TO LIVE WE MUST DIE

To truly live we must die to self.

There is no substitute for this, nothing else will do.

Faith is, dying to ones self.

In the Hymn, The Wonderful Cross, it says this:

O the Wonderful Cross, O the Wonderful Cross

Bids me come and Die and find that I may Truly Live.

And this Dying can only be done by the Power of the Spirit of God

Living IN and Through us.

This is what the apostle Paul meant when when he said:

'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 loved me and gave Himself for me.' (Galatians 2:20)

I have put a number of Scriptures together

To state this Reality more completely:

I have been Crucified with Christ and I no longer live

But it is Christ Who lives in me;

And this Life that I now live,

I live by Faith in the Son of God

And His Power at work in me.

I set my heart on things Above,

My Life is hidden with Christ in God;

I clothe my self with the Garments of Christ

And let His Word dwell richly in me.

Listen to the apostle Paul elaborate on this Reality:

For Christ's love compels us,

Because we are convinced that One Died for ALL,

And therefore ALL Died.

And He Died for ALL,

That those who live should no longer live for themselves

But for Him Who Died for them and was Raised again.

So from now on we regard No One from a Worldly Point of View.

Though we once regarded Christ in this way,

We do so No Longer.

Therefore, IF Anyone is IN CHRIST,

He is a New Creation;

The Old has gone, the New has come!

All this is from God, Who reconciled us to Himself through Christ

And gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation:

That God was Reconciling the World (all who would believe)

To Himself IN CHRIST,

Not counting men's Sins against them.

(Faith being counted as Righteousness)

And He has committed to us the Message of Reconciliation.

We are therefore Christ's Ambassadors,

As though God were making His APPEAL through us.

We Implore you on Christ's behalf:

BE RECONCILED TO GOD.

God made Him Who had NO SIN to be SIN for us,

So that IN HIM we might become the Righteousness of God.

(2 Corinthians 5:14-21)

Here is a Trustworthy saying:

IF WE DIED WITH HIM,

We will also live with Him;

IF we Endure, we will also Reign with Him.

IF WE DISOWN HIM,

He will also Disown us;

IF we are Faithless, He will remain Faithful,

For He cannot Disown Himself.

(2 Timothy 2:11, 10)

If we have been United with Him in His Death,

We will certainly also be United with Him in His Resurrection.

For we know that our Old Self was Crucified with Him

So that the body of Sin might be rendered Powerless,

That we should no longer be Slaves to Sin--

Because anyone who had Died has been Freed from Sin.

NOW IF WE DIED WITH CHRIST,

We believe that we will also live with Him.

For we know that since Christ was Raised from the Dead,

He cannot Die again;

Death no longer has Mastery over Him.

The Death He Died, He Died to Sin ONCE FOR ALL;

But the Life He lives, He lives to God.

In the same way, count yourselves Dead to Sin

But Alive to God IN CHRIST JESUS.

Therefore do no let Sin Reign in your Mortal Body

So that you Obey its Evil Desires.

Do not offer the parts of you body to Sin,

As Instruments of Wickedness,

But rather offer yourselves to God,

AS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM DEATH TO LIFE;

And offer the parts of you body to Him

As Instruments of Righteousness.

FOR SIN SHALL NOT BE YOUR MASTER,

Because you are not under Law, but under Grace.

(Romans 6:5-14)

Be always on the Watch,

And pray that you will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,

And that you may be able TO STAND before the Son of Man.

(Luke 21:36)

Today, the World is Raging Against God, Rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)

This World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!