What is the new life that results from being crucified with Christ?
The new life is Christ living in the believer. Paul writes, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” The old Adamic nature must be crucified, and the resulting life is the new creation spoken of in 2 Corinthians 5.
Les teaches that this new life is the new creation Paul speaks of in 2 Corinthians chapter 5. He points back to Galatians 2:20, where Paul says he was crucified with Christ, nevertheless lives, yet not he but Christ lives in him. Les stresses that no human endeavor can break old Adam’s control; only God’s power can. Adam must die, be crucified, and God in a substitutionary manner died the believer’s death, so the believer is alive with Christ’s life.
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What is the new life described in Galatians 2:20?
The 'yet not I, but Christ liveth in me' life of Galatians 2:20 is the new life that Paul calls the new creation in 2 Corinthians 5, and believers are that new creation.