“To live is Christ” IS Christ lives in me. No more and no less. His death is our death. His life is our life. All that is his is ours.
June 28, 2020. Day 180: I died to the law, so that I might live to God.
“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.
June 27, 2020. Day 179: A person is not justified by works of the law.
So here we are, trapped in the dead end of the law. If only there was a whole new way to live. If only there was “to live is Christ.”
June 26, 2020. Day 178: The wisdom from above.
What if the most important decision you face today isn’t what to do, but rather how to do it?
June 25, 2020. Day 177: 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. Your faith, if truly focused on Christ’s work for you (remember object, not amount), will result in works.
June 24, 2020. Day 176: 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.”
