DEAD TO SIN
Romans 6:11-12
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
Personal Challenge
Many of the verses leading up to this passage inform us of all the work that Jesus has done to save us from the consequences of our sin. Now, Paul starts turning the spotlight on us and begins to point out those things that we can start doing with respect to sin in our lives. He reminds us that since we have been baptized into Christ that by faith in Him we can identify ourselves as dead to sin. Sin no longer has reign over us because Jesus has defeated sin. If we continue to sin, which we usually do, it is because we continue to submit our will to the lusts, the passions, of our mortal body. From baptism on we are continually working on fortifying our will to obey God and trying to diminish our will to defy God. The Christian life is a continual struggle to follow in the footsteps of our Lord. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!
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