“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 2Co5.21
There is a subtle contrast in these words which describes two profound events. The first is that a man who was perfectly right with God was ‘made’ not right with Him and the second is that people not right ‘become’ right with Him. Christ is ’made,’ we ’become.’ What happened to Christ was but for a moment, what happens to us is for all time. His was an act, ours an alteration. He was declared our substitute to experience our judgment, so that we could be declared saints, set apart to experience His love. He is the rock thrown into the pond of humanity and we the ripples of transformation. The first Adam altered the world by his act of disobedience. The obedience of the second Adam has altered it no less. ‘Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.’ He was furnished that we might be finished. 3/29/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
