Conformed To His Death

Apostle Grace Lubega

Phillipians 3:10(KJV); That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death

As new creatures in Christ, we died with Christ and were raised with Him. It is important that we appreciate the duality of this experience because it defines how we ought to fully live in the newness of life.

We cannot only celebrate and identify with the fact that we were raised with Him. We must understand that we died with Him too.

How does one conform to His death?

In Romans 7:4, the Bible says, ‘Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.’

When we died with Christ, we also died to the law. A Christian who is conformed to the death of Christ does not live under the dictates of the Law but under the abundance of God’s grace.

Dying with Christ means that it is nolonger you who lives but Christ living in you. It is God that wills and purposes in you(Philippians 2:13). You cease to do things to please God but walk as one who knows God is already pleased with him. That is a dead man!

FURTHER STUDY: Galatians 2:19-20, Colossians 3:3

GOLDEN NUGGET:
When we died with Christ, we also died to the law. A Christian who is conformed to the death of Christ does not live under the dictates of the Law but under the abundance of God’s grace.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this reality. I understand the experience of both the death and resurrection of Jesus. I know that I no longer live but you live in me. I am under the grace of God because I died to the law. Because I died to the law, I also died to sin. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Azure development