"Crucified With Christ"

“Crucified With Christ”

 

For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin---because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.          Romans 6:6-7

 

Just what does it mean to be “crucified” with Christ?  I think the Apostle Paul explains it really quite well in these verses of Scripture.  When a person comes to Christ with a TRULY repentant heart, their old, sinful, wretched, corrupt body is symbolically nailed to the cross of Christ, and that body that was once ruled by sin is done away with, and they are no longer slaves to sin because they have been set free from the sins that have ruled their heart.

 

When we come to Christ for the redemption of our soul, we become a NEW creation, and it is Christ that lives in us, by the power of His Holy Spirit.  But since we are still in the flesh, we sometimes fall to temptations and sin, because the flesh is weak, however we are no longer “SLAVES” to the sin, and the work of the Holy Spirit, who indwells us, is to convict us of those sins, and when we CONFESS the sin, He is FAITHFUL to FORGIVE us of that sin, because we are REDEEMED, we have an advocate in Heaven, who pleads our case before Father God, and we are FORGIVEN, and set FREE  from sin.

 

Those who CONTINUE in their old, wretched, sinful lifestyle, after they walk the aisle or repeat a prayer, and live as a slave to that sinful lifestyle without guilt or confession, needs to check their salvation.  You CANNOT get fire insurance by just walking the aisle or even repeating a prayer, in other words, just walking the aisle or repeating a prayer does NOT keep you out of Hell.   You MUST come with a REPENTANT HEART, being wooed by the Holy Spirit of the Living God, when He starts pulling on those HEART strings and you realize that you are a SINNER in need of a Savior, then you, in ALL sincerity come to Christ, and are then CRUCIFIED with Him, and are set FREE from your burden of sin.

 

If you have rejected Christ and have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are a SLAVE to your sins, and are headed to Hell for ALL of eternity.  But you NOW have the opportunity to turn that all around by coming to Christ and being CRUCIFIED with Him, nailing your old, wretched sinful soul to the cross and receiving the newness of life in Christ Jesus.  You do that by:  CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT God’s gift of SALVATION and be set FREE from your sinful lifestyle.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!