of God. It is impossible for man to grasp the fact that God made Christ to be sin for us, yet that is exactly what the scripture says. He who knew no sin, made to be sin. The perfect sacrifice for an imperfect people, that we might be presented not guilty before God.
Why was this act necessary? Because man needs more than just righteousness to stand perfect before God. To stand righteous before God is not enough, for man has already sinned. Man already stood guilty of breaking God's law, and the judgment and condemnation of death had already taken effect upon man. So the condemnation and judgment of sin had to be taken care of. God did this by laying all the sins of man upon Christ. All the guilt and condemnation of sin, God placed it all on Christ and let Him bear it all by Himself. God's purpose for this was that we might be made the righteousness of God in Christ. That we might be found not guilty before the Father. When a person believes in Jesus Christ, God takes that man's faith and He counts it as righteousness. The man is not righteous, but God considers the man's faith as righteousness. God does this because he loves man so much, that he sent His only begotten Son to die that we might have a right to life. Jesus secured righteousness for man. He came into the world to die for man. He came and arose from death and thus conquered death for man, thus His resurrected life could stand for the resurrected life of the believer and pronounce him innocent.
The truth is this, God loves His Son so much, that He honors any man who honors His son by believing in Him and believing Him. We are not innocent, we know this and God knows this, but God counts us as innocent because of our faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the righteousness God sees when He looks at the life of a believer. What an unbelievable Love....
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