DAD'S RAMBLINGS – Death To Sin
Romans 6:6-8, 11
"Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him.....Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Does being dead to sin mean I will never be tempted to sin? I don't think so. Chapter seven shows the struggle I still have with the flesh. Even though when I died with Christ and the old man died, the sin nature inherited from Adam has not been eradicated. So there is still the conflict between the new man in Christ and the old sinful nature. The difference is that I am no longer a slave to sin; it is not my master. Since I have been risen with Christ to new life and He dwells within me, I can be victorious over sin. "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20).
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Identification with Christ in His death and Resurrection conquers sin.
Have a free day. Love you.
Romans 6:6-8, 11
"Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him.....Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Does being dead to sin mean I will never be tempted to sin? I don't think so. Chapter seven shows the struggle I still have with the flesh. Even though when I died with Christ and the old man died, the sin nature inherited from Adam has not been eradicated. So there is still the conflict between the new man in Christ and the old sinful nature. The difference is that I am no longer a slave to sin; it is not my master. Since I have been risen with Christ to new life and He dwells within me, I can be victorious over sin. "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20).
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Identification with Christ in His death and Resurrection conquers sin.
Have a free day. Love you.
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