CT 4:30{God's Word has only told us this one thing about the early years in the life of the Lord—He was a holy child. What is holy? It is everything that is perfectly beautiful and good and lovable, without anything to spoil it. This is what He was as a child. He was gentle and brave, considerate and unselfish, noble and truthful, obedient and loving, kind and forgiving—everything you can think of that you ever admired or loved in any one else was all found together in Him, and all this not only outside but inside, for He was holy. And all His goodness and holiness may be reckoned to you, for you have none of your own. God desires to smile on you for His sake, just as if you had been perfectly obedient and truthful and unselfish and good and to give you Jesus Christ's reward, which you never deserved at all, but which He deserved for you. On the cross He took your sins, and now He gives you His righteousness; He took your punishment and gives you His reward; it is just changed over, if you will accept the exchange!
Thine was the chastisement with no release,
That mine might be the peace;
The bruising and the cruel stripes were
Thine That healing might be mine;
Thine was the sentence and the condemnation.
Mine the acquittal and the full salvation.
For Thee revilings, and a mocking throng,
For me the angel-song;
For Thee the frown, the hiding of God's face,
For me the smile of grace;
Sorrows of hell and bitterest death for Thee,
And heaven and everlasting life for me.