2026-01-11 Sermon Notes - Daniel Lyons' Notes

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  - "[[Sermon Notes|Sermon Notes]]"
speaker: "[[Archibald Allison]]"
date: 2026-01-11
location: "[[Emmaus Orthodox Presbyterian Church]]"
passage: Galatians 2:19-20
sermon series:
sermon link:
subjects:
  - "[[The Indwelling of the Son|The Indwelling of Christ]]"
title: I Live To God Because Christ Lives in Me
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Speaker	Archibald Allison
Date	2026-01-11
Location	Emmaus Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Passage	Galatians 2:19-20
Title	I Live To God Because Christ Lives in Me
Takeaways	[object Object]
Subjects	["[[The Indwelling of the Son

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Takeaways and Next Steps

📖Bible Passage

Galatians 2:19-20

For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That 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.

Points

I Have Been Crucified with Christ, My Representative

Paul teaches us that it is the knowledge of who Christ is, what Christ has done and what the believer has in Christ, that is the only basis to live the Christian life.
1. Who christ is
2. What Christ has done
3. What the believer has in Christ
Paul is teaching us that there is no justification without sanctification. The two must go together.
- ⭐: out of love for Christ and what He has done for us, we wil want to live to God
  - Romans 6:9-10 knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him! For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.
    - Christ died only once! And he shall never again die for He has conquered death!
  - 1 Timothy 3.16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
    - Christ was justified! Never again will He be subject to death or held guilty. The Law was satisfied in Him!
    - Thank God that the Law is satisfied for all who place their faith in Him. We have the very same justification that Christ has!
  - Romans 6.11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
    - We are alive to God
      - We want to live for God.
      - No not perfectly.
    - and we are dead to sin.

The Miracle of Living To God

We need to realize that this is truly a miracle for Christ to live in us!
Verses about Christ in us:
- Colossians 1.27 to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- Ephesians 3.17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
We are a new creation in Christ. The old has gone and the new has come.

The Foundation of this Miracle

There must be a basis for this miracle. It did not come from nowhere. Something caused this miracle.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
  - ⭐: "who reconciled us to Himself": How did He reconcile us to Himself? It was through His work on the cross.
The Lord's work for us and in us:
- The Lord's work for us is his work on the cross:
  - This is our justification
- The Lord's work in us. Making us a new creation.
  - This is our sanctification
Romans 8:9-10 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his. If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- Here when he says in the flesh, he is talking about continuing in our life of sin.

The Fact Of This Miracle

The Indwelling of God: Don't you realize that if your are a Christian, then the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all living in you!
- This is a fact. This is reality and it is a miracle.

The Means of Living To God

How can we be in Christ? We must have faith!

Faith is the means of living to God

How were you saved? Were you saved by your own works? No you were saved by Jesus' works and you received that salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 11.1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore let's also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let's run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Faith draws out of Christ all that is in Christ

Faith is the means by which the believer draws out all the grace that is in the Savior.
- This is why Peter talks about coming to Him
  - 1 Peter 2:4-5 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
    - This coming is ongoing and continual.
⭐: The miracle of living to God is Christ living in you!

The Motivation of Living To God

Christ Loved Me and Gave Himself For Me

The reason why we live for Christ is because He first loved us!
- Paul ives for Christ because he couldn't not live for Christ. He is compelled by Jesus' love for him. This is our one and only true motivation.
If all you have is religion, then you do not have Christ!
If you are a child of God, then Christ loved you!
- He doesn't just love the church. He loves you! You personally and individually.
- He does not only love some conglomerate. He loves you!

Application

I Live For Christ Because I Love Him Who Loves Me

Put your faith and love in Him who loves you!

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