Scripture: Romans 6: 7-10
7 For the person who has died [with Christ] has been freed from [the power of] sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live [together] with Him, 9 because we know [the self-evident truth] that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin [ending its power and paying the sinner’s debt] once and for all; and the life that He lives, He lives to [glorify] God [in unbroken fellowship with Him].
Scripture Commentary:
We will all die but who will we die for? Are we living for worldly things or are we living for Christ? If we are living for Christ, then our old sinful self died once and for all, and we are free from its power. Paul has told us that through faith in Christ we are acquitted before God. We need no longer live under sin’s power.
So we are free!
What are we doing for Christ? When we were chained to sin, we lived as sinners. Now Christ has freed us from our sinful nature. Christ’s death and resurrection freed us to enjoy fellowship with him and to do His will.
So let us consider ourselves to be what God has in fact made us. We have a new start, and the Holy Spirit will help us become in our daily experience what Christ has declared us to be.
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