“He died for all that they who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.” 2 Corinthians 5:14

Whatever is near often becomes dear to us. So we need to speak, pray, memorize, and meditate on the gospel. Galatians 2:20 says “I have been crucified with Christ, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and delivered Himself up for me.” 1 Peter 2:24 says “He Himself bore our sin in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness, for by His wounds you have been healed”. We cannot do it alone. We need the Holy Spirit. D.A. Carson says "there has not only been an objective, public act of divine self-disclosure in the crucifixion of God’s own Son, there must be a private work of God by His Spirit, in the mind and heart. If we express unqualified gratitude to God for the gift of His Son, we should express no less gratitude for the gift of the Spirit who enables us to grasp the gospel of His Son. Unless the Spirit enlightens us, God’s thoughts will remain alien to us."