by Hugh DeLong<\/p>\n
“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly<\/em>” (Galatians 2:20-21).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
After showing a ‘timeline’ of his life and proving that he did and could not have learned the gospel message from the other apostles, and that they, after knowing his teaching, gave him the right hand of fellowship (acknowledged him as inspired of God). He also withstood them (cp., Galatians 2:14: ‘to his<\/em> (their) face<\/em>“) for they themselves were no longer living by what they had revealed!<\/p>\n
Then<\/strong>, this great statement at the end of this chapter! He did <\/b>what he had instructed us to do – crucify the old man! We are raised (in baptism) to walk in newness <\/b>of life<\/strong>. There is to be a transformation of our character and a change in our worldview. No longer to live to ourselves, but “by faith<\/em> (trust) in the Son of God<\/em>.”<\/p>\n
Jesus gave himself up for us. He willingly died<\/strong>, died an insulting and humiliating death by crucifixion. Yet<\/strong>, he <\/b>now lives <\/b>for us as our High Priest and Mediator.<\/p>\n
While this resolution to change can and does take place ‘immediately’ or quickly at our conversion, the process of transformation will take time and perseverance. We will continually adjust our thinking and actions as we learn more.<\/p>\n
The good news is that God allows <\/b>us this time to change. We will <\/b>fall short many times, yet He desires to forgive. As we learn of any fault or shortcoming, we, with sorrow in our hearts at such, turn back. Through this, we are gradually but constantly being transformed. We don’t despair as we learn of such shortcomings, but we do turn to our loving God, who has promised to forgive us when we do. This is living by faith.<\/p>\n
Does this describe your life with Jesus?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Hugh DeLong “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. I do not nullify the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[390],"class_list":["post-93483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-conversion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29429,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-can-paul-die-with-christ-if-christ-is-living\/","url_meta":{"origin":93483,"position":0},"title":"How can Paul die with Christ if Christ is living?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am confused about \"My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me\" (Galatians 2:20 NLT).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86576,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/being-crucified-with-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":93483,"position":1},"title":"Being Crucified with Christ","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Formerly, Paul was an enemy of Christ and made it his mission to stomp out His church if possible. He thought he was doing God service as he searched to persecute and kill Christians, those Paul sincerely thought were heretics of the Jews' religion. According to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87444,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/paul-and-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":93483,"position":2},"title":"Paul and Jesus","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Zeke Flores In many ways, Galatians is about Paul and Jesus. One of the things I love about the short book of Galatians is how, although Paul writes on deep theological themes concerning the differentiation between the old and new covenants and their respective purposes, he often refers to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14638,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-you-explain-all-these-similar-phrases-about-dying-with-christ-and-dying-to-sin\/","url_meta":{"origin":93483,"position":3},"title":"Can you explain all these similar phrases about dying with Christ and dying to sin?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What do these phrases mean? I have been crucified with Christ I am dead in Christ I have died to Christ I am dead to sin I am dead in sin I am resurrected with Christ Answer: Let's examine each phrase in the statement in which it was given:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86143,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/at-the-crossroads\/","url_meta":{"origin":93483,"position":4},"title":"At the Crossroads","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer Scripture warns against those who \"walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.\" Paul writes, \"Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things\" (Philippians 3:18-19). Elsewhere Paul writes that those who cause divisions \"do\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":60817,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-jesus-take-some-of-the-dead-with-him-to-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":93483,"position":5},"title":"Did Jesus take some of the dead with him to heaven?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Good morning, sir, In Ephesians 4:8, \"Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men,\" Do you have a lesson on this? Does it mean that Jesus took some of the dead to heaven with him? Answer: \"And you were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}