Placed into Christ

[rizen1]

Neil Anderson


Placed into Christ

Galatians 2:20
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 delivered Himself up for me


All unbelievers have an old nature which is characterized by sin. Before you came to Christ you were one of those individuals. You were a sinner because it was your nature to sin. This "natural man" cannot accept or understand the things of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:14).

What happened to the old you at salvation? You died--not the physical you, of course, but that old inner self which was empowered by the old nature you inherited from Adam (Romans 6:2-6; Colossians 3:3). What was the method of execution? Crucifixion with Christ. Paul announced in Galatians 2:20: "I have been crucified with Christ." And in Galatians 6:14, Paul disclaimed any right to boast "except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." At salvation you were placed into Christ, the one who died on the cross for your sin. Being in Christ, your old self died with Him there.

Notice the remarkable difference. In Adam you had an old self; in Christ you have a new self. In Adam you had a sin nature (Ephesians 2:1-3); in Christ you are a partaker of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). In Adam you were in the flesh (Romans 8:8); in Christ you are in the Spirit (Romans 8:9). In Adam you could only walk after the flesh; in Christ you may choose to walk after the Spirit or after the flesh.

Aren't you glad to be a new creature in Christ?

Prayer:

Thank You, Jesus, that You have set me free from my old sin nature and that I can choose to walk after the Spirit today.

 

[trucker]

Great Post!

It blows away the old saying we hear so much in churches. Oh, I'm just an old sinner saved by Grace. No, you were a sinner and grace took you out of your old in Adam and made you a whole new creature in Christ. The more you keep saying your an old sinner and deny that your a new creature, you will struggle your entire christian walk. You must reckon yourself dead to sin and alive to Christ. By learning who you are now on this earth in Christ, the quicker it will become a living reality. Yes, we still sin as christians, but God looks at you as in Christ. When God looks at you, he looks at Jesus and his work on the cross.

Like the old Testament Priest when the people brought the sacrifice into the temple, he never examined the people, he looked at the sacrifice and accepted it! God always looks at Jesus our sacrifice and sees you in him!

 

[By His Grace]

Ooooh yes!! Am more than glad!! I thank God for it pleased Him to save me, not because am worthy, or because of my good works...no, but by His grace. Thank you Lord for the purpose of redemption upon my life!!:thumbs_up

 

[By His Grace]

Am just thinking about my old nature, before i got saved and this question came to my mind? Where would you and i be if it wasnt for Christ? In the club/ disco...drinking aimlessly...on drugs....in the streets....in the hospital waiting for death.....could be dead...Stealing...And the list is endless.:lookback:

I think, sometimes its good to reflect where God took you from, then we will know He deserves ALL glory. The children of israel looked back to where God has delivered them....and they gave Him praise.