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| In order to live in Christ, we must die! |
11 Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. (2 Timothy 2:11-12; NIV 2011 Edition)By now your Twitter timeline and Facebook mini-feed has been flooded with so many messages about joy of Christ's death and resurrection and how through this, all men have the ability to access the Kingdom of Heaven. You've gotten the message that He was bruised, He bled, He died, and He rose all for sinners like you and I.
But what about your death? Jesus' death is but an invitation, it is our death that shows that we accept Him. The events that happened Easter weekend mean everything in the world to those who accept Him as lord, die to themselves and believe in His power... but nothing to those who don't. Before we live in Him, we must die to us.
Are you dead yet?
Bonus Coverage - Jason Gray "I Am New"
Now I won't deny
The worst you could say about me
But I'm not defined
By mistakes that I've made
Because God says of me
I am not who I was
I am being remade
I am new
I am chosen and holy
And I'm dearly loved
I am new
Who I thought I was
And who I thought I had to be
I had to give them both up
Cause neither were willing
To ever believe
I am not who I was
I am being remade
I am new
I am chosen and holy
And I'm dearly loved
I am new
Too long I have lived
In the shadows of shame
Believing that there
Was no way I could change
But the one who is making everything new
Doesn't see me the way that I do
He doesn't see me the way that I do
I am not who I was
I am being remade
I am new
I am chosen and holy
And I'm dearly loved
I am new
I am not who I was
I am being remadeI am new
Dead to the old manI'm coming alive
I am new
Forgiven beloved
Hidden in Christ
Made in the image of the Giver of Life
Righteous and holy
Reborn and remade
Accepted and worthy this is our new name
This is who we are now...
Now I won't deny
The worst you could say about me
But I'm not defined
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