Ultimate Intimacy

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I have been crucified with Christ and I no
longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I
live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 220 (NIV)
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This is the truth of the Gospel. It is also
the principal article of all Christian doctrine,
wherein the knowledge of all godliness
consisteth. Most necessary it is, therefore,
that we should know this article well, teach it
unto others, and beat it into our heads
continually! Martin Luther
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We know that our old self was crucified with
him so that the body of sin might be destroyed,
and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
Romans 66 (NRSV)
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It is monstrous to be told that you have a
heart as sinful as the common wretches that crawl
upon the earth it is highly offensive and
insulting. Duchess of Buckingham
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God made him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so that in him we might become the righteousness
of God. 2 Corinthians 521 (NIV)
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"If any want to become my followers, let them
deny themselves and take up their cross daily and
follow me. For those who want to save their life
will lose it, and those who lose their life for
my sake will save it. Luke 923-24 (NRSV)
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I die every day! 1 Corinthians 1531
(NRSV)
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For you died, and your life is now hidden
with Christ in God. Colossians 33 (NIV)
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So you also must consider yourselves dead to
sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans
611 (NRSV)
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I want to know Christ and the power of his
resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his
sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and
so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from
the dead. Philippians 310-11 (NIV)
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Love Wrath Pain
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For if you live according to the sinful nature,
you will die but if by the Spirit you put to
death the misdeeds of the body, you will
live. Romans 813 (NIV)
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And you also were included in Christ when you
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation. Having believed, you were marked in
him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 113 (NIV)
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Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace
to all of you who are in Christ. 1 Peter 514
(NIV / NRSV)
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