Christian Living

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"Trans-," one of the most common prefixes in the English language, is used in words that signify change or movement from one thing or place or condition to another, and it has a lot of significant applications to the Christian walk. Here is a look at a "Trans-word" that directly applies to what God did through the Death, Burial and Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ: TRANSPOSE

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV

…but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death on the cross. Philippians 2:7-8

We typically use the word transpose to mean changing the position of two objects; we very often mean a mix-up of two letters or numbers: for example, I might intend to write down the phone number 555.123.4567, but I might transpose two of the digits and mistakenly write 555.123.4657, in which case the phone number is wrong, and if I try to call it, I will not reach the person I want to call. Not good. The transposition or change in position between the “5” and the “6” renders the phone number useless to me.

But, Glory to God, there was one big, time-changing, history-altering Transposition that occurred long, long ago, which was no mistake: the death of Jesus on the cross. In submitting to that horrible, shameful, painful Roman execution, the perfect, sinless Jesus took on ALL of the sins of ALL mankind (including yours and mine), so much so that He was made to be (TRANSPOSED into) ALL of that sin, ALL of that poverty, ALL of that sickness, ALL of everything that was and is wrong with this world and He gave to us ALL of His righteousness, ALL of His wealth, ALL of His health, ALL of everything that was right about the way God originally created Man. It was not a mistake because God had foreordained it from before the foundation of the world (See Revelation 13:8), and because no mere humans took Jesus’ life from Him, no, He laid it down of His own free will as part of His covenant with The Father (See John 10:15-18).

Transposition.

When we do it, we’re often referring to a mistake that probably could have been avoided by simply taking more time and proofreading. But the transposition of Jesus’ glory and righteousness for our sin and shame was no mistake – it was fully His intention and the greatest gift we could ever hope to receive. But God will never force that gift upon us. We have to willingly receive it. Not to do so – now, that’s a mistake. If you are ready to receive that gift, or if you want to read more about what it all means, please feel free to contact me at the e-mail address or telephone number below.

God bless you!

Jennifer Nolan
[email protected]
703.731.5481

***Adapted from the author's website at http://www.seedwords.com/pages.asp?pageid=80349

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