But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (Galatians 6:14 NKJV)
The death and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross and His precious blood saved us and provided the grace and power through which we defeat sin. Without the cross ( Meaning the death and sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His precious blood) we would not have grace to live in the truth and overcome sin. Without the cross ( meaning the death and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross and His precious blood), we would be subject to false doctrines that make us obey the laws of man and the flesh. The word of God is spiritual and it is only the spiritual law that matters.
When you obey the spiritual law that comes out of the mouth of the Holy Spirit you will be saved. When you obey the physical laws that man made up in false religions to appease their conscience, you will be lost.
Our glory, ability and salvation comes from the cross (meaning the death and sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His precious blood) so we should only boast in the death of Jesus and sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His precious blood that saved us and gives us the ability to defeat sin and death.
