Christ crucified.

24 August 2010 

1 Corinthians 2:2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
When Jesus was crucified and He was dying on the cross, there were two robbers being crucified at the same time. These two joined in the mockery of Jesus and derided Him, in the same way that His accusers did, however one of them realised his error and saw the Truth. In that moment of realisation he turned to Jesus and admitted that he deserved this death as a penalty for his crimes, and asked Jesus if he could meet Him in Paradise.

It is in this same way that we need to also be nailed to that cross, dying because of how we have lived, recognising our only hope is in Jesus Christ; for without Him there is no eternal life. We see Christ upon the cross, yet we do not see ourselves dying with Him there. Without dying, we cannot receive eternal life, and it is dying to self in that moment that we come alive with Christ.

Once we understand that in our death with Christ, we die to all sin, and coming alive with Christ we are dead to sin. Sin no longer has its hold on us, though we may still live imperfect lives, our imperfections are made perfect through Christ the Perfector of our faith. It is this way that we come to the reality that unless we die to self, we are still alive to sin. It is in this way that we place all that we are on the cross, in absolute surrender, naked, bound, broken, mocked, ill-treated, and in this way die completely to self, allowing Christ to resurrect us, to dwell in us, and for us to become Christ-like to all we meet.

Be encouraged today to die completely to self, and allow Christ to bring you new life.

David

Point to ponder: In Christ we are crucified.
Question to consider: Have you been crucified with Christ?
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