GOSPEL IN A SINGLE VERSE · Faith On The Move

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GOSPEL IN A SINGLE VERSE

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.”

is often called the clearest, one sentence explanation of the gospel because it shows the entire salvation story in one verse.

Sin causes the separation from God and the guilt and shame we feel before God. Our sin needs to be gone and not ignored. How does this happen?

1. God sent us a perfect Savior, His Son Jesus Christ. Jesus lived a sinless life. He knew no sin. Jesus lived in perfect obedience to God. That made Him uniquely qualified to stand in the place of sinners.

2. Jesus was sent to be sin for us on the cross. Jesus took our place and bore our judgment we so rightly deserved.

3. This shows the Great Exchange. I learned this at the men's conference I went to. The Great Exchange is sin placed on Christ. Christ's righteousness is given to believers.

4. It Explains the result: Righteousness

“So that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”

Through faith in Christ, believers are:

forgiven

declared righteous

restored to relationship with God. (The veil was torn.)

Simple Gospel Summary:

This verse teaches us-

Jesus took the sin we deserved so we could receive the righteousness we could never earn.

That’s the heart of the gospel in a single verse.

Have you thought about giving your only child up to take on something of this magnitude?

Do you ever think about what Jesus went through before He was ever nailed to the cross?