Are You Crucified With Christ?

𝘓𝘶𝘬𝘦 9:23-26 𝘒𝘑𝘝

23 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦. 24 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵: 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 25 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺? 26 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴.

If we truly want Jesus in our hearts and in our lives we have to make a full commitment. We have to admit first of all that the way we want to do things is in complete conflict with the way He wants to do things. We also have to admit that we don't know what we're doing and that is going to lead us to destruction, and that His way is better than our way. We also have to want to put His will above our own and serve ourselves last of all.

We also have to expect that He's going to require changes in our lives, so we're going to have to give up some things and lose some things. Those things could be in the form of relationships, careers, hobbies, plans and goals, possessions, opinions, beliefs, traditions, etc.

If you have tasted that the Lord is good, and you long for Him because you've realized the excellence of knowing Jesus is greater than anything this world has to offer you, is it really worth holding on to something that could affect or jeopardize your relationship with Him because you like it?

1 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 9:24-27 𝘕𝘈𝘚𝘉 24 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘶𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦? 𝘙𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘯. 25 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 26 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺; 𝘐 𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘪𝘳; 27 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘐 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥.

In Galatians 6:14 Paul said the world is crucified to him and he to the world by the cross of Jesus Christ.

According to Strong's Concordance, crucified comes from the word stauroō (entry G4717), which means to impale on the cross; figuratively to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness: - crucify.

Are you extinguishing (subduing) your passion or selfishness?