Galatians 2:20 captures who you are as a child of God and what you have been given so well: 1. A statement of redemptive-historical fact. “I have been crucified with Christ.” What Paul is saying here is hugely important. On the cross of Calvary, Jesus didn’t purchase general savability. He didn’t die to make salvation possible. No, Jesus took names to the cross. He specifically and effectively died for you and me. His death was just as effective for us as if we had died ourselves. Because he died as our representative, his death satisfied God’s anger against us, so that we face it no more.
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