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He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

2 Corinthians 5:21, LSB

Until our Lord, Jesus Christ, took the cross for us, He had not lived with sin. He did not know the effects of sin on our souls. On the cross, He took all sin for all time. I can only imagine the pain that caused Him. It would have been more severe than all the punishment He received as it tore at Him inwardly. Like the tell-tale heart, the guilt and shame had to be pounding inside Him. We may not think about the effects of sin on ourselves because we have become accustomed to it like we do the pains and the health issues that we may face in life. In a moment, Jesus knew and carried with Him this reality and the suffering that we all live within our lives was revealed for all humanity to Him. He did this so we may be redeemed and made righteous. There is no righteousness within us that we can create on our own. No great acts of faith on our part make us holy. It is all Him. It is all His work. His action is a surgical strike on sin within us to remove the rot and decay it creates. We were not created to sin. We were not created for sin. We were created in the image of God to live in His perfect creation. Through our Lord’s sacrifice, we are made holy and prepared so we may enter fully into His glory and peace.

Let us pray. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger, and I ask you to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that in all I do today, I may please you. For into your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all that is mine. Let your holy angel watch over me, that the wicked foe have no power over me. Amen.