I don’t know what book this quote is from, and quite frankly, it’s been driving me nuts. I’ll eventually read whatever book it’s in. In the meantime, thank you internet for letting this pop up for me, because now I’m thinking about it.

The quote:

The only sin Jesus ever had was ours. The only righteousness we can ever have is his.

A. W. Tozer

This is an exchange we became a part of before we were even born. Jesus became sin and died for us, so that we might have eternal life. We take part in this exchange in an active way when we put our faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, putting on His righteousness.

The most important decision we make in life is of the soul saving variety. It’s an exchange of a lifetime. Have you counted the cost? Have you calculated the gain? Plot twist: we can’t compute the gain given by an infinite God, it’s that good!

I gave my life over to Christ with a faith that was so immature, not knowing the weightiness of that decision until much later in life. It was in college that I began thinking deeper and reflecting on owning my own faith and not just riding a wave of a label: I’m a Christian.

Since then, I find myself often thinking about what Jesus did and I’m in awe of our Savior who was perfect, sinless, and gave His life in full to pay a debt we could never pay.

How awesome is that of our God?

Without Him, we would never see the other side of Heaven and we would ultimately be faced with a second death. Hallelujah, we are saved.

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of mu mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Romans 7:21-25