Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life.     Romans 6:4 HCSB

In Warren Wiersbe’s book Be Right, he says that too many Christians are “betweeners”. He said they live between Egypt and Canaan, saved but not satisfied, or they live between Good Friday and Easter, they believe in the cross but never enter into the power and glory of the resurrection. So, would you say you are in between?

Have you been saved, but not satisfied? I used to think, “Those poor, stupid Israelites, they just can’t get it right.” It would take a few years and some Bible study to realize neither could I. I was just like those Israelites. I had been saved, but I had not been satisfied and had spent way too many years wandering around in the desert. I was living between Egypt and the Promised Land.

Our pastor often asks the question, “If you have been saved, what have you been saved from?” When we are truly called to salvation, we don’t want to sin. But often times, we are caught up in an emotional experience and we get saved because everyone else is being saved. Or, we get saved because we feel we are at an age where we should be saved. Then we consider ourselves saved, but we aren’t satisfied. We want to go through the motions of salvation but hold on to our sin. When we are truly saved, we no longer want to sin. We are saved from our old sinful ways.

When we are baptized, it symbolizes dying to our sin and being raised in a new life with Christ. Our Scripture passage speaks of walking in a new way with life. We are changed from the inside out. We recognize God’s power and glory. We trust in Him. We don’t lean on our own understanding, but we trust in Him with all our heart. We acknowledge Him in all we do and know He will lead us on the right paths as we are told in Proverbs 3:5-6. We don’t live in between our belief in the cross and our denial of the power and glory of His resurrection.

Jesus died to save us. James 4:7 tells us to submit to Christ, resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:8 says draw near to Him and He will draw near to you. When we are saved, we walk in the newness of life. We believe in God’s power, and we trust in Him. We are living a new life. We have been set free from the slavery of sin and death and we live a new life in Christ.

Paul described the life of a new man in Colossians 3:1-3, “So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.”

We can’t live in sin and be in Christ. We must choose. Have you chosen? Or are you wandering around aimlessly somewhere in between. We can’t live in the flesh and live a new life in Christ because the flesh is hostile to God (Romans 8:7).

As Warren Wiersbe points out, we really can’t live in between. If we are saved, we live for Christ. If we are lost, we live in sin. We can’t do both, it’s just that simple.

I encourage you to examine the life you are living today. Is it between salvation and satisfaction. Do you consider yourself saved, but feel you can’t be satisfied without your sin?

I want you to know that God has the power to break you free from your sin. If you believe in the cross, believe in the power and glory of the resurrection. He can set you free. All you have to do is ask.

Have a great day!