Galatians 2:20-21 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me… If you will take Jesus Christ, and plant Him in your hearts, everything will come out of that. That tree "bears twelve manner of fruits, and yields his fruit every month." With Christ in your hearts all other fair things will be planted there; and with Him in your heart, all evil things which you may already have planted there, will be rooted out. Just as when some strong exotic is carried to some distant land and there takes root, it exterminates the feebler vegetation of the place to which it comes: so with Christ in my heart, the sins, the evil habits, the passions, the lusts, and all other foul spawn and offspring, will die and disappear. Take Him, then, dear friend, by simple faith, for your Saviour. He will plant the good seed in your spirit, and, "instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle." (A. Maclaren, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. |
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