"...Have crucified..."
Past tense.
Done at our crucifixion with Christ, into which we are "immersed" at water baptism.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:1-4
The newness of life involves the Holy Spirit leading us to walk according the Spirit; the desires of the Spirit, rather than the desires of the flesh.
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey,
you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? Romans 6:15-16
We must not allow ourselves to become slaves of sin again, but enforce our the position of dominion we have in Christ over sin by reckoning ourselves dead to sin, in which we walk in the newness of life by the Spirit.
Likewise you also,
reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:11
This is done by the believer, in harmony with the power of the Spirit.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Romans 8:12-14
- but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
The end result of living our life in this way is eternal life.
Paul calls this
reaping everlasting life, because we have sown to the Spirit; we have invested our time here on earth towards the things the Spirit desires for us to do.
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but
he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. Galatians 6:7-8
"...Have crucified..." Past tense.
The context is inheriting the kingdom of God or not.
- It’s past tense to the end result of inheriting the kingdom of God.
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past,
that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And
those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:19-26
Do you understand when we “inherit the kingdom of God”?
Those who are Christ’s on that Day, have crucified the flesh
with its passions and desires.
JLB