The Wonderful Exchange

{Daily Selah}

Have you ever really thought about the wonderful exchange that took place at Calvary?

God became man (John 1:14). He died to give us life (1 Thess. 5:10).. 

He, who is holy, became sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21).

He took our sin on Himself so we could be clothed in His righteousness (Isa. 61:10). 

Yesterday evening, my mother introduced me to a beautiful song that speaks of this wondrous exchange. 

Listen to His Robes for Mine and be blessed (lyrics below)...

His Robes for Mine
His robes for mine: O wonderful exchange!
Clothed in my sin, Christ suffered ‘neath God’s rage.
Draped in His righteousness, I’m justified.
In Christ I live, for in my place He died.

I cling to Christ, and marvel at the cost:
Jesus forsaken, God estranged from God.
Bought by such love, my life is not my own.
My praise - my all - shall be for Christ alone.

His robes for mine: what cause have I for dread?
God’s daunting Law Christ mastered in my stead.
Faultless I stand with righteous works not mine,
Saved by my Lord’s vicarious death and life.

His robes for mine: God’s justice is appeased.
Jesus is crushed, and thus the Father’s pleased.
Christ drank God’s wrath on sin, then cried “‘Tis done!”
Sin’s wage is paid; propitiation won.

I cling to Christ, and marvel at the cost:
Jesus forsaken, God estranged from God.
Bought by such love, my life is not my own.
My praise - my all - shall be for Christ alone.

His robes for mine: such anguish none can know.
Christ, God’s beloved, condemned as though His foe.
He, as though I, accursed and left alone;
I, as though He, embraced and welcomed home!

I cling to Christ, and marvel at the cost:
Jesus forsaken, God estranged from God.
Bought by such love, my life is not my own.
My praise - my all - shall be for Christ alone.

His Robes for Mine
(Lyrics by Chris Anderson, Music by Greg Habegger)
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We've been forgiven because Jesus was forsaken (Matt. 27:46), we've been made alive because He died for us (Eph. 2:1) and we've been set free because He was taken prisoner  for us (Matt. 27:2). 

Bought by such love, my life is not my own.
My praise - my all - shall be for Christ alone.

The wonderful exchange.  


Father, thank You for this wonderful exchange - that Jesus would give His life for mine. Help me to live for Him alone. In His glorious Name I pray, amen. 





{Daily Selah} is a mini-devotional, a pause to ponder about the Lord and how He wants us to live.