I had a conversation with someone who insisted that we are not completely righteous. I suppose that the old covenant mentality kept them from believing what Paul insists upon again and again: we have been made complete and completely righteous in Christ.
But there is another side to such a non-belief in our complete righteousness: if we have not been made completely righteous in Christ, then He did not become completely unrighteous. This great exchange is vastly under-appreciated.
Perhaps the marvel of Christ's work is not so much that we've been made righteous, but rather the marvel is found in how He became utter sin and unrighteousness.
Consider the following quote:
"Notice that Paul does not say that God reconciled the world to Himself by Jesus becoming flesh. We are not reconciled by Christmas. God reconciled the world to Himself by Jesus becoming sin for us." ~Sinclair Ferguson
Blessings to you!
Grace=Peace,
Jeremy
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