“To live is Christ” is not the end of morality. It’s the beginning. The indwelling life of Christ has given us the knowledge of good and evil through the shared life of Christ.
Tag: Flesh
September 4, 2020. Day 248: The mind of the Spirit.
Our minds can be renewed in love. The love of “to live is Christ.”
August 31, 2020. Day 244: 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.”
August 19, 2020. Day 232: Take every thought captive to obey Christ.
The Christian life is not about the pride filled journey of getting better and better. It is about the never ending need for grace.
July 15, 2020. Day 197: Merely human?
“To live is Christ” removes all of this childish, “human” behavior from our hearts. We no longer have to be the best, or promote our own self-worth. Our worth is in Christ. That is true spirituality – loving, giving, sharing, submitting. This is our super power.
July 9, 2020. Day 191: The one who sows to the Spirit.
“To live is Christ” is to give up the control of the cause- effect system of law keeping. And in its place to adopt the control forfeiting faith of sowing to the Spirit. Which is guaranteed life. Christ’s life growing in you, reaping a harvest of love and grace for all eternity.
