The Greatest Exchange

His Righteousness for my Sin

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.

Who knew no sin

1 John 3:5 You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

He took our sin

1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Rom 5:8

Self-Righteousness

Luke 18:9-14
The Pharisee and the Tax collector

Isaiah 64:6
We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.

Romans 3:10
as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one

The sinfulness of Sin

R.C. Sproul - Cosmic Treason

2 Peter 1:4- Corruption= Ruin, decay

1 Timothy 1:15-17

1 Timothy 1:15-17
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

It is a heart issue

Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Mark 7:14-23

Ezekiel 36:26-27
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

Imputed Righteousness

Philippians 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God
that depends on faith—

Romans 5:19
For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

Isaiah 53:4-6,11

1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Luke 7:36-50

Simon’s Lesson

He who has been forgiven much, loves much!

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. Not only is there forgiveness, but there is newness and ongoing transformation

His Righteousness for my Sin

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.