Spiritual Gifts part 220: I live by faith in the Son of God.

Spiritual Gifts Part 220: This life I live by faith in the Son of God.

We simply need to learn how to live on the basis of who and what Christ is.

There is no question about whether Christ can do it because He has already done it.

Joh 14:20
“In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me [union with Christ], and I in you [indwelling of TLJC].”

The law condemned me, and sentenced me, and put me to death. That is the end of what the law can do.

2Co 5:14
For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;

Here in Gal 2:20 “have been crucified with” is in the perfect passive indicative.
 
Perfect tense means action completed in the past [at the cross] with results that keep on continuing forever. A past completed action having present finished results.\

Perfect tense means action completed in the past [at the cross] with results that keep on continuing forever.

It is the self-righteous, self-centered, self-absorbed ego. It was the rebellious unbelieving self.

The new life that we receive at the moment of our rebirth is a life that has Christ as its center.

“faith” =  pi/sti$
pistis 
synonymous with trust or belief.
 It is trust, dependence, reliance.

In the area of _____, I have been crucified with Christ…

When it comes to ___, I must live by faith in the Son of God – SOLELY.