Our Sin, His Righteousness (Pt. 3)

For our sake he made him

to be sin who knew no sin,

so that in him we might become

the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:21

We all think like sinners

and will think like sinners

until we are in glory.

God gave up His Son for

wayward, wretched,

and wanton children like us.

He rescued,

redeemed,

reconciled,

and pardoned

our unworthy souls.

And yet we find ourselves

still trying to live on our own

and in our own strength,

going our own ways, and

according to our own will.

Our sin infested flesh

resists the truth and pulls us

to think and live in a way

that seems right to us.

We are inclined to live

by sight or circumstance,

by reason or logic,

by effort or achievement.

Given this bent,

how thankful we can be

that we have been given

Christ’s righteousness!

How needful this is!

We have been saved

from the wrath of God!

He is for us not against us.

We are now in Christ Jesus.

Our identity is in Him.

Even though we still

think like sinners

and will always have to fight

our “bent” towards sin

in thought, word, and deed,

we have the knowledge

that He died for us

and has given us Himself

and His righteousness

to overcome.

IN CHRIST

is our strength.

If we keep this picture

in the forefront of our minds

by God’s grace we can

catch ourselves

and confess our sin

and look to Christ.

We can live like Christ.

It will be a

F I E R C E F I G H T

but,

understanding our propensity

to think like “a human”

to see things like “a sinner”

is HUGE.

If we keep the truth of the gospel

in front of our eyes

we won’t be so inclined to

go with our flesh.

Knowing the truth

and taking it to heart

we can go forward in the

SPIRIT

and not with our

our unreliable feelings,

our limited perspective,

or our ineffectual efforts.

We can observe our thoughts

and actions to see if they line up

with the truth of the gospel.