Identity: For us — Henry Williams

"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us." He did this for us. One of my favorite passages in the Bible is from Romans 8 where it says that if God is for us, who can be against us. This verse (2 Corinthians 5:21) shows us just how much God is for us. For him who had no sin to become sin is a reason for awe and praise. And that's where my prayer time was focused this morning. Awe and praise.

This week's message deals with propitiation. Yes, a big word, but an even bigger concept. It has to do with satisfying God's perfect anger against sin by absorbing it. When Christ became sin, he experienced the full wrath of God against sins committed in the past by his people and all the sins of the future, committed by those who will ever put their faith in him. When people refuse to think about or believe in the wrath of God against sin and those who commit sins, they actually diminish the grace and love of God. Jesus didn't just suffer for us by being crucified. He wasn't just a sacrifice for sin. He absorbed the wrath of God so that you and I can personally live in God's love.