Consider the scriptures
#3 – Galatians 2:20
Galatians 2:20 NASB
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 up for me.
We’ve all heard this scripture probably in one form or another.
“We live by faith in the Son of God” in the Greek is “in” or “by”, so we live because of our faith in the Son of God, and we live by the means of that faith.
His faith, not ours. We only have faith because His faith has been given to us. We cannot boast in our own faith.
Faith had to come to us first by the hearing of the Gospel.
Jesus loved us and have Himself up for us.
“Loved” here more accurately means that we are His “beloved”.
“Giving Himself up for us” also means to turn Himself over, surrender, or taken into custody.
Think about what that means.
Jesus was arrested, but he gave Himself over to be taken into custody.
Then it says, “He gave Himself up for me.”
In the Greek this actually means on behalf of me or for the sake of me.
He did these things because He loves us so much. We are His beloved.
In His death on the cross it is as if we died with Him, and by His faith, we are given life to live each day.