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The Exchanged Life (Endnotes)

1. Jesus did not become “sin,” he became a “sin offering.” God’s system of sacrifices for sin is set forth in the Old Testament, and the Greek translation of the Old Testament done about 250 BC, known as the Septuagint, uses the Greek word hamartia (Strong’s #266) consistently for a sin offering, a meaning that is found in 2 Corinthians 5:21. A number of translations pick up on this, and David Stern’s Complete Jewish Bible does an especially good job: “God made this sinless man be a sin offering on our behalf, so that in union with him we might fully share in God’s righteousness.” Close

2. Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington, The Great Exchange, My Sin for His Righteousness, An exposition on the atonement of Jesus Christ, (Crossway Books, Wheaton, Illinois, 2007) p. 41. Close

3. The New Birth refers to the moment a person receives the gift of holy spirit when he confesses Jesus as Lord and believes God raised him from the dead. (Romans 10:9 and10). Close

4. The Christian Post, April 4, 2008, Study: Christian Divorce Rate Identical to National Average. “The Barna Group found in its latest study that born again Christians who are not evangelical were indistinguishable from the national average on the matter of divorce with 33 percent having married and divorced at least once. Among all born again Christians, which includes evangelicals, the divorce figure is 32 percent, which is statistically identical to the 33 percent figure among non-born again adults, the research group noted.” Close

5. www.blazinggrace.org/cms/bg/pornstats, April 6, 2007: “70% of Christians admitted to struggling with porn in their daily lives.” Close

6. The “old man” is a term used in the King James Version of the Bible and refers to the sin nature in all mankind. See Romans 6:6, Ephesians 4:22, and Colossians 3:9. Close

7. Colossians 1:27. Close

8.A sentient being has a consciousness, its own will. Close

9. John 16:13-14. “(13) But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. (14) He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.” Close

10.1 Corinthians 2:8 “None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” Close

11. Putting on the “new man” is also referred to as “putting on Christ” or “putting on the ‘armor of light.’” See Romans 13:12; Galatians 3:27, Ephesians 4:24 and 6:11, Colossians 3:10. Close