I am Crucified with Christ

Truly, this is one of the most wonderful verses in all the Bible, even though at first sight it might seem otherwise. “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” Crucifixion is not a pleasant thing to think about. It is one of the most gruesome of deaths. Our Lord Jesus was crucified for our sins. The text says that we as believers have been crucified with Him. We will attempt to understand this statement better in the next few minutes. In this verse we need to see that in conversion, God has dealt decisively with the self-life in the heart of every true Christian, through the crucifixion of Christ. And what He has done by His mighty grace at conversion, which is based upon the work of the Lord Jesus at the cross, He intends that it will affect everything that we as the believer will think and do, in living our Christian life. And so, as we consider these verses, we will want to better understand the 2 principles of truth and reality, which are given to us here, in relation to our own self-life as a believer in Jesus Christ. If we truly understand them, they will enable us to glorify God in the way we think, the things that we say, and all that we will do. 1st – I find here, the principle of truth and the reality that I have been crucified with Christ. 2nd - I find the principle of truth and the reality that it is Christ who is living in me.