April 4 Morning Devotional | How to Have the Righteousness of God | Morning and Evening by Spurgeon

Morning, April 4 | “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” —2 Corinthians 5:21 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NASB)

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

Devotional Video Transcript:

Mourning Christian, why do you weep? Are you mourning over your own corruptions? Look to your perfect Lord, and remember, you are complete in him; you are in God’s sight as perfect as if you had never sinned; nay, more than that, the Lord our Righteousness has put a divine garment upon you, so that you have more than the righteousness of man — you have the righteousness of God.

You who are mourning by reason of inbred sin and depravity, remember, none of your sins can condemn you. You have learned to hate sin; but you have learned also to know that sin is not yours — it was laid upon Christ’s head. Your standing is not in yourself — it is in Christ; your acceptance is not in yourself, but in your Lord; you are as much accepted of God today, with all your sinfulness, as you will be when you stand before his throne, free from all corruption.

I urge you to lay hold of this precious thought - perfection in Christ! For you are “complete in him.” (Colossians 2:10) With your Saviour’s garment on, you are holy as the Holy one. “who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.” (Romans 8:34)

Christian, let your heart rejoice, for you are “accepted in the beloved” (Ephesians 1:6, KJV) What have you to fear? Let your face ever wear a smile; live near your Master; live in the suburbs of the Celestial City; for soon, when your time has come, you shall rise up where Jesus sits, and reign at his right hand; and all this because the Lord Jesus was made “to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

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