The Passion: Made Righteous — The Price That Was Paid
Study The Word
Isaiah 53:10–11 (KJV)
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
There is a truth in the Word of God that once it drops into your spirit, you will never be the same again. You will never walk the same. You will never talk the same. You will never allow the devil to push you around the same way ever again. And that truth is this: your righteousness, your guiltlessness, your sinlessness, your blamelessness, faithfulness, agelessness, and deathlessness — it was paid for. Somebody paid for it. It was not given to you for free. It cost something. It cost everything. It cost the body and the soul and the blood of Jesus Christ. Glory to God! This is eternal life!
δικαιοσύνη dikaiosune righteousness – the state of being right, just, and acceptable before God; right standing with God
The prophecy says, “Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him.” Why? Why would it please the Lord to bruise His own Son? Because of you! Because of me! It pleased the Lord to bruise Him because God saw the outcome. God saw that through the suffering of Jesus, many would be justified. Many would be made righteous. Many would be set free from sin and condemnation. And so God made the soul of Jesus an offering for sin. He put sin on Jesus. He put your sin and my sin on the sinless one. And through that offering, through that sacrifice, the Bible says, “By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.”
He shall justify many! That word “justify” means to declare righteous, to pronounce not guilty. There is an eternal declaration in the realm of the spirit from the throne of God that says “Not Guilty!” Hallelujaaaaah!!! Thank you Jesus! Jesus bore our iniquities in His own body. Jesus bore my iniquity. And because He bore it, I don’t have to carry it anymore. Because He was made sin, I have been made the righteousness of God in Him. The exchange has been made. He took my sin and gave me His righteousness. He took my guilt and gave me His innocence. He took my condemnation and gave me His justification. This is incredible!
δικαιόω dikaioo justify – to declare righteous, to pronounce not guilty, to acquit, to render just and acceptable before God
And that is why the Apostle Paul was so bold. That is why he could declare in Romans 1:16–17, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed.” Paul understood what happened on the cross. Paul understood that when God made Jesus to be sin for us, He did it so that the righteousness of God could be revealed in us. The gospel message is the power of God because in it the righteousness of God is revealed. Your sinlessness is revealed, your blamelessness, your guiltlessness, faithfulness, agelessness and deathlessness is revealed in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
אשם ‘asham offering for sin – guilt offering, trespass offering; a sacrifice made to atone for sin and restore right standing
So you must be bold about it! You must be bold about the righteousness of God that has been given to you in Christ Jesus. Even when your heart condemns you, even when you make a mistake and your heart condemns you — God is greater than your heart! Romans 8:1 says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.” No condemnation! Never let the devil lie to you. Never let the devil condemn you. Never allow condemnation from anyone or for anything, because of what Jesus went through for you. Jesus paid for it. Jesus suffered for it. Nobody can cheat me out of my righteousness. Nobody can rob me of my right standing in God. Haha! I am justified! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Oh, glory to God! What a season to celebrate! This is Easter!
Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, I thank You that Jesus’ soul was made an offering for sin so that I could be made the righteousness of God in Him. I thank You that I am justified, declared not guilty, because Jesus bore my iniquities in His own body. I stand boldly in the righteousness that was paid for by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Speak The Word
I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus! I am justified! I am not guilty! Jesus paid for my righteousness with His own body and His own blood. No devil can cheat me out of my right standing with God. No condemnation can hold me because there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. I stand bold and I stand free, in the name of Jesus Christ!