Crucified With Christ

[0:00] Welcome. You're about to hear an inspirational message by David Entry. May your faith increase and your heart be stirred towards God as you listen to this life-transforming message.

[0:13] Press subscribe so you're the first to know when the messages are released. Blessed are your ears for the things they hear. Galatians chapter 2 verse 20 says that I am crucified with Christ.

[0:25] Nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.

[0:51] Let's count the number of eyes there. Is that okay? So when I mention the first eye, you say one. The second eye, you say two. Let's go. I am crucified with Christ.

[1:04] Nevertheless, I live. Yet not I, but Christ that lives in me. And the life which I now live, I live by faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.

[1:24] Three means five eyes. Short text. Loaded with one person. Three me, one I, and four, five eyes.

[1:41] I, I. But let's look at the text again. It says that I am crucified with Christ. Who was crucified on the cross?

[1:52] No, no, no. Original. Easter. Who? Who died on the cross? Were you there? But he said, I was crucified with Christ. No, I am crucified. So when Christ was dying on the cross, he didn't die alone.

[2:06] Oh yeah, he didn't die alone. He died with some people. And he resurrected with some people. And he's not seated there alone. He's seated with some people.

[2:18] So he said, we are seated with him in heavenly places. He raised us together with him. That's a very interesting text. You were not there when Jesus resurrected. But the Bible says that when he resurrected, Ephesians chapter 2, verse 5.

[2:31] It said, when he resurrected, verse 5 and 6, we were raised together with him. Verse 5, actually. Ephesians 2, what does it say? Even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.

[2:46] So he made us alive together with Christ, yes. By grace you have been saved. The next verse. And raised us up together. He raised us up together. And made us sit together in the heavenly places.

[2:58] And made us sit together with Christ in the heavenly places. The earth there is talking about weak Christians. It's a very interesting thing. Natural mind cannot understand this.

[3:10] So you are here, but you are seated with Christ. If you are born again. You are here, but you are raised with Christ. And at the same time, you are still crucified with Christ. So when you talk about the crucifixion, you are talking about yourself.

[3:25] You talk about the resurrection, you are talking about yourself. You talk about the ascension, you are talking about yourself. You talk about the enthrownment, you are talking about yourself. He passed through all these stages on our behalf with us.

[3:40] So, Bible says that God, Bible says it is fitting for God in bringing many sons to glory by making the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.

[3:57] Jesus is the captain of our salvation. Are you saved? Yes. Then Jesus is the captain of your salvation. Do you understand that?

[4:08] So, Jesus is the captain. That means he went ahead for us and now we follow him. I have been crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live.

[4:21] So, he said, this is I. I have been crucified with Christ. So, I should have been dead and gone. However, hello, I'm still here.

[4:32] And he said, this yet is not I. You are here, but not you. So, who are we talking about?

[4:45] Let's look at the text again. He said, I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, that means that in spite of that, I still live. So, who is the one living and who is the one who was crucified?

[5:02] Because he said, I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live. I am crucified. So, where are you? Are you crucified or you are alive? He said, yeah. That's the mystery of Christianity. I am a living, crucified person.

[5:14] I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live. Then he said, even though I live, yet it is not me. He said, I am crucified with Christ.

[5:25] Nevertheless, oh, you can still see me. I see you, baby. You can still see me. He said, oh, oh. Nevertheless, it is not I. There is a difference between this me and that me.

[5:40] Nevertheless, not I. But the Christ I am crucified with now is Christ who is living in me. If Christ doesn't live in you, you are not a Christian.

[5:58] Romans 8.10. John 14.21. No, it's 14.20. Romans 8.10. John 14.20.

[6:10] John 17.22. John 17.26. You can choose whichever one you want. Romans. It's buffet. Romans 8.10.

[6:21] And if Christ is in you. Ah, ah. So you see, Christ is in some people. Amen. Amen. I said Christ is in people. Amen. Amen.

