Today is Thursday, July 9th, 2020; Karen's Korner #4249

I am reading a book titled "Praying Grace"; 55 Meditations and Declarations on the Finished Work of Christ.

The author David A. Holland tells about the 'seven exchanges' we receive when we accept Christ into our lives.

Installment #1 "Our Sin for His Righteousness":
 

"God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God."

~ 2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV
 

Holland writes, "The cross is a place of exchange. We come to the cross carrying every cursed and awful thing that befell mankind in the fall. There we lay those things down, then walk away with our arms laden with extraordinary gifts."

"We exchange our sinfulness for Jesus' righteousness ..... Jesus was made to be sin with our sinfulness that we might be made righteous with His righteousness. It is a wonderful trade."

 

"Oh, Father, what an amazing thing it is to know that Jesus took my sin and my sinfulness upon Himself and gave me His perfect, flawless righteousness. Help me, by Your grace, become continually more aware and conscious of this astonishing truth in the deepest recesses of my heart and mind.

"I declare that I've exchanged my sinfulness for His righteousness. Jesus, thank You that You were made to be sin that I might be made righteous. In the process, I have regained the amazing privilege of communion and connectedness to You that my forefather Adam forfeited in the fall."


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