Crucified Living Christ Follower

I have been crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live. Yet not I , but it is Christ Jesus who lives within me. For the life that I live in this body, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loves me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20

      Something supernatural happened to all who follow Jesus.  We were all crucified with him, individually and collectively.  Many have read Galatians 2:20, and have said to themselves, "I sure wish I was the kind of person who can honestly say that."  Well you can be and are that kind of person: Paul is NOT saying that "it's as if I were crucified with Christ." He is actually saying this is what happened to you and me when Jesus died on the cross.  We didn't make it happen.  God did, and we benefitted from God in action. Just as the two thieves or zealots were there next to Jesus on the day of his crucifixion, so was every other person who believes in him.   And like one of those thieves we have a place in paradise with him.  Heaven is a guarantee for the Christ Follower. Living in eternity is a given.

     But more has happened than just getting fire insurance to get us out of hell and get us into heaven: Yes, we are already crucified.  All our sins are forgiven.  The record of every single one of our sins has been wiped clean. In addition to this, we are given new life.  No we don't just exist and muddle through. Our spirits that died because of sin were resurrected in Christ. That part of us that makes us conscious of God has come to life and we can now fellowship daily with God. We are not experiencing a religion.  We are experiencing a relationship.  All this kicks into action when we, by faith, take the action to believe in Jesus as the Son of God.  Notice though that it is not our faith that makes all this happen.  It is the "faith of the Son of God who loves us and gave himself for us." 

Celebrate your Crucified Resurrected Life Today and  Each New Day...
Then Be blessed 2day...especially today.
SoJourner

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

American & "Pride"

Image
 THE MEGA PROBLEM OF "PRIDE" Our country, and especially our leaders, have stolen a God Covenant Symbol-- THE RAINBOW-- which declares God's judgment for unholy living will never be accomplished through flood waters; however,  this doesn't mean God will NOT judge a nation,  or planet that is sin filled and full of pride.  We are living in a time that Jesus describes, in the Bible,  as "The Days of Noah." He prophesied of our day being like the generation that caused God to regret HE had ever made human beings.  Why? The answer is simple: HE had this regret because of "PRIDE." How 🤔 is pride demonstrated? 1. Pride shows itself when people worship the creature rather than THE Creator. 2 . Pride is exemplified when people become the idols, and mere human pseudo truth & rules for life are contrary to Almighty God's Law, which human beings use to govern life. 3. Pride is seen in our irreverence for God's name via the confession of our mouth
Read more

We Can Be So Much More.

Image
   We Can Be So Much More:  Let us learn about the powerful identity God the Father gives us, through our being IN Christ Jesus by the power of The Holy Spirit. Let us embrace our God given Eternal Inheritance.  ( Ephesians 1:3-14)  Let us get up, each morning and give ourselves up to God. (Romans 12:1-2.)  Let us wake up! And practice Gods practice of putting off the deeds of darkness, of being empowered to behave decently, like people who live in the day time. (Romans 13:11-14) Let us cloth our selves, in Jesus, by putting on the full armor of God each day! This will make us strong in the Lord and in His mighty power, and it will give us all we need to stand against the Devil's schemes. (Ephesians 6:10-20) Let us submit to God, and resist the Devil so he will have to flee from us. (James 4:7) Learn all we can about the enemy and know he has no authority over us. But in Christ we have God's resurrection power flowing in us and through us. In Jesus Name 🙏  SoJourner 
Read more

W A T C H O U T ! ! ! JESUS TEACHING ON LEADERS

Image
  Jesus Rock Solid Teaching Regarding Picking Leaders Matthew 7:15-23      "Watch out for false prophets! They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves!  By their fruits you shall recognize them!  Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, and every bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does NOT bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus by their fruit you will recognize them. Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but ONLY those who do the will of my Father in Heaven. Many will say to me on the day they give account of their lives, 'Lord, Lord' did we not prophesy in your name, and in you name drive out demons, and in your name perform many miracles?  Then I will tell them plainly, ' I never knew you! Away from me, you evil doers!'
Read more