rock and to the hole in the quarry from which we were dug”; it seeks to tell us that in Jesus` death we found and derived our definition [being and purpose], this is why we lost ourlives to find it in Christ Jesus and that it is no longer us who live but Christ lives in us. When Christ spoke concerning His death, John 12:32 says, “And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw and attract all men [Gentiles as well as Jews] to Myself.” We see that this corresponds to the conversation in Matthew 16:18-19, as Christ speaks that in His death He will build His Church [the pillar and stay of Truth]; and that the gates of Hades
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