“To live is Christ” allows us to take a deeply honest look at our own wretchedness as law keepers and then place our hope in the one who will deliver us from the body of death.
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TLIC Daily. Day 238. August 26: It is no longer I, but sin.
“To live is Christ” puts us in a position to let the law do its work; the work of driving us to the cross. Now we can learn to rely on the indwelling life of Christ and the fulfilled law in us. And who knows, we might even have a few moments where, by grace through faith, we actually do what we love – delight in God and love others.
TLIC Daily. Day 237. August 25: The new way of the Spirit.
The law can reveal my holy God and my unholy self, but only the cross can crucify the flesh and only the resurrection can quicken the life of Christ in me (and it already has). This is the gospel. This is the new way of the Spirit. This is “to live is Christ.”
TLIC Daily. Day 236. August 24: Obedient from the heart.
“To live is Christ” is to be so enthralled with Christ that all obedience flows from this new affection. Not law. Just love. Love that comes from knowing that we are loved first and forever.
TLIC Daily. Day 235. August 23: You are not under law, but under grace.
“To live is Christ” is to trust in your position in grace alone. Your full forgiveness. Your freedom from the power and consequence of sin. Your resurrection unto eternal life. It is to rest in the freedom of his unconditional love. A resting that will bring true obedience as the impulse of his love.
TLIC Daily. Day 234. August 22: Present yourself to God.
“To live is Christ” is this daily process of knowing, considering, and presenting. Knowing you are dead to sin. Considering yourself dead to sin and alive to God in Jesus. And then presenting your actions to God as his own actions in the world.
To Live is Christ 