Is it fair for Christ, who was innocent, to be punished for our sins? Isn’t it unjust to punish someone who is innocent, even if he is willing to be punished?
In order to understand how Christ’s atonement can be fair and just, we must understand our relationship with Him.
We’re one with Christ. We’re united with Him. He willingly takes our sin and gives us His righteousness.
Imagine two companies. Company A agrees to purchase Company B, which has great debt that it can’t pay. When Company A buys Company B, they willingly agree to absorb their debt and pay it. Company B’s debt is legally transferred to Company A.
In the same way, Revelation 5:9 teaches that Christ has bought us…
“With your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.”
And again in 1 Corinthians 7:23…
“You were bought at a price.”
When Christ purchases us, we become one with Him, and He willingly agrees to have our sin debt legally transferred to Himself. This is taught in 2 Corinthians 5:21…
“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
We’re so closely united to Christ that His death is our death and His resurrection is our resurrection. This beautiful promise is made in Romans 6:5…
“If we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.”
*AMEN*
PROPHETESS/MINISTER DELORESA R.
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