Declarations of Independence

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The Christian life is not about striving to earn God’s approval through your efforts. As Paul concludes at the end of Galatians 2, we must also die to the Law, so that it’s possible to live for God.

Then in Galatians 2:20, Paul makes 6 declarations of his independence from the Law.

Paul writes, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me”

Paul didn’t simply identify with the cross of Christ; Paul considered himself as being crucified together with Christ on the cross.

This is like the thief on the cross, who literally died and was crucified together with Jesus Christ, yet dying on his own cross.

The thief on the cross deserved to die, and was a condemned criminal serving his own sentence of death. Yet, he didn’t have to be Baptized, nor circumcized, in order to receive salvation through Jesus Christ.

This thief on the cross is a picture of us, and is likely the picture Paul envisioned when he wrote, “I have been crucified with Christ.”