Galatians 6:14 (NCV) 14 I hope I will never brag about things like that. The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for bragging. Through the cross of Jesus my world was crucified, and I died to the world.
Beloved, when you place yourself on the altar as a “living sacrifice,” you’re rightly responding to Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Basically, there are two crucifixions that must occur in order to experience victorious kingdom living “Jesus’ and your own”. In Galatians 6:14 Paul writes of these, He says: 14 I hope I will never brag about things like that. The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for bragging. Through the cross of Jesus my world was crucified, and I died to the world.
Beloved, to identify with Jesus Christ is to identify with His own surrender. Being “crucified” with Him creates a resultant disconnect from this world’s order as well as a subsequent attachment and alignment with Him.
The word world in the Greek is “kosmos”. It simply refers to an organized world system or arrangement designed to promote a specific emphasis or philosophy. Let me give you an example Beloved: we’ll often talk about the “world of sports,” or the “world of finance,” or the “world of politics”. These phrases are not referencing a location or a place. They’re referencing an organized system inclusive of certain definitions, regulations, and philosophical worldviews.
So when Paul states that he has been crucified with Christ, he is saying that he’s no longer alive to this world’s system that wants to leave God out, or worldliness. He is, rather, crucified to the strategies and rules that are set up to try to make humanity acceptable to God independently of God.
Friends, putting God first equates to a relationship by which you willingly surrender yourself as a “living sacrifice” to the One you love.
You, like Paul, die daily.
Beloved, this weekend, follow Jesus. He will not leave you nor forsake you, He will always lead you in the right direction
Galatians 6:14 (NCV)
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