[6:33] Amen. But the mystery of Christianity is we are in him. And yet he's in us. So who is in who? Amen. Amen. At that day you will know that I am in my father and you in me and I in you.

[6:51] Oh, oh. You see that? You in me and I in you and I in the father. Oh. So it says that I in you. John chapter 17, verse 22. And the glory which you gave me, I have given them and that they may be one just as we are one.

[7:10] Continue, 23. I in them and you in me. Ah, I in them. Verse 26. And I have declared to them your name and will declare it that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.

[7:29] So you see, when we say Christ is in us, it's not just an ideology. It is, the word of God says when you are a believer, Christ in us.

[7:40] Christ in us. That is where your identity should stem from. Not who likes you. Not your hairstyle.

[7:52] Not what you are wearing. What is in you is more important than what is on you. When people see you, they see what's on you. So they address you the way you dress.

[8:05] They treat you. So that's why most of us are spending all our money and any little money. Some people will go even steal and do drugs. So you can buy trainers and track sheets.

[8:16] Our identity comes from Christ in us. You don't have that trainers. It's over. It's over.

[8:27] It doesn't change who you are. It's true. It's what is inside you. It's over. It's over. Girls, your identity is not in your hair.

[8:41] It's not in your hair. Some of you can't go out just to buy something in the shop without painting your face like a painter. Some of you are professional artists. Christ in us.

[8:52] Christ in us. Christ in us. So let me finish this because of my time.

[9:06] I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live. Yet, not I. I want to show you the difference between the first eye and the second eye.

[9:20] I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live. There is a difference between this eye and that eye.

[9:32] Even though it's the same person as it appears. He said, I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live. And yet, not I.

[9:45] But, this eye is an eye with Christ inside. So what he's trying to say is that it's not replacement. That you are living your life and then Christ comes and takes over and there's no more you.

[9:58] He's living in you. No. This eye, second eye, it is different from this eye in the sense that. Now, it's the same eye but with Christ in the eye.

[10:11] So Christ and the eye have formed one entity called another eye. Wow. Do you understand that? So when you are a Christian, you are the same eye they used to see.

[10:24] But that eye has been crucified and another eye has appeared with Christ inside him. So as I was saying that your identity shouldn't come from what is around you.

[10:39] Actually, it is too grandiose. It is too high for ordinary people. What else would you derive your identity from if there is no other Christ inside you?

[10:53] Or let me put it this way. How can you tell an unbeliever who doesn't have Christ not to derive his identity from other things? What else can he live for?

[11:04] What else? Where else can he get it from? Where else? So this is the nature of Christianity. First of all, when you are crucified, Christ comes in you with the life of God.

[11:19] He said, oh, Jesus. He said, I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ who lives in me.

[11:31] And the life that I now live, I live by faith. So I am actually living. And it's this living I'm living is the life of Christ that has entered me.

[11:47] That's why it has affected what I feel comfortable about. It has affected people who understand, but why are you going to church like this?

[11:58] I've been affected. I've been affected. I have developed a taste for God. I can't say no to God. I just can't have enough of God.

[12:11] There was a time I was saying that, oh, I'm not going to go again. I'll just do it. But I just couldn't stay away because there is something that has entered me. I can't get it out of my system. It's called Christ.

[12:26] And it says that, and the life that I now live, I live this life by faith. You can't live the Christian life by assumption.

[12:39] Now watch this. The natural person lives by observation. Makes their decisions by the normal five senses.

[12:50] Okay? So what they observe, what they hear, what they smell. Okay? So the normal five senses. Sight, smell, taste, hearing, feeling.

[13:03] That's all. So what they see, what they hear, that's what determines their decisions. So they live their lives based on the happenings or the natural circumstance.

[13:17] But the one who has Christ in him doesn't live their life based on the happenings or the natural circumstance. The one who has Christ in him lives his life by faith of Christ.

[13:29] By faith. When they say living your life by faith, meaning that you live your life in confidence, with confidence in God. Confidence in God.

