One of my favorite songs is Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin.  Particularly, I love the line, “He became sin, who knew no sin, that we might become his righteousness.”  This is actually a direct quote from 2 Corinthians 5:21 which says:

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

How much have you thought about those lyrics when you sing/hear the song?  Jesus came to earth and was tempted by all the same things that we face today (Hebrews 4:15), yet he remained blameless.  Then he died in one of the most painful ways designed by the Romans as a means of capital punishment; a crucifixion.  Only to come back to life on the third day defeating death and sin both.  He did this so that our sin can be taken away and WE may be the righteousness of God.

I love songs that speak scripture.  I love songs that make you think about the lyrics on a deeper level than ‘I love God, and God loves me.’  Well done Chris Tomlin.  Keep up the good work.