Brunner: nothing for us

Monday, March 1, 2021
    Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601
Meditation:
    Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
    —Romans 6:8-10 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The death of Jesus Christ is for us nothing if we have not died with him; the resurrection of our Lord is for us nothing if we have not been raised with him.
    ... Emil Brunner (1889-1966), I Believe in the Living God: sermons on the Apostles’ Creed, Westminster Press, 1960, p. 103 (see the book)
    See also Rom. 6:3-10; Ps. 16:9-11; John 14:19; 2 Cor. 4:10-11; 2 Tim. 2:11-12
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I cannot live any more for sin. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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