The Meaning of the Cross Quotes

“The Bible says when we were born again of the Spirit we were spiritually united with Christ in both His death and resurrection (Romans 6: 5). Although we may not comprehend this mystery of the gospel when we are initially saved, we must embrace both these divine facts by faith to walk in the gospel of Christ after we are saved. In order to overcome the world and inherit the kingdom of God, we must abide by faith in Christ’s death and resurrection. First, we must believe when Christ died we died with Him. Next, we must believe Christ now lives in us. Our glorious redemption in Christ is only limited by our unbelief. For example, what if we believe we died in Christ but we do not believe Christ lives in us? Then Christ’s ability to sovereignly overcome in us is limited by our unbelief. Or, what if we believe Christ lives in us but we do not believe our sinful nature has died with Christ? Then Christ’s ability to live His overcoming life in us is still limited by our unbelief. For as long as we continue to believe that sin still has power over us, God will not overrule our free will and unbelief.”
― Peter Newman, The Meaning of the Cross