2 Corinthians 5:21
For He made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin that we might be made
the righteousness of God in Him.
If the question was raised, How
are believers made the righteousness of God? Believers are made the
righteousness of God through the atoning work of Christ our Lord and Savior on
the cross at Calvary . Even though Christ never
became a sinner, He was made sin by God the Father for the sake of reconciling
man back to Himself. This was done out of love for humanity. Throughout
Christ's earthly stay He remained the spotless Lamb of God as He knew His
mission was to pay man's sin-debt. In doing so Christ became the object of God
the Father's judgment. Christ taking on God's sin judgment was justification for
God forgiving sin and for this all believers are eternally grateful.
This question comes to mind, How
do believers manifest the righteousness of God for the world to see? This
is achieved by believers faith walk while remaining in union and fellowship with
Christ (1 John 1:9, John 15:4-5, Galatians 2:20).
What motivated God the Father to
sacrifice His Son for humanity? God was motivated by His love for humanity
and to reconcile man back to Himself that would reestablish the broken
fellowship that existed as the resulted of sin. Believers become new creatures
in Christ who can and will witness to other lost souls bringing then into the
family of God.
We are the righteousness of God through Christ's sin atonement.
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