GALATIANS 2:20

February 23, 2023

Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me;
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Many of the saints may not be so highly favored as to take upon their lips Paul’s language of strong, personal assurance. They may hope, and at times may rise beyond a hope, into a sweet confidence, by the shining in of the Sun of righteousness, that the Son of God has loved them, and given Himself for them. But the strength of Paul’s persuasion and the full expression of his confidence so far outstrip both their assurance and their language, that many real saints of God confess they come short both in heart and tongue. Yet their coming short of this blessed certainty as an enjoyed reality in the heart, and as a declared confidence by the mouth does not affect the fact, for conscience and tongue must move together where God works. Clouds and mists sometimes obscure the sun, but they do not blot it out of the sky. So the mists and fogs of unbelief may obscure the Sun of righteousness, yet they do not blot Him out of the spiritual hemisphere. He still loved you and gave Himself for you who believe in His name, though you may not be able to rise up to the faith of Paul, or speak with the same fulness of assurance. The bud has the same union with the vine as the branch, but not the same strength of union; the babe is as much a member of the family as the grown-up son, but has not the same knowledge of its relationship; the foot is as much a part of the body as the eye or the hand, though it has not the same nearness to the head, or the same honors and employments.

J. C. Philpot, Daily Portions (Public Domain)
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