The following is an excerpt from our devotional series The Divine Exchange – Daily Devotions of Gratitude.

THE THIRD EXCHANGE: Jesus was made sin with our sinfulness, that we might become righteous with His righteousness. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Cor 5:21)

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A third aspect of the exchange is revealed in Isaiah 53:10 (KJV), which states that the Lord made the soul of Jesus “an offering for sin.” This must be understood in the light of the Mosaic ordinances for various forms of sin offering. The person who had sinned was required to bring his sacrificial offering—a sheep, a goat, a bull, or some other animal—to the priest. He would confess his sin over the offering, and the priest would symbolically transfer the sin he had confessed from the person to the animal. Then the animal would be killed, thus paying the penalty for the sin that had been transferred to it.

Jesus’s soul was made the sin offering. This is a staggering thought. We can’t even begin to comprehend what it meant for the soul of Jesus to be identified with the sin of the whole human race. That utterly pure and undefiled soul became identified with the sin of all humanity.

The righteousness of God has no past to be ashamed of. It’s incapable of guilt. It’s totally perfect and pure. And that’s what we’re offered through this exchange.

Prayer Points:

1. Take time to meditate on 2 Cor 5:21. Ask Jesus to help you comprehend the gift that He gave you by being the sacrifice for your sin.
2. Thank Jesus for His righteousness, and for making it available to you.
3. Read Isaiah 61:10 and praise Him for covering you with His “robe of righteousness.”

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(Excerpted and used by permission from Derek Prince Ministries. Photo Credit: Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash)