Proverbs 28:9. If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. What do you pray for? This is
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
Proverbs 28:9. If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. What do you pray for? This is
Read Psalm 119:17-24 17Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. 18Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things
Read Psalm 119:17-24 17Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. 18Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things
To live is Christ allows us to finally keep God’s law by removing the bondage to God’s law. By replacing law with Spirit, the law is fulfilled in us. Not perfectly on this side of Heaven, but with perfect grace filling the gaps.
Now, in Christ, God’s first word to us is always grace. And his second word to us is faith. “I love you…so trust me…” “Christ is alive in you…so to live is Christ.”
As ungodly saints we pursue Christ. We trust Christ. We submit to Christ. We desire his life, his character, his love. His life becomes our law – the “law of Christ.” Not a law we must live up to, but a law that is alive in us. That’s “to live is Christ.”