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Galatians 2:20 NLT
My old self has been crucified with Christ. 
It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. 
So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, 
who loved me 
and gave himself for me. 
Galatians 2:20 NLT
Paul has just explained about how just keeping all the rules, just thinking that was what God wanted, did not lead to Life.
Trusting in the rules, in his own ability to keep them, has been abandoned for trusting in Jesus, trusting in His Love that leads to Life, that trusting in our God who Loves Us changes everything and we get to discover, little by little, the way that we have lived to please others, to meet our culture or society expectations, even our church's expectations, does not always lead to Life.
Paul acknowledges too our embodiedness. That we are an embodied soul, that our physicalness is an intrinsic part of who we are (no less important than our mind, or spirit).
What is the freedom in Jesus that this letter might be inviting us into today?
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