The two likenesses…..

[Not me]

Romans 6:5 (NASB20)
For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,

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The two likenesses, each one being necessary to one’s victory over the fallen life, the faith that puts the two together, is the faith that will walk in newness of life… For Christ had both to die and be resurrected, for both were necessary for the doing away with the old and a bringing forth the new, free to all those that would be willing to grab unto this process of Christ by faith… That being, both His death and resurrection becoming by faith one’s death and resurrection… For we are not left on our own, Christ really and truly did put to death the old life and then birth His life in one’s innermost being so His life might become that one’s very life….

Though with the eyes of flesh, this birth can not be seen, but with the eyes of faith it can be, for He is faithful and true….  So that the one that by faith grabs onto His death, His death becomes that one’s death, and thereby frees that one from sin, and then grabbing onto His resurrection, gives that one the strength, power, and the will to walk in newness of life, if by faith that one steadfastly refuses to grab onto anything else but both His death and resurrection regardless of what the outward life’s desires are… For the two likenesses both have there part to play, the faith that sees the two separate parts and embraces them both, the death and then the life, is the life that will taste the growing of the new creation….

For if these steps are not embraced, though one is saved and one of God’s very own, that one’s life will be forever struggling with their own will, for unless own will is put to death by faith one will be stuck in a Romans 7 situation, continually falling, repenting, over and over, until the time comes when one is so frustrated with themselves one finally accepts their death with Christ by faith, then as it were, the eyes of faith are opened and as the overcoming is tasted, one’s heart will jump out with the joy of faith of their resurrection, so as the new life is embraced and experienced, one’s walking in newness of life becomes a life of such pleasure and joy…

Blessed is that day, when the light of God rises in the heart and one sees, tastes and experiences, the all things come through God by faith…. Because Jesus did die, and blessed is the one that sees the life in those words….

In the Beloved, Not me

[Alive]

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”

(Galatians 2:20 NKJV)

 

Amen!

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

(Romans 6:1–11 NKJV)

 

 

[Not me]

35 minutes ago, Alive said:

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”

(Galatians 2:20 NKJV)

 

Amen!

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

(Romans 6:1–11 NKJV)

 

 

Greetings, and blessings in His life and in the experiencing of Him as His truths are unfolded to the freedom that is our’s in Him…

Be blessed in Him, Not me 

[Mike Mclees]

We have struggled with sin or peculier sin like a horse that does not want to be tamed, but when he is finally wore out he will become useful 

[Alive]

3 minutes ago, Mike Mclees said:

We have struggled with sin or peculier sin like a horse that does not want to be tamed, but when he is finally wore out he will become useful 

There is a great deal of truth to this and the principle can be very helpful.

The principle itself is born out by the experience of those walking in Christ.

That journey starts in earnest with what @Not me is suggesting in the OP.

It starts with the Lord revealing to us by the Holy spirit, that 'In Christ' we died and yet rose in 'New Life'.

The faith that is generated when the Lord shows us this truth becomes the 'substance' where we experience the reality of the change and are able to walk in it.

[Not me]

4 minutes ago, Mike Mclees said:

We have struggled with sin or peculier sin like a horse that does not want to be tamed, but when he is finally wore out he will become useful 

Hello and good day, and I appreciate your words, and intent..

For I do hold true to the first part of your post, but the horse becoming useful, I can not abide with, for the life of self can not be made to keep the law of God… It needs and is replaced by the growing of the Divine nature in one….

But be that as it may, bless you for His teaching and the heart and life given over to Him…

 

Be blessed as we learn of Him, Not me 

[Not me]

5 minutes ago, Alive said:

There is a great deal of truth to this and the principle can be very helpful.

The principle itself is born out by the experience of those walking in Christ.

That journey starts in earnest with what @Not me is suggesting in the OP.

It starts with the Lord revealing to us by the Holy spirit, that 'In Christ' we died and yet rose in 'New Life'.

The faith that is generated when the Lord shows us this truth becomes the 'substance' where we experience the reality of the change and are able to walk in it.

A joy, for the inward teaching of Him is being manifested outwardly… May you be a blessing to all that the Lord brings to you…

A fellow follower, Not me 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Not me

[Alive]

2 minutes ago, Not me said:

Hello and good day, and I appreciate your words, and intent..

For I do hold true to the first part of your post, but the horse becoming useful, I can not abide with, for the life of self can not be made to keep the law of God… It needs and is replaced by the growing of the Divine nature in one….

But be that as it may, bless you for His teaching and the heart and life given over to Him…

 

Be blessed as we learn of Him, Not me 

What I saw in what he wrote is that the appreciation of the horse being wore out is what is useful. What always come to mind with this subject is the life of jacob, who became Israel. He was a very talented, energetic, man of much natural ability and it is what he relied on until the Lord Himself 'broke him down'--His natural strength was wore out and it was then, that He became Israel--a metaphorical New man.

[Not me]

Just now, Alive said:

What I saw in what he wrote is that the appreciation of the horse being wore out is what is useful. What always come to mind with this subject is the life of jacob, who became Israel. He was a very talented, energetic, man of much natural ability and it is what he relied on until the Lord Himself 'broke him down'--His natural strength was wore out and it was then, that He became Israel--a metaphorical New man.

I too saw the intent, but not coming to the end of oneself and thinking that something of the life of self can and should survive and is capable of serving God, is a stumbling block that prevents one from holding onto nothing but the cross of Christ…

As I wrote and mentioned, I did see his intent and tasted of his heart after Christ, which was a most refreshing taste indeed…

Be blessed both of you, as we learn and grow into Him…

 

Unto Him be our all, Not me 

[Alive]

1 minute ago, Not me said:

I too saw the intent, but not coming to the end of oneself and thinking that something of the life of self can and should survive and is capable of serving God, is a stumbling block that prevents one from holding onto nothing but the cross of Christ…

As I wrote and mentioned, I did see his intent and tasted of his heart after Christ, which was a most refreshing taste indeed…

Be blessed both of you, as we learn and grow into Him…

 

Unto Him be our all, Not me 

Amen.