{"id":2423,"date":"2021-04-13T14:36:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:08:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:08:08","slug":"living-life-crucified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2021\/living-life-crucified\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Life Crucified"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Galatians 2:20 \u2013 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. \u2013 NIV<\/p>

\u201cLiving life crucified\u201d is an oxymoron, like \u201cjumbo shrimp\u201d or \u201cpretty ugly\u201d. Yet, Paul talks about this in Galatians (and in the majority of his other epistles for that matter) as if it is something that is possible to do. How can one live crucified and why is it necessary?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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To begin, we all have what I call \u201cmirror mirror on the wall\u201d disease (me most of all). We think a lot about ourselves, what house we will purchase, if we will be promoted, and if our administrators will notice us. Academia promotes this \u201cme first\u201d mentality. Our jobs are competitive by nature. We compete for students, grants, and laboratory space. This leads to greater focus on oneself, to the detriment of the \u201cmission field\u201d God has given us. As a professor, I look at my academic past, burdened by the collateral damage I left behind as I raced to promotion: neglected students, clients, faculty, and staff who needed the love of Christ when I was too blind to notice as I advanced my career.<\/p>

Despite our nature, Christ can redeem us (praise God!). Jesus talks about following Him as if this is something that can be done (Matt 4:19). I feel less like Jesus and more like Paul from Romans 7 wherein Paul shares his struggles as a believer.<\/p>

The Holy Spirit, through scripture, convicts me regularly that it is necessary for my \u201cold self to be crucified\u201d because it is hard to (1) love God first and (2) love my neighbor as myself (Matthew 22: 34 \u2013 40) if \u201cmyself\u201d is the only one who gets my attention. How can I long for Christ to save others, to work tirelessly on His behalf, and to pursue His will if my wants and desires win so frequently? The answer: I have to be crucified with Christ. My old self, warts and all, has to go.<\/p>

How can I live if my old self is dead and gone?<\/p>

Paul answers that question: \u201cChrist lives in me\u201d  (Gal 2:20).  The Creator of the universe, the Author of salvation wants to live through me. To make room, I have to let go of the old me and by faith let Christ live through me. This concept is taught repeatedly in scripture and is best exemplified in John 15 where Jesus tells the disciples to let Him live through them like a branch lives through the vine.<\/p>

It is liberating to know that my old self can be put to death and that I can have a new life in Christ. In fact, it is only then that I can truly live; and, what a life it can be (John 10:10)!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Jamie Ellis<\/b>
Entomology and Nematology
University of Florida<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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