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From The Pastor's Desk
With Dr Alex Olugbami

The Crucified Life (PART 1)

Emphasis: Freedom from the TRUTH

Text: Gal 2: 20, Matt 10: 39, John 8: 32

Christianity is not a religion neither is Christianity a way of life as it has been erroneously taught. Christianity, is the losing of an old life and the consequent acquiring of a new one. In other words the old life must be crucified with Christ, (Gal 2: 20) please note; not being crucified in Christ as we have also been taught. It is true that Christ has finished all and by faith we are seated in heavenly places in Him but the pathway to heavenly places is to be crucified with Him. This means the only way to glory is through the cross, a very unpopular message in our assemblies today.

In this part of the teaching we will look at the five F’s that freedom brings after crucifixion with Christ. In (John 8: 32), Jesus said that Freedom cometh by knowledge of the truth, knowledge is not sensual. Knowledge is the Holy Spirit witnessing to the believer’s Spirit, causing him therefore to live that which he has known. True freedom is in living the life of Christ that cometh from being crucified with Him.

  FREEDOM FROM FEAR

First on the list of the five F’s is freedom from fear. Importantly, we must know that faith suppressed is fear expressed. The living of a crucified life removes fear and replaces it with boldness no matter the situation. The challenge here is that God believes in us and we don’t believe in Him because of the grip of fear in us. Fear is a killer and can be eliminated by living a crucified life. Another important thing of note when we talk about fear is that it has torment (1 John 4:18). That itself kills people before their appointed time but thanks be to God who has given us victory, we are not given the spirit of fear but that of power, love, and sound mind which eliminates fear (2 Timothy 1:7).

   FREEDOM FROM FAILURE

Secondly, a crucified life guarantees freedom from failure. Such life is a life of success. Mark you, we are not talking about success in the context of just material things or by what men define as success but by the measure of the person’s performance with regards to the expectation of God for that person.

   FREEDOM FROM FRIENDS

Thirdly, freedom from friends this path is a lonely one and which in most cases cannot accommodate a friend going with one except on few occasions were one has friends of like minds that would not be distractions along the line. But this is very rare. A crucified life knows no classmate. This means my mate, my classmate syndrome that drives people who are not crucified will not hold sway in the life of a crucified person. With crucifixion one is delivered from envy, competition, etc. that emanate from people comparing themselves with themselves as friends which eventually leads to witchcraftcy.

   FREEDOM FROM FAMILY

Fourthly, it also frees one from family, their yokes and generational yokes. It delivers from the negatives that runs in the family bloodlines so nothing like “our family sickness”, “people die young in the family syndrome”. This is because the old man that was subject to that order has been crucified with Christ. You can’t be crucified with him and attend family ritual of visiting family shrine or receiving incision.

   FREEDOM FROM FINANCIAL BONDAGE

Lastly, it gives freedom from financial problems. It delivers entirely from the power of mammon which could be very destructive. As the word says the love of money is the root of all evil. The crucified person’s love is no longer for money but for the master who meets all his financial needs (Psalms 23: 1). He is free from all the vices that the un-crucified person adopts to make money. When he possesses wealth he remains normal, the money does not get into his head as the one being ruled by mammon.

We will continue on this series in our next teaching. God bless you.

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