…How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein (Romans 6:2).
The Apostle Paul, talking about our righteousness, salvation and the grace that weβve received from God and how they came about, made the statement in our opening verse. He wasnβt referring to himself and the other apostles alone, but to all of us; weβre dead to sin. That means sin has no power over you, because the nature of sin was supplanted with the nature of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 15:56 lets us know that the strength of sin is the law, but then, the very thing that gave life to sin, which is the law, has been abolished by Jesus. Ephesians 2:15 says He ββ¦abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinancesβ¦.β The Lord Jesus has given us victory over sin, death and the grave! Weβve been made, not just righteous, but the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. See yourself in this light.
The Word of God is Light, and itβs also a mirror that shows who you really are. 2 Corinthians 3:18 says, βBut we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.β Now, the Word says youβre dead to sin. As you contemplate that reality in the Word, youβre metamorphosed into that truthβinto the same image that is revealed in the mirror.
The image in the mirror is that of one whoβs dead to sin but alive to God and unto righteousness. Thatβs you! Your response should be, βYes! Iβm dead to sin, and alive to God, and to righteousness, because Iβm the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.β
Romans 6:11 says, βLikewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.β God wants you to become conscious that youβre dead to sin. Take this as an absolute truth and live accordingly. Refuse to think that youβre a slave to sin or any wrong habit; become righteousness-conscious.
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CONFESSION
Iβm cleansed and vitalized through and through by the power of the Word. Iβm washed; Iβm sanctified; Iβm justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Amen!
FURTHER STUDY:
James 1:22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
1-Year Bible Reading Plan
Acts 17:1-15 & Job 3-5
2-Year Bible Reading Plan
2 Corinthians 13:1-6 & Isaiah 23-24
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