Daily in Christ 16 March 2022 Devotional By Neil Anderson || Wednesday Message
Daily in Christ 15 March 2022 By Neil Anderson
TOPIC: Placed Into Christ
SCRIPTURE: I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me – Galatians 2:20
Daily in Christ 16 March 2022 Devotional MESSAGE
All unbelievers have an old nature which is characterized by sin. Before you came to Christ you were one of those individuals. You were a sinner because it was your nature to sin. This “natural man” cannot accept or understand the things of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:14).
What happened to the old you at salvation? You died–not the physical you, of course, but that old inner self which was empowered by the old nature you inherited from Adam (Romans 6:2-6; Colossians 3:3). What was the method of execution? Crucifixion with Christ. Paul announced in Galatians 2:20: “I have been crucified with Christ.” And in Galatians 6:14, Paul disclaimed any right to boast “except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” At salvation you were placed into Christ, the one who died on the cross for your sin. Being in Christ, your old self died with Him there.
Notice the remarkable difference. In Adam you had an old self; in Christ you have a new self. In Adam you had a sin nature (Ephesians 2:1-3); in Christ you are a partaker of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). In Adam you were in the flesh (Romans 8:8); in Christ you are in the Spirit (Romans 8:9). In Adam you could only walk after the flesh; in Christ you may choose to walk after the Spirit or after the flesh.
Aren’t you glad to be a new creature in Christ?
PRAYER: Thank You, Jesus, that You have set me free from my old sin nature and that I can choose to walk after the Spirit today.
Daily in Christ 16 March 2022 Devotional Message By Neil Anderson. Thank you for using the Daily in Christ devotionals brought to you through 5 Daily Devotional Messages by Freedom in Christ Ministries (FICM).