In Christ, we are crucified to three things:
We are crucified to self
Galatians 2:20 — “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
We are crucified to the flesh
Galatians 5:24-25 — “And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.”
We are crucified to the world
Galatians 6:14 — “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”
Eve says
August 30, 2011 at 2:03 pmAmen
rev Thomas Taylor says
August 30, 2011 at 2:21 pmAMEN
Dee Wade says
August 30, 2011 at 2:37 pmLord always help me uphold these 3 Things in me crucify me, my flesh and me in the world.
Jennifer says
August 30, 2011 at 3:27 pmI will pray this everyday because it can be very difficult to remember in times of stressful circumstances, even though I know the truth and who I am in Christ. I would ask for prayers in tbis regard as well, and gladly send them up for anyone who also needs them.
George says
August 30, 2011 at 5:26 pmAMEN!
Gayle Marie says
August 31, 2011 at 8:25 amAMEN!!
Punkin Pi says
August 31, 2011 at 8:01 pmMan! This is some good stuff!
Chris says
September 1, 2011 at 5:36 amThe blessing that the Lord has shown me through these (and similar) verses is that this curcification is PAST TENSE! Every time “crucify” is used in the NT after Jesus was crucified, it is “crucified” – past tense. A believer does not have to “crucify” anything, a believer has been “crucified” and is now a new creature. Thank you Jesus for your completed work of my salvation 🙂
Fred Tomaselli says
September 5, 2011 at 5:30 amI appreciated your references to the three things to which we have been crucified. Knowing we are crucified to the “flesh” and to the “world” is an important reminder and challenge in our daily faith walk. However, at the risk of sounding semantic, I would humbly suggest that your reference to being crucified to “self” in Galatians 2:20 is nebulous and potentially confusing, since “self” tends to have numerous meanings both positive and negative.
The first “I” in Galatians 2:20 in which the Apostle Paul is referring is not “self” but our “old man” or unregenerate spirit inherited in Adam (note Romans 5:12; 6:6). If you keep the idea of “self” then perhaps it would be more appropriate to refer to it as one’s old identity because God gave us a new identity (or new “self”) in Christ, which is noted in Galatians 2:20 by the later uses of the pronoun “I” (note Colossians 3:9, 10). Therefore, the life “which I now live” is my new “self” (identity in Christ)…I am now a child of God, regenerated, redeemed, forgiven, righteous in Christ, more than a conqueror, called a saint, joyous, having received mercy…and on and on. Truly, “for me to live is Christ” (Philippians 1:21)! Praise God!