Daily Devotional

-March 29, 2021-

Good morning, happy Monday,

-God Laid Our Sins on Christ So That His Righteousness May Be Imputed To Us-

“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).

Easter, the resurrection day, is next Sunday. It is the most important holy day in Christianity. We cannot think of the resurrection without consideration of the cross. Today’s verse is so precious and holy that we must take off our shoes for we are standing on holy ground. The Lord told this to Moses at the burning bush and to Joshua before the battle of Jericho.

We see the role of the Father and role of the Son on the cross for us. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” The Paul also wrote in Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

In order for God to save us He had to lay our sins on His beloved and only begotten Son. God (The Father) made Him (His Son Jesus Christ) to be sin for us. Not only did our Savior bear our sins but He also became sin for us. He was our Substitute on the cross. He took our place and died the death that we should have died. It is hard for us to imagine or comprehend the depths of His suffering on the cross. He bore the wrath and judgment at Calvary.

The hymn writer Annie Ross Cousin wrote, “Jehovah lifted up His rod — O Christ, it fell on Thee! Thou wast sore stricken of Thy God; There’s not one stroke for me. Thy blood beneath that rod has flowed: Thy bruising health me.” It says in Isaiah 53:10, “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His Seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall proper in His hand.” The reason it pleased the Father to bruise Him is because of His great love for us!

Because our Lord died for us and our sins, the Father has made us the righteousness of God in Him. We have been cleansed and forgiven of our sins and clothed in the righteousness of God. The Father now sees us through His perfect Son. Romans 5:19 says, “For as by one man’s (Adam) disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s (Jesus) obedience many will be made righteous.” Praise God we are so blessed to be saved from our sins and to be made the righteousness of God in Him.

Have a blessed day and Easter week rejoicing in our salvation. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean