Three words that modified history: ‘Jesus became sin’

As we enter Easter, we would like to centre our attention on the importance of Christ’s work of redemption for all of humanity. The Apostle Paul did the identical thing for the church at Corinth in the primary century. He reminded them of those three words, “Jesus became sin.” 

These three words modified the course of history and never only history but eternity for all who decide to consider in Jesus Christ’s sacrificial work on the cross that culminated in his resurrection power from the grave.

Two thousand years ago, the Apostle Paul said this to the Corinthian church about Jesus in 2 Corinthians 5:21:

“For our sake he made him (Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, in order that in him we’d turn out to be the righteousness of God.”

God the Father made Jesus to be sin. The One who knew no sin, became sin. I can’t imagine living thirty-three years on this earth sinless. Can you imagine it? I can’t imagine living thirty-three minutes sinless much less thirty-three years. You and I don’t possess this capability for sinless living. But the One who did, Jesus, selected to present that up for you and me. That thought overwhelms me with hope, peace, joy, and floods me with the love of God that’s present in Christ Jesus. There isn’t any greater news than that Jesus did for us that which we couldn’t do for ourselves.

Let me ask you this, “Do you owe a debt to Jesus you possibly can’t pay?” The answer is, “Yes!”

You have a sin debt you possibly can’t pay. 

The Apostle Paul told the Romans in Romans 6:23, “The wages of sin is death.” The penalty in your sin is everlasting death. That’s the bad news! The Good News is Jesus paid it for you and offers you that free gift of everlasting life. 

Jesus who knew no sin became sin. You won’t find a greater friend than Jesus. He laid down His life for you and me so we’d live, again, eternally. The most vital decision every human being makes is what they may do with the free gift of salvation Jesus offers them through His finished work at Calvary.

Jesus paid a debt he didn’t owe, so we’d live eternally with Him. You and I actually have been bought with a price, the worth of Jesus’ blood on the cross, however the query is, “Will we glorify God with our lives?” 

Jesus who knew no sin became sin, in order that we’d turn out to be the righteousness of God. Through Jesus, you get to turn out to be what you possibly can have never turn out to be an element of Him. He became sin so you possibly can turn out to be righteous. 

What does it mean to be righteous? It means to be made right with God. It means to be seen as holy in God’s presence due to Christ’s sacrifice for you and your acceptance of that sacrifice of Him in your sin. 

Jesus became sin in order that in him we’d turn out to be the righteousness of God. 

There isn’t any higher news! 

The Apostle Paul tells us in Romans 10:9-10:

“If you confess together with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and consider in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will probably be saved. 10 For with the guts one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.”

The Apostle Paul then admonishes the Corinthians: once you will have believed, don’t waste it. As a Pastor, I actually have watched so many individuals who claim the name of Jesus waste the grace of Jesus by returning to a lifetime of disbelief and unconfessed sin. This great gift of righteousness through Jesus Christ becomes vain to their lives.

The Apostle Paul said to the Corinthians in 2 Corinthians 6:1:

“Working along with Him (Jesus), then, we appeal to you to not receive the grace of God in vain.”

Are you wasting the miraculous, righteous work of Christ in your life because you will have returned to your sin and refuse to refer to Jesus about it? 

Maybe you might be like me. You get uninterested in talking to Jesus concerning the same ole sins in your life.

But Jesus became sin so you possibly can refer to Him confidently, continually, and consistently about how He can transform you from death to life not only everlasting life but day by day life in Him. Jesus never tires of you talking to Him about your sin. He desires to allow you to practically turn out to be the righteousness of God in your day by day life. 

Jesus became sin. 

Jesus knows your sin already. 

The distance between your sin and God’s righteousness is his presence manifested in your life through the confession of your sins to him.

John the Beloved said in 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he’s faithful and simply to forgive us our sins and to cleans us from all unrighteousness.”

He became sin in order that we’d turn out to be the righteousness of God through the confession of our sins to him. 

All of us have sin in our lives we tire of confessing. But Jesus never tires of our confessions because he became sin so we could turn out to be righteous. Our lack of confession is an affront to Christ’s sacrifice for us. We have the possibility to be free, but our pride combined with fatigue over our sinful selves hinders our best freedom in Christ. We are promised His righteousness if we confess.

Let’s get practical for a moment. 

What specific sin in your life trips you up probably the most often? 

The author of Hebrews in Hebrews 12:1 calls it, “the sin which clings so closely.” The King James version refers to it because the “sin that does so easily beset.” Do you already know which sin clings the closest to you? I do know what it’s in my life. How again and again have I talked to God about it? I tire of talking to Jesus concerning the sin that adheres closely to me, but He never tires of my confession to Him about it. Matter a fact, He guarantees forgiveness and righteousness if we confess.

Are you wasting God’s grace in your life since you refuse to admit to Jesus the sin that adheres closely to you? Are you fatigued by your personal sinful self? Have you stopped believing God’s promise that He gives grace to the common-or-garden who confess?

Can I remind you of the three words that modified history and eternity?

Jesus became sin.

Now, can I remind you of the 4 words that can change your life?

Jesus became your sin.

Now can I remind you of the five words that can change day-after-day of your life?

Confess your sins to Jesus.

Now can I remind you of the six words that can change your life now and the everlasting life to return?

He is faithful to forgive you.

Jesus became sin. Will you proceed to turn out to be His righteousness? Confession is the important thing to embrace the three words that modified history.

Here are the three words that can change your history, your present, and your future.

“Father, forgive me!”

And Jesus has. And Jesus does. And Jesus will! Because He became sin so you possibly can turn out to be the righteousness of God. Forever. 

Amen!