You’re Dead - And That’s A Good Thing

The After-Life Series

Galatians 2:20
April 18, 2021
Chris Seidman, Sr. Minister

Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 6:3-7 (NIV)
Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin – because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

Romans 5:8 (NIV)
Christ died for us.

Romans 6:8 (NIV)
… we died with Christ … .

Romans 6:11 (NIV)
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:12-13 (NIV)
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

What If Every Day …

We count ourselves dead to sin and alive to God?
We refuse to offer any part of ourselves to sin?
We instead offer ourselves to God and every part of our life as an instrument of righteousness?

What Would You Put In This Blank?

“The life I now live in the body, I live by

Reveal Answer

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Communion

How would your life change this week if you thought of your ego, desire for approval, greed, or whatever you associate with your “old self” as being crucified with Christ?