When Christ was nailed to the Cross, He took off His robe of seamless perfection and assumed a different wardrobe, the wardrobe of indignity, of humiliation. The clothing of Christ on the Cross? Sin - yours and mine. The sins of all humanity. While on the Cross, Jesus felt the indignity and disgrace of a criminal.
No, He wasn't guilty. No, He hadn't committed a sin. And, no, He didn't deserve to be sentenced. But you and I were, we had, and we did.
Jesus willingly lifted our shame from our shoulders so He could don the burden on His way to the Cross. Our shame is gone. Over. Finished. So why do we still insist on walking around our Father's world as if we are underdressed? Cowering in shame as if we hadn't been forgiven of each and every sin?
"He canceled the debt, which listed all the rules we failed to follow. He took away that record with its rules and nailed it to the cross." (Col. 2:14)
"He has taken our sins away from us as far as the east is from west." (Ps. 103:12)
The Heart of the Matter
* Jesus was robed in humility and righteousness.
* Jesus wore our sin and shame to the Cross.
* Jesus offers us His own robe of seamless purity.
* Jesus' forgiveness has clothed us in salvation
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