Image via WikipediaThe Cross we are to pick up daily is not our own croos but the cross of CHRIST. Paul wrote,"I have been crucified in Christ;and it is no longer I who live, but Christ that lives inme; and the life whicch I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the SON of GOD, who loved me and Gave Himself up for me" (Galations 2:20). His cross provided forgiveness from what I have done and deliverence from what I was. I am forgivenBECAUSE hw DIED IN MY PLACE; i AM DELIVERED BECAUSE i died with him! i AM BOTH JUSTIFIED AND POSITIONALLY SANCTIFIED AS A RESULT OF THE CROSS.
To pick up the cross daily means to acknowledge every day that I belong to GOD. I have been purchased by the blood of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST(1 Peter 1:18-19). When I pick up the cross I affirm that my Identity is not based in my physical existence but in my relationship with GOD. I am a child of GOD(1John 3:1-3). My life is IN CHRIST, Because HE is my LIFE(Colosians 3:3,4). I am starting to see that it is all about CHRIST and not about me. STEP 2 came to believe a power greater than my self can restore me to sanity.
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...true "freedom" can only be found through His Sacrifice.
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