He died unto sin; in reference to sin, the design of his death being to put away sin. Hebrews 9:26. By making expiation for sin he prepared the way for its forgiveness, and thus its removal from the souls of all that believe in him.

In that he liveth; liveth in his new resurrection-life.

He liveth unto God; his life is devoted to the glory of God in the furtherance of the work of redemption. Before his crucifixion, Christ lived unto God also. But that was a life of humiliation leading to the death of the cross, and may here be reckoned as a part of the process of his dying unto sin. His resurrection-life, on the contrary, is a life of exaltation, in which all power is given into his hands for the glory of the Father, in the over-throw of the kingdom of Satan and the establishment of the kingdom of God in this world.

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