Dead To Sin, Free To Live

Good Morning!! Even though we as Christians, are dead to sin, sin's strong appeal can still cause us to struggle with feeling that we are more alive to sin, than we are to Christ. But Romans 6:1-11 teaches us that what is true of the Lord Jesus Christ, is true of us,...in terms of our relationship to sin and death. God the Father allowed His Son to "be sin" in order that all the sins of the world,...past, present and future, would fall on Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21) When Jesus died on the cross, our sins were on Him. But when He rose from the grave, there was no sin on Him. When He ascended to the Father, there was no sin on Him. And today, as He sits at the Father's right hand, there is no sin on Him. Since we are seated in the heavenlies in Christ, we too have died to sin.

In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.—Romans 6:11 (NIV)

Today's verse, summarizes what we are to believe about our relationship to sin,...because of our position in Christ. It doesn't really matter whether we feel dead to sin or not; we are to consider it so,...because it is so. People wrongly wonder, "What experience must I have in order for this to be true?" The only necessary experience is that of Christ on the cross, which has already happened. When we choose to believe what is true about ourselves and sin, and walk forward on that basis, our right relationship with sin, will work out in our experiences.

Christ already died to sin,...and because we are in Him, we have died to sin too.

Thus says the Lord;
""Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.""

(Isaiah 1:18 NIV)


"We can sleep in peace when we remember that God is always awake."