[13:44] If, I like the way Papa said it, I will say it the same way. Which is true in my case. If I haven't gotten to where I am now, I would have been surprised.

[13:59] I'm not surprised I'm where I am. Because the life I started living with Christ, invariably, this is where it takes you to. But it doesn't start overnight.

[14:12] It doesn't happen overnight. So you have to stay consistent. It takes a long time for true success to manifest.

[14:25] It takes time. And the good news is, watch this. I will always say this and never stop. The good news is, you are so young.

[14:37] You are so young. It is your biggest advantage. The vastness of your life is ahead of you.

[14:51] There are a lot of us here, you don't have much regrets. Because you haven't grown old enough to have done some bad things or dangerous things that will bite you. Even though some of us, by now, you have done some stupid things.

[15:05] Most of you, your regret is because your boyfriend went to sleep with somebody. That's why you regret. Or you went to sleep with somebody. Your girlfriend, your best friend.

[15:16] So some of us may have regrets. But the younger you are, the smaller your regrets. Don't live in a way today and get to tomorrow.

[15:29] Look back today and regret. I don't have many regrets at all. Because I found Christ early. But some of you, it feels like I should envy you.

[15:42] Or some of you are even younger than I was when you found Christ. That means that you have a better advantage in life. In spite of your background, that doesn't matter.

[15:57] If God is with you, your foreground is better than your background. Amen. Your future is settled. I am crucified with Christ.

[16:09] Nevertheless, I live. Yet not I, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live, I live by faith. Say, I live by faith.

[16:20] I live by faith. Say it again. Say, I live by faith. I live by faith. Please, don't think you can live a Christian life without faith. How can you attempt to be a good Christian and base all your judgments and your decisions and your planning on just things around you?

[16:41] Where is the faith factor? Depend on God's word. Trust God. The life of Christ is a life of faith. A life that depends on God and God's word.

[16:52] If you want to live a proper Christian life, make the Bible your friend. Some of you, you are always on WhatsApp or Snapchat. And then when I'm preaching, you'll be sleeping.

[17:08] Say, I'm crucified with Christ. I am crucified with Christ. And an unbeliever will say, but what do you mean by that? You don't need to explain it. Because they can't understand it.

[17:20] Nevertheless, I live. And yet not I, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live, I live by faith. Say, I live by faith. I live by faith. From today, I want to encourage somebody, learn how to live by faith.

[17:33] When I say, there are things going on in your family. There are things going on in your health. There are even things going on in your studies that sometimes trouble and threaten you. But please, live by faith and believe God that you will have the victory.

[17:46] Amen. Amen. Don't be afraid. God is with you. Amen. Amen. Amen. If you, one interesting thing people don't know about God. He gets closer to those who come close to him.

[17:59] Yeah. He said, draw an eye unto me and I will draw an eye unto you. Those who come close to God, he comes close to them. Those who go far from him, he stays far from them.

[18:09] Amen. You decide, you decide to stay far from God. And when you are in crisis, you are asking, where is God? He's in my nose. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.

[18:21] Do you understand what I'm saying? You chose to stay far from God. In the time of your crisis, you are asking, if God is there, why am I going through all this? Excuse me. Excuse me.

[18:31] When everything was calm, did you ever look for God and say, this is because of God? Did you ever attribute the good times to God? Why are you attributing bad times to him? Amen. Because you are an ungrateful human being.

[18:45] Amen. Before you say, God, why? Why? Why am I going through all this? If there is God, why? Why? Why? Why? You should have been saying, God, thank you that when my mother was pregnant with me, she didn't lose the pregnancy.

[19:02] Amen. She didn't lose the pregnancy. You should thank God you are not born with a worse condition.

[19:16] True. True. You are complaining that why was I born in this family? Should I have been born in the royal family? You? And God has had mercy on you and he has invited you to be part of his own heavily royal family.

[19:35] You are not grateful about that. You have to live it by faith because you are a royalty. Amen. Did you receive something?

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[20:02] Remember, be a doer of the word and not just a hearer.