DAILY READINGS: 1 Samuel 14; Isaiah 52:13 to 53:12; Romans 1:1-17
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.Romans 6:6
It is wonderful that Christ died for me and not just for my sins. He died for me, as my Substitute. He died as me, as my Representative. Forgiveness saves me from the penalty of my sins, but my death with Him delivers me from the power of sin. The "old man" is all that we were in Adam. The "new man" of Ephesians 4:24, is all that we are in Christ. We should be living by faith in the new man and not in the old man. Can we say today, “I am crucified with Christ?” (Galatians 2:20).—Harold G. Smith
Buried with Christ and dead unto sin;
Dying but living with Jesus within. —William Kirkpatrick