Colossians 2:11  

 11 When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. 

Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.

 

Luke 9:23 

23 Then He said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be My follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow Me.

 

 

Death on the cross must be a continues operation

To be nailed there day by day ... and to examine self

To be rendered useless ... and in utterly corruption

Not able to get off of it ... unless God makes you well

 

In Christ is the Resurrection ... in Him we are alive

Fully in the Spirit ... as our flesh stays on the Cross

It is God’s temple ... and we treat it that way

Then the Mind of Christ rules ... for gain free of cost

 

Made not by hands ... “my” circumcision

As forgiven I live ... but really not myself

The life in me should be ... in Christ driven

I am somewhere else ... as you can tell

 

The experience of death ... brings a better Resurrection

Only when dead ... I can be born again

Only an end can bring ... a new beginning

So if Christ intends it ... I live without end

 Jan Wienen