“I have been crucified with Christ; and 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 up for me.” Galatians 2:20 - (NASB)
This is a verse that has a wonderful truth and promise for those who have believed in Jesus Christ as their Savior. The Apostle Paul writes that he had been crucified with Christ. How can that be? It is by the work Jesus has done. He has taken the wages of our sin upon Himself and what should have been done to us was instead, done to Him on the Cross. So we come to believe and by we faith receive Jesus into our lives so that we actually live in Him and He lives in us. We are bound together. The effects of what Jesus Christ did by His free will are credited to us as if we have experienced it in Him. Christ's crucifixion becomes our crucifixion and we no longer live as we once did, burdened with the guilt of our sinful nature, but we live now through the life Christ has given us to live in Him. This is the secret, or sometimes called the mystery* of the Christian life is to allow Jesus Christ to live out His life through us by faith believing. By allowing the Holy Spirit to work in our lives, we become a vital representative of Christ.
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* Eph 3:6 - "This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
* Eph 3:6 - "This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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