基督在人的地位上
另外一点，基督担当我们的罪，乃是站在人的地位上。所以神把基督当作人，也把我们所有的人，都包括在基督里面。神刑罚了基督，也就是刑罚了我们。因此，神是在祂儿子基督里面刑罚了我们，也是在祂儿子基督里面赦免了我们，神的赦免是非常公义的。
林后五章十四节末了二句：“因我们想一人既替众人死，众人就都死了。”这一人是指着基督，众人是指着我们。基督一个人死了，就是我们众人都死了，因为我们都包括在祂里面。同章二十一节：“神使那无罪的，替我们成为罪；好叫我们在祂里面成为神的义。”这无罪的又是基督，是祂替我们成为罪。当基督在十字架上的时候，神是把祂当作你和我的罪。在十字架上，神看基督好像是罪，好像是我们全部人的一个罪。当基督在十字架上死的时候，就把罪整个儿结束了、除掉了。叫我们这一切在祂里面的，也把罪结束了，好叫我们在基督里面成为神的义。
赦免我们是神的义
为甚么这里不说成为义而说成为神的义呢？成为义与成为神的义有甚么不同呢？成为义的意思，是说我们作的事情不错；成为神的义，是说显出神是义的。这二者是不同的。神赦免我们的罪，不是不义的，乃是义的。神把基督刑罚了，结果神就在基督里赦免了我们的罪。神不是马虎的让我们过去，祂不是随便的神，祂赦免得非常的义。神的救法，就是刑罚了祂的儿子，叫我们从祂儿子身上得着赦免。
设立耶稣作施恩座
罗马三章二十五至二十六节，神立耶稣作挽回祭，挽回祭原文作施恩座。旧约时代，约柜上面有一块金板，盖在上面，这个盖就叫作施恩座。人对神的祷告，就从这里过到神面前；神对人的答应，也从这里来到人中间。这里是神人之间的地方，也是神人会合之处。现在耶稣就是这个施恩座，就是神人相会之处，所以能这样，是凭着耶稣的血。耶稣替我们死了，流了血了，赦免了我们的罪，成了我们的施恩座。这一段圣经，就是说明神怎样来办这两件事情。一件事就是你现在所有的罪得着赦免，这样作是义的。一件事是神宽容了人先时所犯的罪，这样作也是义的。为甚么呢？因为神知道将来耶稣要来。神因着耶稣的死，就宣告我们无罪，而又维持了祂的义，因为祂绝对不能不义。
信息重点：基督担当我们的罪，是站在人的地位上，我们也都包括在祂里面。因此，基督受刑罚，就是我们的罪受了刑罚；基督死了，我们在祂里面也死了。神在基督里解决了罪的问题，使我们得着赦免，同时也显明祂自己仍然是公义的。
应用祷告：主耶稣，谢谢你使我在你里面；我的罪归到你身上，你为我受了刑罚，也为我流血舍命。求你使我更多认识自己在基督里的地位，凭着你的救赎坦然来到神面前。阿们。
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Complete Forgiveness of Sins (4) — Rom. 3:25-26
Christ in the Position of Man
Another point is that Christ’s bearing of our sins was from the position of man. Hence, God regarded Christ as a man and also included all of us, all men, in Christ. God’s punishing Christ was also His punishing us. Therefore, God punished us in His Son Christ and also forgave us in His Son Christ; God’s forgiveness is altogether righteous.
The last two clauses of 2 Corinthians 5:14 say, “…having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died.” The “one” refers to Christ, and the “all” refers to us. When Christ, the one, died, all of us died, because we are all included in Him. Verse 21 of the same chapter says, “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” The One who knew no sin is again Christ; it was He who was made sin for us. When Christ was on the cross, God regarded Him as your sin and mine. On the cross, God saw Christ as if He were sin, as if He were one sin of all of us. When Christ died on the cross, He brought sin completely to an end and removed it. This caused all of us who are in Him to have sin ended also, that we might become the righteousness of God in Christ.
Forgiving Us Is God’s Righteousness
Why does this verse not say that we become righteousness but that we become the righteousness of God? What is the difference between becoming righteousness and becoming the righteousness of God? To become righteousness means that what we do is right; to become the righteousness of God means that God is shown to be righteous. These two are different: God’s forgiving our sins is not unrighteous but righteous. God punished Christ, and as a result God forgave our sins in Christ. God does not carelessly let us pass; He is not a casual God, and His forgiveness is altogether righteous. God’s salvation is to punish His Son, that we may receive forgiveness from His Son.
Jesus Set Forth as the Mercy Seat
In Romans 3:25-26, God set forth Jesus as a propitiation; in the original text, “propitiation” is “mercy seat”. In the Old Testament age, there was a golden plate on the ark of the covenant, covering it, and this cover was called the mercy seat. Man’s prayer to God ascends from this seat to before God; God’s answer to man also came from here to man. It was the place between God and man and the place where God and man met. Now Jesus is this mercy seat, the place where God and man meet, and this made possible by the blood of Jesus. Jesus died for us, shed His blood and forgave our sins, becoming our mercy seat. This portion of the Bible explains how God handles these two matters. One matter is that all your present sins are forgiven, and to do this is righteous. The other matter is that God passed over the sins man committed beforehand, and to do this is also righteous. Why is that? Because God knew that Jesus would come. Due to Jesus’s death, God declared us not guilty and yet maintained His righteousness, He absolutely cannot be unrighteous.
Message Major Points: Christ bore our sins from the position of man, and we are all included in Him. Hence, when Christ was punished, our sins were punished; when Christ died, we also died in Him. God solved the problem of sin in Christ, that we might receive forgiveness, and at the same time He showed that He Himself is still righteous.
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank You for putting me in You; my sins were put upon You, You received the punishment for me, and You also shed Your blood and gave Your life for me. Make me to know more my position in Christ, that by Your redemption I may come boldly before God. Amen.