The Supplied Life-Bill Freeman

I love devotional books. I am reading one now called "The Supplied Life" written by Bill Freeman. I got a used copy from Amazon online. I recommend it highly. Here is a writing from April 15th.


"For the death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:10,11

In these verses we see how to relate to ourselves in our identification with Christ. We are absolutely identified with Him. So we reckon ourselves to be dead to sin. This means we live inwardly not identifying with condemning thoughts or those whispers of the "old man" trying to engage us in conversation. When you and I immediately shift to our real person, we are reckoning ourselves to be dead indeed to sin.

To reckon is to count on reliable facts. Let me give an illustration: 2+2=4. This equation always holds true. It never changes, regardless of when, where, or why you use it. In the same way, your identification with Christ never changes. Do not look at your feelings. Do not think about your history. Just reckon 2+2=4. Your person is Christ. You have been baptized into Him. You are one with Him. So reckon yourself to be dead indeed to sin, but living to God. Inwardly you quickly make a transfer. You do not bargain. You do not reason. You do not get on that level. You identify yourself with Christ in His death and resurrection. You are living to God in Christ Jesus. This is what is true.

So we see how this Christian life works-it is through justification, identification, and the resulting inward transaction of throwing off falsehood, and dealing with God. Now you learn to quickly get to the spirit. You learn to quickly get through all the mire of thoughts and feelings. You go directly to your identification with Christ. You do not solve problems. You do not get answers. You do not stay on that level. You go directly to Jesus.