Aug.14.03: Light For The Day -  "The Transfer is Complete" - 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV) "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,  that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." ------------------ When we come to Christ, the Bible says He imparts His righteousness to us. Once we were sinners in God's eyes, now He sees us as righteous because of Christ. How could this happen? In ourselves we aren't righteous. As the Bible says. "There is none righteous, no, not one" (Rom.3:10).  But when we accept Christ, the filthy rags of our sin are replaced by the glorious robe of Christ's righteousness was transferred to us. Did we deserve it? No.      Did we earn it? No.     It is all of grace - all because of God's undeserved favor toward us in Christ. We can never win God's favor by our deeds, no matter how good we are.  Only Christ can save us. Thank God that you now stand before Him, clothed in the perfect righteousness of Christ! - Billy Graham ------------- -- Ephesians 2:8,9 (NKJV) "8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." -- John 1:14,16,17 (NIVUS) "14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 16 From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."