crucified with christ

If we have been crucified with Christ and we are a new creation, what is that supposed to look like? If we are in the process of being transformed into the image of Christ, what is that supposed to look like? I'm not sure we are looking into that spiritual mirror of our lives, and asking the right questions. There is so much more that happened on that day of our salvation than our names being written in the Book of Life! God didn't save us so that He may create a better version of ourselves. He is in the process of transforming us and preparing us for our entry into His glorious Kingdom. He is transforming us from one stage of glory to another! This is not an idle or casual process that we are involved in with our Heavenly Father! But when we gravitate to the comfortable and convenient, we will see very little transformation and miss out on what the Lord is desiring to do in us, and through us! Open up the gospel and join me in discovering the transforming work of the Holy Spirit in our lives!

Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. I. Jesus invites us to be his disciple, v24 II. Jesus reveals what it means to be a disciple, v24. III. Jesus gives us a reason to be his disciple, v25

Even as believers and followers of Jesus Christ, we struggle with who we are as a new creation in Christ. We are constantly wrestling with who people think we are and what we attempt to tell ourselves that we are that the reality of who Christ says we are gets lost in the noise.

Being in the world but not of the world can many times confuse how we see ourselves. For all believers, no matter how long you have been a believer, this battle is real. Our desire to fit in and be accepted messes with our identity. We want to be successful in this world and success distorts our view of who we are in Christ.

Scripture tells us that we have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer we who live but Christ who lives within us, but most of us still remain living under our old identity. 

It was for freedom that Christ died, but we find ourselves living under the bondage of our old nature and identity. 

Paul describes his new identity this way; I am who am I by the grace of God! God's grace was what defined his new identity. Let's look at some other Scriptures and discover an identity that allows us to live as new creations and walk in the freedom of the Sons of God!

What does it mean to know God?  I've heard so many people in church declare they know God but I would always asked "How can you tell?"  Is it based on outward performances or is it much more than that?  Let's begin the journey to understand what it means to know Jesus.  Buckle up beloved.  We about to go there.

Many believe that God is angry and enjoys punishing people for their bad behavior. In reality, the Apostle Paul paints a totally different picture. Paul describes a loving God who was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself (2 Cor. 5:14-21). Jesus died to kill our old sinful selves, to take away the sin of the world, and to make us brand new persons. No room for anger, guilt or condemnation. God made us His ambassadors, and we are to plead with people everywhere to be reconciled to God. This teaching by Pastor Max on the greatest love story ever told will surely transform your life. 

What does it really mean to live? And in what sense does it mean, to die is gain? 

Before God in His grace pursued us in His love, and saved us we were dead in our sins. We may have been breathing and our heart was beating, but we were dead spiritually. We may have by all practical purposes looked successful to the watching world, but without Christ, we were still dead in our sins. 

Many professing Christians believe in what Jesus did for them on the cross, but the reality of the life that was brought forth because of the cross and the resurrection is a mystery to them.

If you have put your complete trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ; He has become your life! Life is no more defined by who you think you are, the status or title you have, or what the world has labeled you to be. 

To live is Christ, and to die is gain. We must as Paul put it, to die daily that we may gain Christ who is our life!

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