“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME.” (Galatians 2:20)
Christ was crucified for our sin. By faith, we trust that His death paid for OUR OWN PERSONAL SIN. In that way, we are crucified with Him, our sin with Him on the cross. That sinful “US“ dies, replaced by THE RESURRECTED CHRIST “IN US.” We continue to live in the flesh, of course, but our lives ARE NOW DIRECTED NOT BY OUR SINFUL SELVES BUT BY OUR FAITH IN CHRIST.
Paul expands on this great truth powerfully in Romans 6:1–6. “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? CERTAINLY NOT! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it…we were buried with Christ through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so WE ALSO SHOULD WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE. For if we have been UNITED TOGETHER IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH, certainly we also shall be IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS RESURRECTION, KNOWING THIS, THAT THE BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE DONE AWAY WITH, THAT WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE SLAVES OF SIN.” (Romans 6:1-6)
Your Personal Pastor -Bill Stockham