“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.
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TLIC DAILY. DAY 233. AUGUST 21: CONSIDER YOURSELVES.
“To live is Christ” is the daily, moment by moment, discipline of considering who you really are. You are dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. This is your new reality.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 232. AUGUST 20: OLD SELF CRUCIFIED.
“To live is Christ” means your sin has already once and for all time been dealt with by the cross. Do you know this? Do you believe this? Once you do, you can start the painful process of crucifying the flesh and its selfish desires by faith in God’s saving grace.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 231. AUGUST 19: GRACE ABOUNDED MORE.
“To live is Christ” is to continue to allow the law to reveal your abounding sin, and then to turn to the super abounding grace of God in Christ. A grace that can never be stopped as it leads us through righteousness and into eternal life.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 230. AUGUST 18: JUSTIFIED BY FAITH.
“To live is Christ” means we are justified by God’s grace. Which in turn means we have peace with God, access into grace, the hope of glory, and even joy in suffering.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 229. AUGUST 17: JUSTIFIES THE UNGODLY.
“To live is Christ” is the constant realization that I never did earn it, I never will earn it, and I am not currently earning it. My sins are too many. But praise God, his mercy is more.
To Live is Christ 