Galatians 2:20-21 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me… The secret of this life, which alone is life, is faith. And what is faith? Trust. And what is trust? Taking God simply at His word. Now, let us see what God has said concerning this life. God has said — He has repeated it under many forms and by many images — "Believe and live." "Whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life." Now you must take that without any deduction, or any qualification, or any condition whatsoever. It is for all sinners — for sinners of every dye — without one single exception! The promise is to every one who will accept it. Accept what? Accept that the Son of God (and no other but the Son of God could do it, for no other would be an equivalent) the Son of God has, by His death, paid all the penalty and cancelled all your debt to God; and so the mandate has gone forth from the throne, "Live!" "Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom." That done, your life from that moment — if you have faith enough — may be a life without any fear. Your sins forgiven are sins buried. And buried sins have no resurrection. They shall "never be mentioned." They are "remembered no more." (James Vaughan, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. |
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