Dr. W's Reflections...
What a wonderful Sunday! And guess what–EASTER is coming! I encourage you to invite family members and friends to join us for Easter Sunday. As we highlighted on Sunday morning – “To believe in Jesus Christ is to receive the gift of His righteous life.” And since we are now clothed in the robe of His righteousness, let us seize upon everyday moments to share the gifts of His virtuous life with others.
We have been blessed to be a blessing! The life we share together as a church family is special, because the life we share together has been made sacred by God. And so, let’s keep praying: “Lord, send people to us, and send us to people.”
The Lord be with you,
Wyatt
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THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
What happened at the Cross is a song of amazing grace. Because love ran red at the Cross, you and I have been given a gift of “righteousness” from God that could never be earned or deserved. And because Jesus chose the nails, we now know that the “righteousness” we need for salvation can never be achieved by any amount of good deeds we could ever do for Christ, but, instead, the “righteousness” we need for salvation can only be received by us when we choose to believe in the righteous act performed by Jesus for us on the Cross.
When you and I look through a piece of red glass, we see red. When we look through a piece of blue glass, we see blue. And when we look at the Cross, all we can see is the guilt and shame of our “sin.” But thankfully, the “good news” is this: When God looks at us through the lens of the Cross, He sees the “righteousness” of His One and Only Son. So because Jesus “bore” our sins in His body on the Cross, we can now die to sin, and live for “righteousness” (1 Peter 2:24). And since God made Jesus who had no sin to be “sin” for us, we can now receive the saving gift of God’s “righteousness” if we will but accept the offer of grace He makes to us in Jesus Christ.