BC or AD?Before the cross (BC), we were fearful, condemned and dying, working for salvation, righteousness and life under an old covenant.After His death (AD), we have peace with God, righteousness and life, the work is finished and sit with Him at rest in blessing, favor and the joy of the Lord in a new covenant.Our message, the Good News, is not that we need to die.Our message, the Good News, is that we died and we’ve been made alive.The new covenant began at the cross.“For
1 Cor. 15:31 I die daily. He went on to say awake to righteousness and sin not and evi communications corrupt good manners.If I die, how is it that I have remained dead?If evil works somehow corrupt, you are wrong!
In 1 Cor 15:31, Paul is clearly speaking of the physical danger he faced regularly. Not his crucifixion with Christ where he died to sin, died to the law and died to his old self. All of that is clearly in our past. We are new covenant people,