Where does Paul say he has been crucified with Christ?
Paul declares he has been crucified with Christ in Galatians 2:20. There he writes, "I have been crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live. Yet the life I now live, I live by the faith, or the faithfulness, of him who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Les teaches that Paul brings this truth to light in Galatians 2:20. The context moves from being justified by faith and having peace with God into the whole idea of being identified with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. Just as surely as Christ was crucified on the Roman cross, you and I have been crucified. Paul's testimony is that the old life is ended and the new life is lived by the faith, or faithfulness, of the One who loved him and gave Himself for him. Les connects this to the dilemma described in Romans 7 and the opening of Romans 8.
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.
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