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I am crucified with Christ,
And the cross hath set me free;
I have ris’n again with Christ,
And He lives and reigns in me.
And the cross hath set me free;
I have ris’n again with Christ,
And He lives and reigns in me.
Oh! it is so sweet to die with Christ,
To the world, and self, and sin;
Oh! it is so sweet to live with Christ,
As He lives and reigns within.
To the world, and self, and sin;
Oh! it is so sweet to live with Christ,
As He lives and reigns within.
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Mystery hid from ancient ages!
But at length to faith made plain:
Christ in me the Hope of Glory,
Tell it o’er and o’er again.
But at length to faith made plain:
Christ in me the Hope of Glory,
Tell it o’er and o’er again.
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This the secret nature hideth,
Harvest grows from buried grain;
A poor tree with better grafted,
Richer, sweeter life doth gain.
Harvest grows from buried grain;
A poor tree with better grafted,
Richer, sweeter life doth gain.
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This the secret of the holy,
Not our holiness, but Him;
O Lord! empty us and fill us,
With Thy fulness to the brim.
Not our holiness, but Him;
O Lord! empty us and fill us,
With Thy fulness to the brim.
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This the balm for pain and sickness,
Just to all our strength to die,
And to find His life and fulness,
All our being’s need supply.
Just to all our strength to die,
And to find His life and fulness,
All our being’s need supply.
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This the story of the Master,
Thru the Cross, He reached the Throne,
And like Him our path to glory,
Ever leads through death alone.
Thru the Cross, He reached the Throne,
And like Him our path to glory,
Ever leads through death alone.
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NO LONGER I BUT CHRIST
Galatians 2:20 is a very familiar verse to us. This afternoon we will speak more about it. In the last message, we covered the meaning of an overcoming life. We know that the overcoming life is Christ, and we know that the overcoming life is Christ living in us. The question is how can we enter into the experience of this life. Christ wants to be our life and He can make us victorious. But how can Christ be our life? How can Christ live out His life within us? We have heard the gospel and know that Jesus is the Savior, but how do we take Him as our Savior? We know the salvation of the cross, but how can we be joined to the salvation of the cross? The question we will address in this message is how to be joined to Christ, including what we should do before Christ can become our life and before He can live within us. This afternoon we need to look at Galatians 2:20 .
We will not consider the beginning of this verse or the end of this verse. We will begin with the middle of the verse. There is a wonderful expression in this verse: “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. ” We can say that it is no longer I but Christ. What does “no longer I... but... Christ” mean? These five words mean victory. They speak of the overcoming life which we have been talking about for the past few days. The overcoming life is simply (1) “no longer I” and (2) “but... Christ. ” This is the overcoming life. As long as it is “no longer I” and as long as it is “but... Christ, ” there is victory. “No longer I” plus “but... Christ” is victory, and all problems are solved.
HOW TO BE NO LONGER I BUT CHRIST
Now let us find out how one can be “no longer I... but... Christ. ” We have to start from the first sentence of this verse. “I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. ” How did Paul reach the point where he could say that it was “no longer I... but... Christ”? This is a very familiar word. “I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live. ” The “I” is out; it is on the cross. The “I” has passed away. Hence, I can say that it is no longer I. However, brothers and sisters, the truth concerning crucifixion with Christ on the cross is not being preached for the first time among us. We have known for a long time that we are crucified with Christ. Why has the doctrine of our crucifixion with Christ not worked with us? Brother Lu, how many years have you heard about the doctrine of crucifixion with Christ? You have heard about it for over ten years. Is it working in you? Please be honest with us. How much has it worked in you? Not much. I would ask Brother Chi the same question. How much has the doctrine of the cross guided you? How effective is it in you? Do you have the power of Paul? Brother Chi said that he felt that he was beginning to have more power in the last few days. We have known the doctrine of crucifixion with Christ for over ten years, but it has not worked in us. We may say that it has worked a little, but it has been so little that it amounts to almost nothing. We cannot say as Paul said, “I am crucified with Christ, ” and we cannot follow with the words, “It is no longer I who live. ” It seems as if the doctrine has not produced much effect in us. I am not merely repeating the doctrine of the cross this afternoon; we know too much already. We want to see the extent to which this crucifixion with Christ should work in us and what we should do before we can say that we are crucified with Christ.
