Our Sin, His Righteousness (Pt. 5)

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

When we by grace alone

through faith alone put

our trust in Christ alone

for the forgiveness

of our sins we were given

His righteousness.

We were baptized into

His death

and buried with Him.

We no longer live.

We were crucified

with Christ.

Listen to Paul describe

himself in Galatians:

“I have been crucified

with Christ.

It is no longer I who live…”

Galatians 2:20a

And just as Christ was raised from

the dead by the glory of the

Father we were raised with Him!

Paul continues:

“…but Christ who lives in me.

And the life I now live

in the flesh I live by faith in

the Son of God, who loved me

and gave himself for me.”

Galatians 2:20b

Hear Paul explain

this in his letter to the Romans:

“Do you not know that all of us

who have been baptized

into Christ Jesus

were baptized into his death?

We were buried therefore

with him by baptism into death,

in order that, just as Christ

was raised from the dead

by the glory of the Father,

we too might walk

in newness of life.”

Romans 6:3-4

In Christ

we are saints and as saints are now

called to live, act, think,

and love as saints.

Ephesians 1:1;

1 Corinthians 1:2, 6:11;

1 Peter 1:15-16

We are no longer

who we once were.

Therefore,

we should be

daily…

moment by moment…

thought by thought…

word by word…

deed by deed…

praising God and

thanking Him,

as we walk forward

trusting

IN CHRIST

and in

HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,

considering all the

riches of Christ in us

AND

the hope we have of glory.

Does this describe

our daily experience?

Since we have been given

Christ’s righteousness,

you would think that

this would be the norm