Video Talk
Galatians
2:20 ESV
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
When we believe in Jesus Christ with God-given faith, which
is not of our own doing, but which is a gift to us from God, we are crucified
with Christ in death to sin, and we are raised with him to walk in newness of
life in him, no longer as slaves to sin but now as slaves to God and to his
righteousness. Therefore we are not to let sin reign in our mortal bodies, to
make us obey its passions, for if sin is what we obey, it will lead to death.
But if obedience is what we obey, it leads to righteousness and to sanctification,
and its end is eternal life (Ephesians 2:8-10; Romans 6:1-23).
Jesus said that if anyone would come after him, he must deny
self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if
we hold on to our old lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them
for eternity. But if for the sake of Jesus we lose our lives, i.e. we die with
him to sin that we might live to him and to his righteousness, then we have the
hope of eternal life. For if we are ashamed of Jesus and his words, meaning we
deny him, not only by our silence, but by how we live our lives, then he is
going to be ashamed of us (he will deny us) when he returns (Luke 9:23-26).
So, for us to be crucified with Christ it means that we deny
self, we die daily to sin, and we follow him in obedience. Jesus Christ is now Lord
(Owner-Master) of our lives, and we are now his possession. And this is what it
means for “I” to no longer live, but for Christ to live in me. For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared in
advance that we should walk in them. For Jesus Christ “gave himself for us to
redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own
possession who are zealous for good works” (Titus 2:11-14).
And to live in these flesh bodies by faith in Jesus Christ
means that we die daily to sin, we deny self, and we follow our Lord in
obedience to his commands (New Covenant), as our practice. It doesn’t mean we
are perfect people or that we never sin, but that sin is no longer our
practice, but now righteousness and holiness and obedience to Jesus Christ are
what we practice because Jesus loved us and gave himself up for us that we
might die with him to sin and live to him and to his righteousness in the power
of God.
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Hymn lyrics by Anonymous/Unknown
Music by American
Melody
“For indeed He was
crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we
also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God
directed toward you” (2 Co. 13:4 NASB).
I am weak, but Thou art strong;
Jesus, keep me from all wrong;
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.
Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but
Thee.
When my feeble life is o’er,
Time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently, safely o’er
To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.
Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
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