THE SECRET OF LIFE OUT OF DEATH

“. . .  the deliverance that is brought to us by Christ ‘the Resurrection and the Life’ goes deeper than the change in our position before God. It is the true opening of the mystery of the inward passing of our spirits from the old life of self into the new life of righteousness. You have sought this passing apart from Him, and you have been as those who follow a mirage, and see it sink into the hot sand as they draw near. But in Christ you can find the reality here and now, for to be joined with Him in His death by faith, means a blow of severance with the past. As it is written, ‘In that He died, He died unto sin once, but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God: likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.'”