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and possibly even martyrdom that will be

associated with identifying with Christ. The

Apostle Paul said to the Galatian believers in

Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ:

nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth

in me: and the life which I now live in the

flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,

who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

Christians are to live a crucified life, a life of

self-denial and separation from carnal and

ungodly pleasures.

It’s a serious matter to God when professing

Christians do not identify with Christ and His

suffering or do not confess Him before men.

Jesus said in Matthew 10:32-33, “Whosoever

therefore shall confess me before men, him

will I confess also before my Father which is

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