photo #6548349

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. --- 2 Corinthians 5:21 NLT When we trust in Christ, we make an exchange: He takes our sin and makes us right with God. Our sin was laid on Christ at his crucifixion. His righteousness is given to us at our conversion. This is what Christians mean by Christ’s atonement for sin. In the world, bartering works only when two people exchange goods of relatively equal value. But God offers to trade his righteousness for our sin---something of immeasurable worth for something completely worthless. How grateful we should be for his kindness to us. --- Life Application Study Bible notes