THE CRUCIFIED LIFE

I have been Crucified with Christ and I no longer live,

But Christ lives in me,

The life I live in the body, I live by Faith in the Son of God,

Who loves me and gave Himself for me.

(Galatians 2:20)

I have been Crucified with Christ--

[In Him] I have shared His Crucifixion;

It is no longer I who live,

But Christ the Messiah, lives in me;

And the life I now live in the body I live by Faith--

By Adherence to and Reliance on and [complete] Trust--

In the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

(Galatians 2:20, AMP)

This is the Narrow Gate Christ Jesus spoke of. Listen:

Enter through the Narrow Gate.

For Wide is the Gate and Broad is the Road that leads to Destruction,

And Many enter through it.

But Small is the Gate and Narrow the Road that leads to LIFE,

And only a Few find it.

(Matthew 7:13,14)

Enter through the Narrow Gate,

For Wide is the Gate and Spacious and Broad is the Way

That leads away to Destruction

And Many are those who are Entering it.

But the Gate is Narrow—Constricted by Pressure--

And the Way is Straitened and Compressed that leads away to LIFE,

And Few are they who find it. [Jer. 21:8; Deut. 30:19.]

(Matthew 7:13,14, AMP)

When Christ Jesus said: 'I AM the WAY;' this is the Way He meant;

The Way of the Crucified Life—

The Narrow Gate and Road that leads to LIFE.

The Lord told Jeremiah:

'See, I AM setting before you the WAY of LIFE and the WAY of Death.'

(Jeremiah 21:8)

In Deuteronomy the Lord told Israel this:

This Day I call Heaven and Earth as Witnesses against you

That I have Set before you Life and Death,

Blessings and Curses.

NOW CHOOSE LIFE,

So that you and your children may live

And that you may Love the Lord your God,

Listen to His Voice, and Hold Fast to Him.

FOR THE LORD IS YOUR LIFE,

And He will give you many years

In the land He Swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

(Deuteronomy 30:19,20)

There is only One Hope in this World. Listen to the apostle Paul:

Now I rejoice in what was Suffered for you,

And I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking

In regard to Christ's Afflictions, for the Sake of His Body,

Which is the Church.

I have become its Servant by the Commission God gave me

TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLNESS--

THE MYSTERY

THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS,

But is now Disclosed to the Saints.

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles

The Glorious Riches of this MYSTERY,

WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY.

(Colossians 1:24-27)

The Only Hope in All that Exists is Christ living IN and TROUGH us,

And the only Way this can happen,

Is our being Crucified to this World and its Ways with Him;

Our becoming One with Him [John 17:11, 21].

Only then are we Not of this World, as He is Not of this World. (John 17:14)

Only then does the World understand

That God sent Christ Jesus. (John 17:21)

THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLNESS. (Colossians 1:25)

The WAY of LIFE is a Narrow WAY,

That is why Christ Jesus asked:

When the Son of Man comes will He find Faith on the Earth? (Luke 18:8)

In Revelation 13 we are told, that before Christ Jesus returns,

The Whole World worships Satan and his son, the Beast, the Antichrist.

The only ones who Do Not, are those whose names

Are Written in the Lamb's Book of LIFE. (Revelation 13)

From this we know, there will be little Faith on Earth,

When Christ Jesus returns.

Today, we see a World at War with God and His Word;

A World getting ready to receive the son of Satan as their “god,”

Whom they will worship and receive his “mark,”

Damning themselves to and Eternal Hell.