SPEAKER_00: Good morning, and thank you for beginning your day with us.
SPEAKER_00: This past Sunday, we looked at one of my favorite passages of scripture.
SPEAKER_00: In Philippians chapter 1, Paul says that for him to live is Christ and to die is game.
SPEAKER_00: If he were to die, then he would be face to face with Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: And if he lives, then he continues to live for Christ.
SPEAKER_00: Pastor Aaron pointed out that this was a win-win situation.
SPEAKER_00: I want to look at Galatians 2.20 this morning to talk briefly about the one who lives in us and how it influences us.
SPEAKER_00: In Galatians chapter 2, verse 20, Paul says this: I have been crucified with Christ.
SPEAKER_00: It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
SPEAKER_00: In the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.
SPEAKER_00: Paul is saying here that it is Christ who lives within him that is guiding and directing him every single day.
SPEAKER_00: It doesn't mean that Paul is some shell without a personality, but it does mean that Christ is living within him and perfecting him and guiding him.
SPEAKER_00: What you see is that as Paul trusts in Christ, it is Jesus that works in and through him.
SPEAKER_00: And it's the same for us.
SPEAKER_00: It is only through Christ's expression of love, of giving himself up to a death on the cross, that we can have salvation and we can have this life in Christ.
SPEAKER_00: So this morning I want to briefly encourage you to ask yourself, how well are you living your life in Christ?
SPEAKER_00: Are you trying to control everything and live by your own rules and standards?
SPEAKER_00: Are you living in true surrender to Christ?
SPEAKER_00: Being willing to do all that He is guiding you and directing you to do.
SPEAKER_00: Well, that's all that I have for you this morning, and I hope that it was encouraging to you.
SPEAKER_00: Let's strive to magnify Christ and share the gospel in our homes, in Wimberly Valley, and beyond.
SPEAKER_00: Peace.