Galatians 6:14 - “But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”
The cross stands today as a symbol of victory. It represents victory over sin, victory over death, and ultimate victory for the believer through the Lord Jesus Christ. When Christ suffered on the cross, He did so for humanities sin. He died so that we can live a life of victory and freedom.
In John 10:10 we learn that “Christ came that we might have life, and have it more abundantly.” What does it mean to experience abundant life? The Amplified Bible reads, “I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).”
The cross stands today as a symbol of victory. Is it possible to enjoy life? It is possible to experience abundant life. Where do we find this kind of life? We find it in a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul writes in Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Have you been crucified with Christ? Jesus gave us this admonition in Luke 9:23, “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” If we are going to enter into the abundant life that Christ provides through His sacrificial death, then we must be willing to take up His cross and deny ourselves.
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