Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
2 Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God IN HIM.”
Notice the phrase “in Him.”
This means that our becoming the righteousness of God is in a sphere–in Him.
To be in Him is to be in an organic union with Him.
By virtue of this organic union, we have become (Gk. aorist tense) the righteousness of God.
In this verse we can see our new, organic “I,” joined to the Person of Christ.
He is now our person, our righteousness, our standing, our foundation, our supply, our reactions, our thought-life, our feelings, our choices.
Christ is our life!
I can participate constantly in all that belongs to this One because I am in an organic union with Him.
I am joined to Him.
And there is a great fact in this union–He was made sin once and for all on the cross for us.
Second Corinthians 5:21 reveals that He did not know sin, but that He was made sin on our behalf.
So the total sin problem, including my sinful acts in the plural and indwelling sin in the singular, was borne by Him on the cross.
He bore the penalty and the judgment for it once and for all.
Sin and sins all fell on Him Isa. 53:4-6).
Now, for every man, the cross of Christ and the blood of Christ solve the entire realm of the sin problem.
He bore the sin, He was made sin, and consequently He has all the sin.
The fact that He was made sin (aorist tense) is part of the double transfer in 2 Corinthians 5:21.
Our sin was transferred to Him, and He took the judicial judgment for it and paid the price for it with condemnation, judgment, and death.
He received the sentence for sin.
It was paid for, once and for all.
He has the sin, that we might become the righteousness of God in union with Him.
Now in this new “I,” in union with Him, we have become the righteousness of God.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
WEDNESDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Lori Blount’s Mother
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Charlene Palmer
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Thaxton
David Burnette
David Harrison
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Eric Ward
Erik Magusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Jillian Gray
Jim Mabe
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan’s Sister
Karen Slane
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lamar Knight
Larry Barker
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Linda Alexander
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ricky Stubbs
Rose Fuller
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Terrell Loyd
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