1. The Cross in the Life of the Believer Galatians 5:24-26 The Cross in the Life of the Believer Galatians 5:24-26

2. There is a cross once and for all and there is a cross daily… “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 Jesus Christ There is a cross once and for all and there is a cross daily… “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 Jesus Christ

3. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20

4. But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Galatians 6:14

5. Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Romans 6:6

6. If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:1-2 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:1-2

7. It is the disposition of those who are Christ’s to crucify the flesh...we do this by the Holy Spirit who lives in us...in Galatians 5:24 ‘have crucified’ expresses a fact or truth regarded as so fixed in its certainty that it is as though it were an actual daily occurrence.