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flesh.” Remember, it is not the affliction and trouble that brings the life of Jesus. It is our intimate understanding of carrying His death to this affliction that will result in life and deliverance. Before there can be resurrection life manifested there must be the sentence of death within ourselves and the subsequent Spirit of faith in the death of Jesus. Now I know full well that words like the “sentence of death in ourselves” and “For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake” are not pleasant to read. I know this can produce a feeling of “Yuck”. However, as we go on you will see that the sentence of death and being delivered unto death does not have to be a place of gloom and oppression. For just a brief preview of this truth, notice that in Chapter 1 Paul says that the trouble caused them to despair of life. Yet, in Chapter 4 he describes the same afflictions but says they are not in despair. So something is taking place in the inner man. We will explore this as we move on. His Suffering, His Death, His Resurrection Once again, Chapter 4 is trying to align us and identify us with the death that Jesus died for us not to give us list of all the tribulation that is headed our way. The part of you that is exposed to death has been crucified. This is about HIS death and our partaking of that death on our behalf by faith. The beautiful portion of scripture in Philippians comes to mind. and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead” (Philippians 3:9-11).
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