Bible Question (short): Tell me Whyyyyyyy |
Question (full): The Scriptures declare that we are “dead indeed”, but nowhere do they say that we are dead in ourselves. We shall look In vain to find death within; that is just the place where it is not to be found. We are dead not in ourselves but in Christ. We were crucified with Him because we were in Him. We are familiar with the words of the Lord Jesus, “Abide in Me, and I in you” (John 15:4). Let us consider them for a moment. First they remind us once again that we never have to struggle to get into Christ. We are not told to get there, for we are there; but we are told to stay where we have been placed. It was God’s own act that putus in Christ, and we are to abide in Him. But further this verse lays down for us a divine principle, which is that God has done the work in Christ and not in us as individuals. The all inclusive death and the all inclusive resurrection of God’s Son were accomplished fully and finally apart from us in the first place. It is the history of Christ which is to become the experience of the Christian, and we have no spiritual experience apart from Him. The Scriptures tell us that we were crucified “with Him,” that we were quickened, raised, and set by God in the heavenlies Iin Him,” and that we are complete “in Him” (Rom 6:6; Eph 2:5-6; Col 2:10). If this is true then why are so many of us walking around trying to DO Christianity. What is it that prevents us from living the life God has all ready provided for us. Why don't we partake of the divine nature. How come we fill our minds with scripture but we don't let it affect our lives. Why do we argue about trivia when so many are suffering by not partaking what Jesus has all ready done? What do you think? |