Romans 6:1-10
1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
Have you died yet? Verse 7 says that "one who has died has been set free from sin". So if I want to be free from sin, I have to die. Not a physical death, but a spiritual death of my old self. As verse 4 says, "we were buried therefore with him by baptism into death". So our death took place when we were baptized in Christ, when we took on His death on the cross. This put to death our old sin nature, so that we could be free from sin. As verse 6 says, "we know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin". The point is that before coming to Christ I was hopelessly enslaved to sin, but now I have the potential for victory. This doesn't mean that I never sin anymore, but there is a new life and new hope available to me, as I learn to put away my old nature and live as God's child.
Lord, help me to die to self and put on the new life that You offer.
1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
Have you died yet? Verse 7 says that "one who has died has been set free from sin". So if I want to be free from sin, I have to die. Not a physical death, but a spiritual death of my old self. As verse 4 says, "we were buried therefore with him by baptism into death". So our death took place when we were baptized in Christ, when we took on His death on the cross. This put to death our old sin nature, so that we could be free from sin. As verse 6 says, "we know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin". The point is that before coming to Christ I was hopelessly enslaved to sin, but now I have the potential for victory. This doesn't mean that I never sin anymore, but there is a new life and new hope available to me, as I learn to put away my old nature and live as God's child.
Lord, help me to die to self and put on the new life that You offer.