The Curse on the Tree

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When Jesus takes our sin, what happens to our sin? Where does our sin go if it is no longer ours to carry?

When Jesus removes our sin, he takes our sin upon himself. Jesus carries our sin so that we do not have to carry it.

Paul wrote the church in Corinth, saying, “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21, ESV).

Jesus gives us the great exchange. Jesus trades us our sin for his righteousness. We give our sin to Jesus, and he takes our sin upon himself, and he gives us his righteousness.

The Apostle Paul wrote the church in Galatia, saying, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree’” (Galatians 3:13, ESV).

Jesus became the worst that we are, so that we would become the best that he is.

Jesus took on our curse upon his tree—the cross of Calvary.

May we worship Jesus in thanksgiving for exchanging our sin for his righteousness, for taking our curse upon himself on the cursed tree—the cross of Calvary.

A Collect for Guidance: “Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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