Thought For The Day (August 3, 2012): YESHUA Became Sin For Us!

The FATHER imputed our sin to YESHUA. By this we understand that YESHUA took upon Himself our sin (the sin imputed to us by Law). Isaiah 53:4-6 reads: < Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows ….. He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. >

We see the effects of this testified to in Luke 23:44-47 ….
44 Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
45 Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ ” Having said this, He breathed His last.
47 So when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous Man!”

YESHUA has taken upon Himself our sin and He has dealt with the issue(s) of our sin. As a result the veil in the temple was torn.

YESHUA was subjected to death – by Law – because of our sin.

But, by His own faith (and love), YESHUA overcame the effects of our sin. YESHUA overcame the spiritual reality of our sins, our transgressions and, our iniquities, manifested – in death.

And, YESHUA was raised from the dead, as YESHUA’s faith and love (exercised on our behalf) – which establish and fulfill the requirements of the Law (see Rom 3:31; 13:8-10) – facilitated the Righteousness of YHWH, manifesting life into YESHUA’s whole being.

YESHUA’s faith (and love) rose above the actuality of our sin. YESHUA’s faith (and love) in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, facilitated the Passover from death to life, on our behalf.

Through the Seed of CHRIST, the Seed of His faith (and love) that overcame sin and death, we are brought to life in our inner man in a new birth that stands in the fulfillment of the Law.

Now, according to our faith in YESHUA, in the fact that He took upon Himself our sins, and actually overcame our sin by His faith (and love), the power of GOD that raised YESHUA from the dead, works within us to give us exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think (see Eph 3:20; 1 Cor 1:18).

We must understand that this entire process by which YHWH has dealt with our sin through the Testimony of YESHUA, had (and has) absolutely nothing to do with the Law!

The Law imputed sin; YESHUA’s faith (and love) overcame the sentence of death, because YESHUA’s faith (and love) was manifested in a righteousness that was entirely in line with YHWH’s Righteousness (see Rev 5:7, 1-10).

This is why through a faith that is authored and finished by YESHUA (Heb 12:2a), the righteousness of YHWH works within us to save us (Rom 10:10, 9-10).

Understand that the Law has nothing to do with this process of salvation, except to bear witness to the penalty of sin which is death (Rom 3:21-26). The Law plays no actual part in the Righteousness of YHWH being manifested in us.

YESHUA fulfilled the Law and by faith in Him, the substance of that fulfillment is worked into us in the Righteousness of YHWH.

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 (NASB) reads:
18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”
20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
22 For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom;
23 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,
24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
27 but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,
28 and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,
29 so that no man may boast before God.
30 But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
31 so that, just as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Remember that the practice of the Law will not bring its fulfillment into you. The fulfillment of the Law is absolutely in YESHUA, “who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption”.

And, the fulfillment of the Law is only communicated into us as the Testimony of YESHUA is brought into being within us, in the Righteousness of GOD (by the HOLY SPIRIT), as we believe in what YHWH has accomplished through YESHUA’s sacrifice, death and resurrection (see Rom 10:9-10; Rev 19:10c).

Thank GOD for YESHUA! To YHWH be the Glory – forever and ever, amen!