The new life
I have been crucified with Christ. Gal. 2:20
«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,» Paul writes further in the same verse as our text is picked
from.
Paul seriously settle up with very much of what is called Christian
preaching throughout the ages - and still is today - but is in fact
nothing else than religiousness that places Christianity on the same
footing as any other religion in the world. - And with that it is no
longer Christianity you are dealing with, but only a new variant
delusion!
Is it really the Gospel of God, you believe in and lives in
accordance with? Ask yourself: Can I - because I have looked into Gods
message - say as Paul, that it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives
in me?
Christian life, is that something that you live, is it
something that you practise, or is it Christ that lives an
practise in you?
«The life which I
now live,» that is to say, the existence I now have, and my present
activity, is no longer out of faith in myself, my strength, my ability,
my intellect, my knowledge etc. - not even supported by God! - No, all
of this was crucified with Christ! I now live «by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me!»
It is this blessed faith - in this message - that represents
everything now.
Has it really dawn upon your heart, that it is the Son of Gud - no
less then Him - who has loved you so, that He gave Himself up
for you! - Then it becomes a remarkably force in your life. You are
living in Him, you becomes more and more attached to Him and you count
on Him in all things.
- Not so, that one tries to believe as good as one can, but one has
now seen that He did not spare anything for your sake. Will He not also
with Him freely give us all things? Yes, «for as many as are the
promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our
Amen to the glory of God through us.» (2 Cor. 1:20).
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