Born to die

The Lord Jesus was
And so are we
To die spiritually is not chocolates and easter eggs,parties and barbecues- it is"
bearing  about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus,that the life also of Jesus might be made
manifest in our body " (" Corinthians 2 v 10) and verse 12 says " So then death worketh in me,but Life in you "
Why should WE die  too ? why not just believe that Jesus died for us ?
And go on in our jolly "hockey sticks " way ,living ,drinking that drink,dancing that dance and
go on in our unrighteous ways ?
Not forgiving,not facing up to our lives in Christ ? Just letting Jesus do it for us-
even going to church,Bible studies ,doing really "deep " studies ...
It says "then DEATH worketh in me,but Life in you "
Does that mean to ignore what the Scriptures  say and still go on our own way,
working out our own kind of death-not actually DOING what the Scriptures say ?
In a few places Paul says " God forbid"!
He,Paul, says in Galatians ch 6 verse 17  "  I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus "
Consider this. Day by day,minute by minute trial by heavy trial,walking along the strait and narrow way.
We say "Oh but Jesus was God ,that's why He could carry the cross .."
Actually,He refused His Deity on a number of occasions - think on that !
He refused the fact that He could draw on the Power of God instead of His own flesh,His emotions,His senses...
in the Garden of Gethsemane,He could have refused the Cup of suffering and drawn on
the power of God's Spirit.
Yet He refused it and said " Not My will but Thine "
In John chapter 4 He could have succumed to satan's temptations but He told the devil
The Lord rebuke thee ", and went on in the desert ...
He BORE these things in His Body for us...
The wicked ones,the sinners,born to sin.
How is it that each one of us at some stage run away from facing up to people
we have wronged,or situations that face us - instead of kneeling to pray with the discipline of
the Holy Spirit...
Asking for forgiveness until we can come to a breakthrough in our spirits,
Keep on asking,going through our trials
Bearing about in our bodies,our emotions and fears,
Knowing that our Lord Jesus Bore the very same things
For us..
He had to do this
So that the whole of mankind
Could be forgiven for all their unrighteousness
Because  HE IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
We cannot better that by all our works,our achievements,even our prayers,bible studies and doctrines..
HE is our righteousness
Not will be
HE IS!
So we can each carry our own burdens through life faithfully to the Lord Jesus
Through the wonderful Helper,comforter,guide..the Holy Spirit given at Pentecost
after Jesus had ascended to the Right Hand of the Father...
All for us,the sinners