Living Christian, By Faith

Good Morning!! I am dead, but I am still living, Paul says. My old, sinful nature was crucified, put to a slow painful death on the cross of Jesus Christ. And now I live by the vibrant, resurrection power of Jesus Christ. Paul is writing to the church at Galatia, who had been greatly troubled by the teaching that salvation is, in essence, earned by works. Instead of resting in the grace of God,...they had been encouraged to legalism and law service.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.—Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

Paul doesn't claim that godly living isn't a part of salvation,...He simply turns the order around. I am not saved because I am good, Paul says, I am good because I am saved: the life I now live, I live by the faith of the Son of God. This is the essence of Christian living. It is not about a set of rules for us to follow gloomily; it is about a Person for us to follow joyfully. Because Christ loved us, and gave Himself for us,...we now love, and give ourselves for him!

Feel the love-inspiring grace of Jesus Christ in your life,...and allow it to display itself in the way you begin to; live by faith in the Son of God.

 

Father in Heaven, it is by Your grace that we come to know and believe in Your Son. Allow Your Spirit to move in our lives that we may better live the faith we claim, this in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

 

"The Lamb that died to save us, is also the Shepherd that lives to lead us."