“I Have Been Crucified With Christ” – Jim Fowler

Writing to the Galatian Christ-ones in Galatians 2:19-21, Paul explained that he had “died to the Law,” the old Mosaic performance standard of righteousness by law-keeping. The Law was terminated as defunct and obsolete in the “finished work” of Jesus’ death on the cross (Jn. 19:30), and all attempts to be righteous by self-effort were thereafter of no effect, mere ‘dead works” (Heb. 9:14). The Righteous One (Acts 3:14; 7:52; 22:14) by “one righteous act” (Rom. 5:18) of dying on the cross to vicariously take all unrighteousness upon Himself had implemented by God’s grace the sole basis of righteousness before God in Himself by ...