So we are now representatives of the Anointed One, the Liberating King; God has given us a charge to carry through our lives—urging all people on behalf of the Anointed to become reconciled to the Creator God. He orchestrated this: the Anointed One, who had never experienced sin, became sin for us so that in Him we might embody the very righteousness of God.
God has given us a charge, or a task to carry through our lives. God has given us a tool, a gift to help us live our lives in a way to points not to ourselves but to God. This is our legacy. God is our legacy. Christ is our legacy, and everything that they stand for.
Moving on it says urging all people on behalf of Jesus to come back to God.
He orchestrated this.
He desired this.
He wants His creation to return to Him, because He misses His creation and He desires to pour love upon us, and then in so doing ask us to partner with Him in pouring on love to all the world.
More simply put. Love is our Legacy.
These simple verses capture the heart of the good news. Lowering Himself, the sinless, Jesus took our sin upon Himself and canceled its power through His death and resurrection. As believers are united with Him and embody God’s righteousness, experiencing forgiveness, reconciliation, and new life. This righteousness is a new creation gift that can never be separated from the Giver, and so believers only experience it because they are “in Him.”
Because of Jesus’ acts on the cross we know that the worst thing is NEVER the LAST THING.
That is our Legacy.
Let’s pray.