We Are The Righteousness Of God In Christ Jesus

2 Corinthians 5: 21 says " God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

We are not becoming but have becomed through the sacrifice of Christ the righteousness of God. Do you believe that? How much do you believe that?

In the new covenant that our Lord Jesus has established for us through his blood, He has fullfilled the law. There is no need to sacrifice an animal each time we sin or year after year by the high priest. Jesus says "It is finished". It isnt just in the physical atonement but also in the spiritual atonement of our lives.Not just that we can go to heaven when we die... but most importantly the Lord has given us fellowship with Him and wholeness in life before we see Him face to face.

We must have been very clean under the blood of Christ when we compare the present to the latter way of offering sacrifices and the ease of fellowshipping with the Lord now through the blood of Christ. The Bible says that the Lord will not with-hold any good things from us if He in the first place has not withheld His son.

If you think about it.... it is an overpayment for our sins. Because of the quality of the "lamb of God" that was offered on our place. Our sins can never outweigh the sacrifice of Christ. It is an overpayment.... So now how can we not be cleansed and be assured that God is pleased with the payment of our sins. Like the sacrifice in days of old, the Lord was crushed and beaten... torn in his flesh , limbs and organs broken... he was led like a lamb to the slaughter. His blood was drained and the Lord's fury burned upon Him. As the Father poured down His cup of judgement upon the Man who became sin on our behalf.. He did it so brutally that the work was finished and the justice of God fully met. The requirements of the law was fulfilled.

The Lord died in our place on the cross(our cross). He died in our place so we that we can take his place as sons and daughters of God. When the devil accuse us, we have the cross to show him that the justice is met and the atonement finished.

Let's live our lives remembering the finished work of the cross. It is finished!