What Happens to Us When We Are Crucified With Christ?

Direct Answer

Yes — when we are crucified with Christ, the old sin nature is put to death and we are freed from its rule, so that Christ Himself can live in us.

Les Feldick teaches from Romans 6 and Galatians 2:20 that at the moment of faith God reckons the old Adam as crucified and defeated. This crucifixion kills the old sin nature and puts it out of commission, and God clothes the believer with Christ’s righteousness. The believer then lives by the faithfulness of Christ as a new creation.

Key Scriptures

Galatians 2:20 — Paul’s declaration that he is crucified with Christ and yet lives by Christ’s life directly answers what happens to us.

Romans 6:6 — Explains that our old man is crucified with Christ so the body of sin might be destroyed.

Romans 6:8 — Shows that dying with Christ leads to the certainty of living with Him.

What Does the Bible Say?

Scripture teaches that when a person believes, their old man — the sin nature inherited from Adam — is crucified with Christ (Romans 6:6). The Bible explains that the purpose of this crucifixion is “that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin” (Romans 6:6). It then states plainly, “For he that is dead is freed from sin” (Romans 6:7). Paul personalizes this in Galatians 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” Scripture also promises that if we are dead with Christ, we believe we shall also live with Him (Romans 6:8).

What Does Les Feldick Teach About Being Crucified With Christ?

Les Feldick teaches that the moment a person believes the gospel, God reckons the old sin nature — what he calls ‘old Adam’ — as dead, crucified, and defeated (Clips 1, 6). He emphasizes that crucifixion kills and puts old Adam out of commission so that his power over daily behavior is broken (Clips 2, 3). God then places a new nature opposite the defeated old nature and clothes the believer with Christ’s righteousness, so that when God looks at a believer He sees Christ (Clips 0, 6). Les clarifies that the believer is still alive in the flesh — Paul wrote Galatians while he was alive — but the life now lived is by the faithfulness of Christ (Clips 3, 5, 7). Because the believer has identified with Christ’s death by faith, Les concludes that old Adam is put to death and life truly begins as we live with Him (Clip 4).

What Happens to the Old Sin Nature When We Are Crucified With Christ?

When a person believes, God considers the old sin nature — the old Adam — crucified and killed. Paul puts it this way in Romans 6:6: “that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” Les Feldick explains that crucifixion kills; God puts old Adam out of commission, and the one who is dead is freed from sin (Romans 6:7). The old nature no longer has to rule over the believer’s daily behavior.

How Does Being Crucified With Christ Change God’s View of Us?

God clothes the believer with the righteousness of Christ, just as Adam was clothed with animal skins in Genesis. Les says that when God looks at a believer, He doesn’t see the person — He sees Christ. This is what it means to be “in Christ”: believers are literally clothed with Him.

What Does It Mean to Live After Being Crucified With Christ?

Although the old Adam is dead in God’s reckoning, the believer is not physically dead. Paul wrote, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me” (Galatians 2:20). Les teaches that this is the new life — the new creation. The believer lives day by day in the flesh by the faithfulness of Christ, and because Christ died and rose, we who are dead with Christ believe we shall also live with Him (Romans 6:8).

From the Teaching

Clothed With Christ’s Righteousness

When the old nature is crucified, God clothes the believer with Christ’s righteousness, so when God looks at a believer He sees Christ — this is the meaning of being “in Christ.”

Dead to Old Adam

Believers are now dead to old Adam; Paul said “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”

Crucifixion Kills the Old Man

Crucifixion kills the old Adam — God puts him out of commission so the body of sin might be destroyed and we no longer serve sin; he that is dead is freed from sin.

Old Adam’s Power Broken

Old Adam has been put to death and his power over daily behavior is broken, yet the believer remains in the flesh and lives by the faithfulness of Christ.

Dying With Christ Brings New Life

Believers identify with Christ’s death by faith; having died with Christ, they believe they shall also live with Him — life really begins when old Adam is put to death.

New Creation in Christ

Though not literally nailed to a cross, the believer is crucified with Christ in God’s reckoning and is a new creation living by Christ’s life.

God Reckons the Sin Nature Crucified

At the moment of faith, God considers the old sin nature crucified and places a new nature opposite it.

Dead Yet Alive in Christ

In God’s mind the believer died when Christ died on Calvary, but the believer is alive and now has the duty to present his body to God in light of all God has done.

Bible Verses

Galatians 2:20: 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.

Paul’s central confession of being crucified with Christ and Christ living in him.

Romans 6:6: 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.

Shows the purpose of crucifixion with Christ — destroying the body of sin.

Romans 6:7: For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Emphasizes freedom from sin’s power through death.

Romans 6:8: Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

Points to the new life that follows death with Christ.

Romans 6:9: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

Because Christ is raised and lives forever, we who died with Him will also live.

2 Corinthians 5:17: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Les references this as the new creation that results from being crucified with Christ.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does 'crucified with Christ' mean we are dead and no longer alive?

No — we are dead to old Adam in God’s reckoning, but we are alive; Christ lives in us. Paul was alive when he wrote Galatians, and so is every believer.

When does the old Adam die?

The moment we believe God reckons him dead and crucified. Les teaches that our old Adam died at the moment of faith, not when we physically die.

Why does God no longer see our sin?

Because God clothes believers with Christ’s righteousness. When He looks at a believer, He sees Christ instead of the believer’s former self.

What is the new life after crucifixion?

It is Christ living in us. We live by the faithfulness of Christ as a new creation, not by our own old nature.

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