II Corinthians 4:10
always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
If you have accepted Christ, the life of Jesus is in you. This divine life is in your spirit and it needs to manifest in our bodies and in every area of our lives because His life is our life.
Paul in this verse gives us one of the keys of walking in the manifestation of the life of God. By always carrying the death of the Lord in his body, the life of Jesus is manifested in his body. We know Jesus died on the cross for the sins of humanity and He rose again on third day. What does it mean to carry in our body the death of the Lord Jesus? How do you carry the death of the Lord in your body so that His life can be manifested in your body? When Jesus died on the cross, the Bible says the death he died, he died to sin once for all. When He died, we died with Him and when He rose again we rose with Him. Jesus died to sin, He died to self and died to the world. So carrying the death of Jesus simply means dying to self, dying to the world and dying to sin.
Friend, because you are in Christ, you are dead to sin, to self and to the world. All we have to do is be conscious of our death with Jesus and walk accordingly. In Christ, we are alive to God, alive to righteousness and alive to holiness. As you recognise and live out your death in Him, you will begin to see the manifestation of His life in your body and in every area of your life. Walk in his overcoming, surpassing and glorious life. You will never be the same. Jesus is Lord.
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