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“Dying To Live” – Die To Yourself & Trust Jesus To Lead You – Galatians 2

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From my reading in Galatians 2 in the One Year Bible New Testament.

In his letter to the Galatians Paul shares one of the keys to living the Christian life.

“My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20

My old self has been crucified with Christ.

In this context, Paul is sharing that his old way of trying to be made right with God is no longer needed. When you receive Christ your old sinful way of life died with Jesus on the cross.  You don’t have to earn your way to God because His death allows you to have a relationship with him.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.

One of the amazing truths of Christianity is that God lives inside of us!  If you have received Christ then you don’t have to go through life alone! He is always with you.

It is a challenge sometimes to remember his presence, but we must remind ourselves to rely on his strength and follow the leadings of the Holy Spirit. Then we will be able to live a life that pleases God.

So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

The Christian life is all about trusting Jesus. We start our relationship with him by faith and we walk with Him by faith every step of the way. We can trust Jesus because he is trustworthy. We can be confident in his love because he demonstrated it by dying for us.

Letting Jesus lead us should be a daily thing. We don’t have to do anything alone. We can be sure that he will lead us down the paths that are best for us. Spiritual growth is the process of learning how to better follow Jesus and become more like him.

Have you been trusting Jesus to lead you? Or have you been doing your own thing?

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The Most Loving Words In History? – Luke 23:26-56

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From my reading in Luke 23:26-56 in the One Year New Testament.

On the cross Jesus looked over the crowds of onlookers and soldiers who nailed him to the cross and said…

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34

Jesus was thinking about the very people who put him on the cross. In a spiritual sense it was all of our sins that put Jesus on the cross and he still died for us! That’s love!

Jesus was thinking of our well being more than his pain.

Jesus asked the Father to give them grace because they didn’t realize the extent of the evil act they are truly committing.

As followers of Christ we should share this attitude about our enemies and those who try and persecute us. The first Martyr Stephen said a very similar thing as he was being stoned to death,

“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.” Acts 7:60

When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, he will give us the ability to love others the way Jesus loved. That’s exactly what happened with Stephen.

In his greatest pain Jesus showed the greatest extent of his love.

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8

God loved us enough to die for us, and he offered forgiveness to the very people who crucified him if they would only receive it!

Have you received the forgiveness of Christ?

 

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