20 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.
I realize this subject of living "by" the faith of the Son of God, and living by faith "in" the Son of God has been gone over before in a topic. But it is a topic that is as important to the believer as the gospel. As a matter of fact it should be part of the understanding of knowing what the gospel is. Bible's translate it two different ways and only one way can be the ultimate of God (what was in God's mind) if you will. The ultimate; the final outcome, the conclusion of what you know, the end, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end of a particular subject. The ultimate is not just the finish but the start as well, you must have both. If that is the case you need to watch what you start with in every instance, and stay with that to see it out.
When you start with something say Christ in this instance, you need to finish with Christ. That means whatever that particular subject knowledge should start with Christ and end with him. To come to a end in seeing Christ, anything that may go beyond that is still Christ because he will always be the end. In other words you cannot start with Christ and end with a good idea. Can you see that, if you start your subject with Christ (that is how your subject should start, no other starting point; I am Alpha and Omega Jesus said) it has to end the same way, with Christ as the center of it all. After all 'all things consist in him' so why in the world would anyone want to finish somewhere else. The only motive found in coming to conclusions that end without Christ is; ego.
So how do the words "by" and "in" come to play into this understanding. If you watch what happens in this particular scripture you see Paul has started with dead in Christ. So he is starting with Christ, and then you can watch to see how he lives being a dead man using the word "by" the faith of. The difference in the word by and in is one has all it's weight on living by the life and faith of another, and one has all it's weight on the believer living in (self effort) the faith of.
I have known believers (self included) that have had some pretty tall faith. They felt they could move a mountain at a particular time, and if need be maybe get healed from any disease. That is good faith and believers need faith that is not the subject matter. But at the same time I have seen the same believer that felt they could do something big for God and fall out and be gone and down in a valley somewhere trying to figure out what happened and how do I get out. It happens that fast, my faith is gone, it was mountain top type faith and then it just seemed to disappear. There used to be a saying "this is where the rubber meets the road." You will find out just what your faith is made of, most find out their faith is really not what they thought it was.
We read Abraham and then we are going to try to get Abraham type faith, or one of the other faith chapter saints that lived by faith, their faith. But you find out there is only one faith that is always true and you can live by it and that is "by the faith of the Son of God."
What I have learned about Paul he doesn't just use words to be using words, he uses them for a particular reason. Paul knew by revelation what he was talking about and needs to be adhered to. Search the scriptures for in them you find Christ is everything to the believer.
I realize this subject of living "by" the faith of the Son of God, and living by faith "in" the Son of God has been gone over before in a topic. But it is a topic that is as important to the believer as the gospel. As a matter of fact it should be part of the understanding of knowing what the gospel is. Bible's translate it two different ways and only one way can be the ultimate of God (what was in God's mind) if you will. The ultimate; the final outcome, the conclusion of what you know, the end, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end of a particular subject. The ultimate is not just the finish but the start as well, you must have both. If that is the case you need to watch what you start with in every instance, and stay with that to see it out.
When you start with something say Christ in this instance, you need to finish with Christ. That means whatever that particular subject knowledge should start with Christ and end with him. To come to a end in seeing Christ, anything that may go beyond that is still Christ because he will always be the end. In other words you cannot start with Christ and end with a good idea. Can you see that, if you start your subject with Christ (that is how your subject should start, no other starting point; I am Alpha and Omega Jesus said) it has to end the same way, with Christ as the center of it all. After all 'all things consist in him' so why in the world would anyone want to finish somewhere else. The only motive found in coming to conclusions that end without Christ is; ego.
So how do the words "by" and "in" come to play into this understanding. If you watch what happens in this particular scripture you see Paul has started with dead in Christ. So he is starting with Christ, and then you can watch to see how he lives being a dead man using the word "by" the faith of. The difference in the word by and in is one has all it's weight on living by the life and faith of another, and one has all it's weight on the believer living in (self effort) the faith of.
I have known believers (self included) that have had some pretty tall faith. They felt they could move a mountain at a particular time, and if need be maybe get healed from any disease. That is good faith and believers need faith that is not the subject matter. But at the same time I have seen the same believer that felt they could do something big for God and fall out and be gone and down in a valley somewhere trying to figure out what happened and how do I get out. It happens that fast, my faith is gone, it was mountain top type faith and then it just seemed to disappear. There used to be a saying "this is where the rubber meets the road." You will find out just what your faith is made of, most find out their faith is really not what they thought it was.
We read Abraham and then we are going to try to get Abraham type faith, or one of the other faith chapter saints that lived by faith, their faith. But you find out there is only one faith that is always true and you can live by it and that is "by the faith of the Son of God."
What I have learned about Paul he doesn't just use words to be using words, he uses them for a particular reason. Paul knew by revelation what he was talking about and needs to be adhered to. Search the scriptures for in them you find Christ is everything to the believer.
