How can we live by the faith of the Son of God
(Galatians 2:20)? First and foremost, we live by the mercy and grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ and His provision of regeneration and His resurrection life
in us (2 John 1:3; Titus 3:5; Philippians 3:11).
Faith has nothing to do with our hopes or claiming
God’s Word for things we want. It has everything to do with Christ who abides
within us. Faith only comes to us by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17).
If we did not have the faith of Christ within us,
we could not have faith in Christ and His redemptive work for us on Calvary’s
cross (Galatians 2:16; Matthew 1:21; Hebrews 10:1-14). As Christ is formed in
us, our humanity decreases.
We live in Christ, just as Christ also lives in us
(Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:27). We also live in God’s righteousness, not by
keeping rules and regulations, but by the faith of Christ which gives it all to
us (Romans 3:21-22; Philippians 3:7-9).
Christ becomes our whole life (Colossians 3:4). We
receive the promises of God by Christ’s faith within us, not by mustering up
our faith by human effort (Hebrews 10:5-14; Galatians 3:22-26).
Keeping God’s law through our self-effort is also useless,
and Jesus showed us this truth (Romans 10:4). God works the faith of Christ into
our life by His Spirit (Ephesians 1:19-20, 2:8-9; Colossians 1:12).
Through Christ in us, we are adopted sons of the
living God, heir with Christ and we are given the right to call God our “Abba
Father” (Galatians 3:26, 4:4-7). We can come boldly to His throne (Ephesians
3:12).
We receive peace with God through the atonement of
Christ on Calvary’s cross (Romans 4:25, 5:1-12, 18). He is the only Mediator
between us and God (Ephesians 1:12). The faith of Christ gives us a firm
foundation (Acts 3:16).
Salvation gives us the treasure of Christ in our
mortal body (Colossians 2:3). Once we recognize that we are truly crucified
with Christ, then Christ is fully formed in us and manifests through our mortal
body (2 Corinthians 4:7; Galatians 4:19).
Prayer:
Father God, as You form Christ in us, His faith
rests in us as well. The more we come to know Him, the more we walk in His
faith (John 17:3). As we come to know Christ more, we also come to know Your
ways and purpose for our life.
The faith of Christ in us is the evidence of the
things we hope for, but which we cannot yet see (Hebrews 11:1). Abiding in
Christ is the only way we walk in Your power (John 16:24). Remind us not to
“name it and claim it” for our own carnal purposes; but to ask and seek only
for Your Kingdom.
Thought for the Day:
We live in the faith of the Son of God, which
Jesus both conceives and brings to fruitfulness in us.
– Hebrews 12:2
