Knowing Christ’s resurrection power through the fellowship of suffering and the likeness of his death. This is “to live is Christ.”
Tag: Crucified Life
TLIC DAILY. DAY 183. JULY 2: BY THE SPIRIT.
“To live is Christ” means your old sin nature is dead and gone, and yet the remaining selfish flesh inside of you is still hanging on the cross.
TLIC Daily. Day 217. August 5: Faith not sight.
“To live is Christ” is this same hiddenness of God. His glory is hidden in our shame. Our weakness. Our sacrifice. Our folly. Our light and momentary affliction. Our messed up life. Our cross.
TLIC Daily. Day 215. August 3: Death in us, life in you.
“To live is Christ” means living the crucified life. The life of dying unto the glory of god’s grace. Sacrificing for the sake of others that they too might find the life of Christ.
TLIC Daily. Day 186. July 5: Boast in the cross.
“To live is Christ” means my only boast, my only honor, my only glory is the cross of Christ. I have done nothing to save myself. I have no ability to produce righteousness in myself. I have no hope apart from my co-crucifixion with Christ.
December 8, 2020. Day 343: That you might follow in his steps.
The cruciform life is primarily this – entrusting our lives to him who judges justly. It is Jesus’ unbroken trust in God on the cross that saved us. And now that trust in God is the gift of our salvation. Trusting God’s justice and mercy. Trusting his grace and love. Trusting that “to live is Christ.”
To Live is Christ 