Title: United With Christ
Author: Stephen Whitney
Text: Galatians 2:20
A group of theological students in New York City were returning to their dormitory late at night when they came upon a drunkard lying in the gutter. Most of the young men would have passed him by in disgust; but one student, who had worked in a rescue mission and had more sympathy for those who had become moral failures, stooped over and put his arm around the shoulder of the drunken man. He said, "Tell me where you live and I will call a taxi and take you home." The man looked unto his face and mumbled,
"If Jesus Christ ever lived on earth, he must have been like you."
The only Christ some people will ever see is the one which we show them as we live a new life in the power of Christ. As we allow the power of Christ to live in us, we are like him.
Oswald Chambers -
"To become one with Jesus Christ, a person must be willing not only to give up on sin, but also to surrender his whole way of looking at things."
Prepositions
A preposition shows the relationship of one word to another word.
There are four prepositions which describe our union with Christ:
1. We are crucified with Christ - so we live a new life.
2. Christ lives in me - so I have a new nature.
3. I live by faith - in what Christ did for me.
4. Christ died for me - so my sins are forgiven.
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
I have been (KJB I am) - Gk. perfect tense means something that took place in the past continues in the present. Paul is saying that when he accepted Christ as his Savior he was changed and that change continues now and into the future.
In the Roman world to be crucified meant that you died a cruel death as you were fastened to cross and slowly suffocated to death.The point of crucifixion was that a person physically died.
Jesus died on the cross in 33 AD about 12 years earlier.
With - added in English meaning accompanied by or alongside.
The disciples accompani ...
Author: Stephen Whitney
Text: Galatians 2:20
A group of theological students in New York City were returning to their dormitory late at night when they came upon a drunkard lying in the gutter. Most of the young men would have passed him by in disgust; but one student, who had worked in a rescue mission and had more sympathy for those who had become moral failures, stooped over and put his arm around the shoulder of the drunken man. He said, "Tell me where you live and I will call a taxi and take you home." The man looked unto his face and mumbled,
"If Jesus Christ ever lived on earth, he must have been like you."
The only Christ some people will ever see is the one which we show them as we live a new life in the power of Christ. As we allow the power of Christ to live in us, we are like him.
Oswald Chambers -
"To become one with Jesus Christ, a person must be willing not only to give up on sin, but also to surrender his whole way of looking at things."
Prepositions
A preposition shows the relationship of one word to another word.
There are four prepositions which describe our union with Christ:
1. We are crucified with Christ - so we live a new life.
2. Christ lives in me - so I have a new nature.
3. I live by faith - in what Christ did for me.
4. Christ died for me - so my sins are forgiven.
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
I have been (KJB I am) - Gk. perfect tense means something that took place in the past continues in the present. Paul is saying that when he accepted Christ as his Savior he was changed and that change continues now and into the future.
In the Roman world to be crucified meant that you died a cruel death as you were fastened to cross and slowly suffocated to death.The point of crucifixion was that a person physically died.
Jesus died on the cross in 33 AD about 12 years earlier.
With - added in English meaning accompanied by or alongside.
The disciples accompani ...
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