“To live is Christ” is therefore much, much, more than self-denial or the “imitation of Christ.” It is a whole new identity, a new reality, a new nature. It’s a whole new life and a whole new way to live. Alive through death. Living by dying.
TLIC Daily. Day 173. June 22: A person is not justified by works of the law.
And so here we are, trapped in the dead end of the law. Deceived into thinking that what condemns us will actually justify us. If only there was a whole new way to live. If only there was “to live is Christ.”
TLIC Daily. Day 172. June 21: The wisdom from above.
What if the most important decision you face today isn’t what to do, but rather how to do it?
TLIC Daily. Day 171. June 20: Faith, if it does not have works, is dead.
“To live is Christ” means that our faith in the indwelling Lord of glory is transforming us. The indwelling Spirit is conforming us to his likeness.
TLIC Daily. Day 170. June 19: Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Before you do anything else behold the mercy of God. And then speak and act like the child of mercy that you are. That’s “to live is Christ.”
TLIC Daily. Day 169. June 18: Show no partiality.
“To live is Christ” has filled us with the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. And this glory, when received in faith, will melt away all our partiality, all our favoritism, all our prejudice. And it will leave in its place obedience to the royal law of love. Love for everyone. Which is love for God.
