[The Glory Unveiled]
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. ( Galatians 2:20 )
A crucified man or woman is a dead man or woman. Once we come to be placed on the cross, we have come to that place where we are no longer alive to the world we once were alive to. Death is a gulf that separates two realms; the living from the dead. Jesus died on the cross and Christ came alive after three days. So when we identify ourselves with the death of Jesus, we become privileged to share in his life. We lose our own carnal life to inherit his divine life. Like the central nervous system, the carnal man in us used to control and manage the affairs of the old man. But when we die with Christ, in absolute surrender to His Lordship, we receive the spirit of Christ in us, managing the course of our lives to the praise of God’s name. But this life of Christ, though resident in us, cannot be expressed except by a special mechanism; faith. The life of God is translated to the environment of man by faith. Without faith, the God kind of life, though present cannot be seen in us. Faith allows the Christlike life to find expression in man. Now, without the life of Christ, no man can please God and without faith the life of Christ cannot be expressed. So Hebrews 11:6 says without faith it is impossible to please God. In other words, without the Spirit of Christ received by faith, no man can please God. Let this be our mindset, that we have been crucified with Christ.
Prayer_Bead: My Lord and my God, saviour of the world, thank you for the grace to partake in your life and to share in your inheritance by faith in Christ. I live by faith in Christ today and everyday.
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