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The Love of God – Personal – Part 4

 

We have been looking at the Love of God where we have seen that the Scriptures

teach us that His love is Great, His love is everlasting, and His love is a

sacrificial love. Today let’s look at His love as being personal.

Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ

liveth 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.” 

There are many people today who look at the verse above and talk about

wanting to live the “crucified” life. That is not what God is teaching us here

through the Apostle Paul. We are not to seek to be crucified with Christ. As

believers, we have already been crucified with Him. The principle of living is

not by the law which has slain us because it found us guilty.

Now we are to live by faith. So, we put our faith in what? We put our Faith

in the Son of God. Understand that the death of Christ was not only paying

the penalty for our sins, but it was substitutionary also. He was not only the

sacrifice for sin; He was the substitute for all who believe.

Some have said they do not like the term, “Personal Savior.” I believe there

is nothing more personal than realizing Jesus died for me. What a blessed

thought, He loves me and He made it possible to renew my relationship

with God.