_THE CRUCIFIED CHRISTIAN_ ‘I am crucified with Christ.’ Galatians 2:20 There are two thoughts which should grow up together in our minds as plants from one stem—that Christ was crucified for us—and that our calling on earth is to be crucified with Him. I. THE CROSS OF CHRIST! how much it teaches... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRUCIFIED, YET ALIVE_ ‘I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live.’ Galatians 2:20 I. CRUCIFIXION WAS THE MANNER IN WHICH CHRIST WAS PUT TO DEATH. (_a_) _ He suffered on a Cross_, and thus literally became dead. In a like manner St. Paul became dead to mere ceremonial Judaism, to worldlin... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHRIST LIFE_ ‘Yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.’ Galatians 2:20 Christianity is, before all things and above all things, a life to be lived. Let us endeavour to trace briefly some of the characteristics of this life of Christ. This life is— I. MYSTERIOUS.—All life is. No man can underst... [ Continue Reading ]
_LESSONS FROM ST. PAUL_ ‘The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God.’ Galatians 2:20 I put St. Paul before you as the breakwater that withstands sceptical attacks upon the faith, as the man who combines preaching with practice, as the rallying point for all parti... [ Continue Reading ]
_A PRECIOUS INHERITANCE_ ‘Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.’ Galatians 2:20 I. WHOM HE LOVED.—Mark the expression, ‘Who loved _ me_.’ Not my sins. No; He looked upon all these with righteous and holy abhorrence. He hated all these things, but He loved _ me_—He loved my soul. II. WHAT PROO... [ Continue Reading ]