2 Corinthians 5:21 –
6:1 New Living Translation
“For
God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we
could be made right with God through Christ. As God’s partners, we beg you not
to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.”
At
the point of our salvation there is an exchange made, our sin for Christ’s
righteousness. All of man’s sin was laid
upon Christ on the cross. He took it on
willingly, knowing it was the Father’s plan.
Knowing it was the only way to close the gap between God and man that
sin had caused. In effect the cross,
when laid down, provides a walkway over the chasm our sin had created.
The
exchange that was made was not like bartering, because when we barter with
someone we are exchanging two items of relative worth. The righteousness is so much greater in value
than our sin, which frankly has no value at all, that it must be attributed to
that thing the Bible refers to as God’s grace, his undeserved favor.
Apparently, the false teachers who essentially told them they could live
whatever way they wished and still not fall out of favor with the Lord were
swaying some of the believers in Corinth.
In
every believers life there comes a time when we struggle with what God says in
his word and push it aside, not wanting to submit to it. Paul implored the Corinthian church not to
ignore God’s incredible gift of kindness … forgiveness by his grace thru the
blood of Christ. Accepting this gift
means we are submitting to the movement of the Holy Spirit in our life. It’s a new year, a new start, another chance
to make wrongs right and get your mess straightened out. God can make that happen but you must trust
him and then do as he says in his word.
Embrace God’s gift of everlasting life and leave your old life behind
forever. Until next time, walk with the
King and be a blessing!
Resource:
The Life Application Study Bible.
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