{"id":942,"date":"2020-08-23T16:19:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T21:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=942"},"modified":"2020-08-23T16:19:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T21:19:11","slug":"be-crucified-with-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/23\/be-crucified-with-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Crucified with Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"493\" src=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Web-verse-1-Gal-2-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-943\" srcset=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Web-verse-1-Gal-2-20.jpg 741w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Web-verse-1-Gal-2-20-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><figcaption> \u201c<strong>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.<\/strong>\u201d Galatians 2:20 <br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Saul was the first king of Israel.\nHe looked (physically) like a good king. However, his true nature was soon revealed.\nBut the most devastating thing that happened, was that he chose to do what he\nwanted to do instead of fulfilling God\u2019s Word. When he disobeyed God, and did\nnot repent for that, Samuel told him that God was going to take the kingdom\nfrom him and give it to another \u2013 a man who would choose to please God more\nthan himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saul saw the Philistines, the enemy, gather against Israel.\nSaul was afraid. When he inquired of the Lord (wanting help for the battle),\nthe Lord answered him not. See why God does <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> answer those who\nchoose to live for themselves instead of obeying God\u2019s Word. \u201c<strong>28. Then shall\nthey call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they\nshall not find me:&nbsp;29. For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose\nthe fear of the LORD:&nbsp;30.&nbsp;They would none of my counsel: they\ndespised all my reproof.&nbsp; 31. Therefore\nshall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own\ndevices<\/strong>\u201d (Proverbs 1:28-31). God\nwould not speak to Saul because Saul had chosen to disregard God in his life.\nIt was at this point that Saul learned a Word from God (through Samuel, the\nprophet) that Saul and three of his sons would die in battle against the\nPhilistines, and the kingdom would be given to David, one who would obey God\nand do His will. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saul, along with three of his sons, died in battle the next\nday. And David became the king of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This should be a mighty example for anyone who chooses to do\nwhat they want to do instead of what God\u2019s Word says they are to do. Because of\nSaul\u2019s disobedience, he lost his life and his kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following verse should be foremost in our hearts and\nminds: \u201c<strong>I am crucified with\nChrist: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life\nwhich I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved\nme, and gave himself for me<\/strong>\u201d (Galatians 2:20). I am not to do what I\nwant, for I am crucified with Christ (this means that I put my selfish desires\nto death, choosing instead to please God). I am to live a life pleasing to God,\nby the faith I received because I believe in Jesus, God\u2019s Son &#8211; the One who\ngave His life for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you crucified your selfish desires to live a life\npleasing to God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saul was the first king of Israel. He looked (physically) like a good king. However, his true nature was soon revealed. But the most devastating thing that happened, was that he chose to do what he wanted to do instead of fulfilling God\u2019s Word. When he disobeyed God, and did not repent for that, Samuel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[501,177,487,186,503,404,502,185,242],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-with-verse-and-blog","tag-crucified","tag-david","tag-example","tag-god","tag-live","tag-obey","tag-pleasing","tag-saul","tag-seek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}