Newton on the Christian Life: To Live Is Christ

by Tony Reinke

To live is Christ, but to die is gain, because in death we get more of Christ as we commune with him face-to-face, free from all the sinful limitations that now diminish his beauty in our lives (Phil. 1:21

“O the excellency of the knowledge of Christ! It will be growing upon us through time, yea, I believe through eternity.”2 An unending discovery into the all-sufficiency of Christ makes death a win-win for

Christ’s worth stands in sharp contrast to worldliness. To live for wealth or sexual sin or any pleasure or security or comfort of this world will make our dying pure loss. But to live in, with, and for Christ makes dying pure gain. Death proves to be Chris...