{"id":10679,"date":"2013-12-23T09:42:20","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T14:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=10679"},"modified":"2013-12-23T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T14:52:59","slug":"sharing-in-the-atonement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=10679","title":{"rendered":"Sharing in the Atonement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ . . . \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?version=31&amp;search=Galatians+6%3A14\" target=\"_blank\">Galatians 6:14<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --> <!-- .entry-header --><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WnDTDLOM0rY\" height=\"315\" width=\"620\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<section>The gospel of Jesus Christ always forces a decision of our will. Have I accepted God\u2019s verdict on sin as judged on the Cross of Christ? Do I have even the slightest interest in the death of Jesus? Do I want to be identified with His death\u2014 to be completely dead to all interest in sin, worldliness, and self? Do I long to be so closely identified with Jesus that I am of no value for anything except Him and His purposes? The great privilege of discipleship is that I can commit myself under the banner of His Cross, and that means death to sin. You must get alone with Jesus and either decide to tell Him that you do not want sin to die out in you, or that at any cost you want to be identified with His death. When you act in confident faith in what our Lord did on the cross, a supernatural identification with His death takes place immediately. And you will come to know through a higher knowledge that your old life was \u201ccrucified with Him\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+6:6\">Romans 6:6<\/a>). The proof that your old life is dead, having been \u201ccrucified with Christ\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians+2:20\">Galatians 2:20<\/a>), is the amazing ease with which the life of God in you now enables you to obey the voice of Jesus Christ.Every once in a while our Lord gives us a glimpse of what we would be like if it were not for Him. This is a confirmation of what He said\u2014 \u201c. . . without Me you can do nothing\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+15:5\">John 15:5<\/a>). That is why the underlying foundation of Christianity is personal, passionate devotion to the Lord Jesus. We mistake the joy of our first introduction into God\u2019s kingdom as His purpose for getting us there. Yet God\u2019s purpose in getting us into His kingdom is that we may realize all that identification with Jesus Christ means.<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>________________________________________________<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>Reprise Journal-JDV<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Lord, Sometimes I get lost in the depths of my circumstances instead of the depths of your power and love. Please help me stay connected and aware that You are the living God and everything is within your power.<\/span><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And God says<i>\u2026\u201dI know the plans I have for you,\u201d declares the <\/i><i>Lord<\/i><i>, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. All things work for the good of those that love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart\u2026Simply focus on Me, and you will be transformed and your faith and hope will be renewed.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ . . . \u2014Galatians 6:14 The gospel of Jesus Christ always forces a decision of our will. Have I accepted God\u2019s verdict on sin as judged on the Cross of Christ? 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