August 24 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His Resurrection (Rom. 6:5). This Passage is not speaking of the coming Resurrection of Life, but rather the Resurrection of Christ, and our being spiritually resurrected with Him “in newness of life,” which takes place at the New Birth. To believe in Christ implies association with Him in His Death and Resurrection. Almost every Christian has heard the term, “Resurrection Life,” and has also no doubt used it. Of course, “Resurrection Life” speaks of a life of victory, and perpetual victory, at that, because it is based on the Resurrection of Christ, and solely on that Resurrection. That is all correct; however, most who use the term fail to understand that having and enjoying Resurrection Life, which the Lord intends for all of us to have, is predicated solely on our understanding that “we have been planted together in the likeness of His death.” In other words, Resurrection Life depends completely on the Cross of Christ and our Faith in that Finished Work. The trouble with most Christians is that the object of their faith is the “Resurrection Life,” which God can never accept. The object of our faith must ever be the Cross of Christ. That being the case, then “Resurrection Life” is ours, and is bountiful indeed! If we abide by the Word of God, we will receive the results of the Word of God. But too many people have been incorrectly taught. While claiming much, they actually have little! The reason always goes back to an improper and incorrect object of faith. The Lord doesn’t require much of us, but He most definitely does require that the object of our faith ever be Christ and the Cross. That, in fact, is the key to all blessings, because that is the manner in which the Holy Spirit works. That, in effect, was what Jesus was talking about when He said, “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink, He who believes on Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of Living Water. This spoke He of the Spirit, which they who believe on Him should receive (Jn. 7:37-39). Christ is the Source of Resurrection Life, while the Cross is the means. The Holy Spirit is the Bearer of that to us, for which Christ has paid such a price.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 01:19:40 +0000
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