I am crucified with Christ are you?
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” ( Galatians 2:20 ) The verb “to be,” in its various forms and tenses, enjoys wide usage throughout Scripture. Verses employing it, as it relates to us, contain many of the greatest and most precious truths. Consider the following sampling. Past tense: “While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” ( Romans 5:8 ). “When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God” (v. 10). “You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins” ( Ephesians 2:1 ). “You, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled” ( Colossians 1:21 ). Present tense: “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven” ( Romans 4:7 ). “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God?” ( 1 Corinthians 3:16 ). “Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto sa