DCLM Higher Everyday 20 July 2024 — Crucified To The World
DCLM Higher Everyday 20 July 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Crucified To The World
Topic: Crucified To The World
Text: Galatians 6:11-18
11Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
13For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
15For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
17From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
18Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (To the Galatians written from Rome.)
Key Verse: “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world” (Galatians 6:14).
Message
A story has repeatedly been told of Saint Augustine who was a wild and immoral man before he became a Christian in the late 300’s AD. After His conversion, walking in a street one day, a prostitute called out to him, but he kept on walking. She caught him, turned him around and said, “Augustine, don’t you know who I am?” Then he replied, “I do.” He further said, “But you don’t know who I am. The Augustine you knew is dead.” Augustine made the lady to know that he was dead to sin and couldn’t commit it any longer being a new creature in Christ.
In our text of today, Apostle Paul reveals that as true children of God, we should no longer be interested in the praise of this world. Are you dead to the comments, commendations and allurements of this world? Is your life now fashioned in a manner that pleases God? Until you are truly crucified unto this world of sin and the world is crucified unto you, you cannot freely live a life that pleases God.
Quote: He was dead to sin
Challenge: Live the crucified life.
Prayer for today: Oh God, give me a brand-new life, in Jesus’ name.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
