Dead into the flesh, alive into the Spirit.

 Dead to Flesh, Alive in Spirit

I have been crucified with Christ, the great exchange is done:

Dead to the flesh,its empty rule, its futile, selfish run.

The old,rebellious Adam-life nailed to the cross that day,

When Jesus took my death and carried it away.

For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. (Romans 6:6)

No longer bound to satisfy its every dark demand,

No longer subject to the rule of its corrupted hand.

Its passions,pride, and perishable pursuits have lost their hold,

For in the tomb with Christ,that former story’s fully told.

But crucifixion was the path to resurrection’s hour:

Alive unto the Spirit,born of God’s creative power.

The breath that raised the Son of God now breathes inside of me—

A new creation,living for the glory I now see.

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. (Romans 8:11)

Now I walk by this new Spirit, not by sight or old desire.

He leads,He teaches, comforts, fans to flame a holy fire.

The law of life in Christ has set me free from sin and death,

To live each moment by His grace,with every yielded breath.

So let the flesh stay buried, let the Spirit rise and reign.

Let every thought be captive to the life that Christ obtained.

For I have died,and yet I live—a mystery, a sign—

Not I, but Christ who lives in me, His life in this life mine.

Dead to sin. Alive to God.

The old is gone, the new has come.

This is the victory.

Amen.

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The Great Exchange

This declaration captures the essence of the believer's new identity in Christ—a simultaneous death and resurrection.

· The Death (Dead to the Flesh): "The flesh" refers to our innate human nature apart from God, oriented toward self-reliance and sin. Through union with Christ in His death, this old nature's power is broken. We are no longer obligated to obey its desires (Galatians 5:24). This is a definitive break, a change of masters.

· The Life (Alive in the Spirit): Simultaneously, through union with Christ in His resurrection, we are made alive by the Holy Spirit. This new life is characterized by freedom, intimacy with God, and the power to bear spiritual fruit (Galatians 5:22-23). The Spirit now dwells within us as the source of this new, eternal life (Romans 8:9-11).

· The Daily Tension & Truth: While this break is legally and spiritually complete, we experience a daily tension. The "flesh" (old patterns) wars against the "Spirit" (Galatians 5:17). Our call is to continually "consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus" (Romans 6:11) and to "keep in step with the Spirit" (Galatians 5:25), making the true condition our practical reality.

This is the gospel's transformative power: not just forgiveness for the old life, but the gift of an entirely new life powered by God's own Spirit.