The Overcoming Life
Chapter 4 HOW TO EXPERIENCE
THE OVERCOMING LIFE
CWWN, vol. 24 (LSM)
Fremont, California, United States
Praise the Lord, Christ’s death has separated us from the world and the satanic power of darkness! Hallelujah, by being baptised into the death of Christ, our natural life, old nature, self, flesh, and entire old history has been terminated! Hallelujah, we come out of the waters of baptism as a new creation in resurrection, being organically joined to the Lord as one spirit to live one with Him for the building up of the church! " Oh, it is so sweet to die with Christ to the world and self and sin! Oh, it is so sweet to live with Christ, for He lives and dwells within!" 😀
Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Hymnal. net has selected numerous texts written by A. B. Simpson and tunes either composed by him or his daughter Margaret Simpson.
Watchman Nee and Witness Lee also used several of their tunes after writing texts for the hymns we enjoy today.
These hymns are:
790, 576, 564, 8433, 591, 255, 650, 652, 805b, 8548, 513, 645, 753, 279, 587, 8428, 677, 537, 481, 248, 690, 362, 906, 482.
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Praise the Lord for such a wonderful grafting! We were a poor tree, but now share all the riches of the best and finest tree - our Christ!
Richmond, VA, United States
Thanks WI for those kind words. And thanks Ana Lara for your constant enlightening comments about the authors of the hymns. As I recall AB Simpson’s biography, he became deathly ill in his 30s with either tuberculosis or some other respiratory ailment. This was around the time of a major revival, and he was expecting his own healing by the Holy Spirit. However, the healing never came, but instead, he felt that the Lord was healing him each morning, one day at a time. From here, he learned the concept of breathing in the Lord daily, from which we get one of his most famous and touching hymns: “oh Lord, breathe thy spirit in me“. For me, his hymns remain the deepest and most touching in the entire Christian hymn repertoire.
Crescent City, CA, United States
This is such a great picture of the holy anointing oil of Ex. 30.
To die with Christ from the world and self and sin is typified by the myrrh, but the sweetness is typified by the cinnamon. It is so sweet to die with Christ.
The experience of living with Christ in resurrection is typified by the calamus, which is a reed that shoots up out of a marsh. And in resurrection is the serpent and insect repelling cassia in which we reign with Christ, and Satan is crushed under our feet. All of this is compounded into the Spirit (oil) who is joined to our spirit making us one with the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and exalted One. This is the Spirit of Jesus Christ whose bountiful supply turns all things out to our salvation (Pp. 1:19-20). Thank-You, Lord, for the Spirit of Jesus Christ in our spirit.
Tustin, California, United States
Oh! it is so sweet to die with Christ,
To the world, and self, and sin;
Oh! it is so sweet to live with Christ,
As He lives and reigns within.
Cape Town, South Africa
This the story of the Master,
Thru the Cross, He reached the Throne,
And like Him our path to glory,
Ever leads through death alone.
Oh Lord Jesus! May we continuely come to the cross just as You went through the cross!
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
This is a rich song. It is full of the experience of Christ (the riches). This hymn addresses the way to live a Christian life and abide in Him. I do see the sweetness of dying a little. Joy is the fruit of the cross. It is Christ's enjoyable life in resurrection. This is the only way to live and abide in Him. This not a shallow hymn. It is written by one of Christ's many lovers.
Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Albert Benjamin Simpson authored more than 70 books and many hymns and gospel songs. He founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance to send missionaries around the world. He established a publishing house, founded a college, and became a voice for Christian oneness in his generation.
December 15, 1843, on Prince Edward Island, A. B. Simpson was born to James and Jane Simpson. In 1865, he graduated from Knox College in Toronto and married Margaret Henry. They had six children. Despite the difficulties of obtaining a good education and suffering from serious health problems, Simpson became a Presbyterian minister and served congregations in Ontario, Kentucky, and New York.
But Simpson’s heart of obedience to the Lord and his overwhelming burden to preach the gospel to the masses, caused him to become stifled by and dissatisfied with the coldness and divisiveness found in the culture of formal Christianity. Simpson became burdened for two main matters: the gospel outreach to the world, and the inner-life experiences that most Christians were missing. Simpson became a beacon of light pointing believers to Christ and Christ alone. Albert Benjamin learned how to live a resurrection life, and how to maintain a moment by moment, contact with the Lord. His “in breathing of the fullness of God” became his “daily renewal of life. ” Indeed, after spending several hours of fervent prayer for missionaries in Jamaica and abroad, he greeted the Lord in glory the following morning morning, Wednesday, October 29, 1919, the age of 76, having lived twice as long as doctors predicted.
(Hidden Pearl-Chapter 8)