At the heart of Galatians are the glorious words, “no longer I … but Christ.” Joined to Christ by faith, the believer has been crucified with him: the previous self, with its ties to this evil age and its vain attempts at independence, is no more. Now believers live by faith in Christ, empowered by his resurrection life, filled with hope because of their newfound status as sons of God, heirs of his extravagant promises, members of his unimaginably great new creation.2 (For further background, see
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