Dead to Sin, Alive to God
Romans 6:18 ASV
And being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
People generally don’t like to talk about death. Death is usually a topic reserved for quiet talk surrounding a coffin, or in moments of great fear, when death seems close and you can’t avoid it. Sometimes death is a conversation because it is so mysterious and powerful. Occasionally, death is something to celebrate. For example, how do you feel about bread? You may like a good sandwich, or a biscuit. All of those things require something. A seed had to die. Did you know that’s where wheat comes from? A seed is planted, it dies, and wheat is born from its death.
As believers we have a new beginning that we get to enjoy because of Christ, but, understand that when we were made alive in Christ we died. When Jesus came into our life, He destroyed the old man that had been there a long time. It’s called sin. What is sin? The Bible defines sin as missing the mark – not hitting the exact spot or standard that God has set. In other words, sin is not being perfect. Sin was in charge of our life before Jesus came in. We were a slave to sin.
Our sin was keeping us from God and Jesus killed it. Glory to God! When Christ came into our lives, we possess the very life of God himself. We became righteous by the reason of Christ resurrection. Sin do not control us anymore. We are a new creature, when temptation stares us in the face, we remind ourselves that we are better of, our identity and our life is superior to sin. As Paul stated in our anchor text saying, “thanks be to God, for in the past you were servants of sin, but now your obedience is heart deep, and your life is being molded by truth through the teaching you are devoted to. And now you celebrate your freedom from your former master—sin. You’ve left its bondage, and now God’s perfect righteousness holds power over you as his loving servants.”
Romans 6:17-18 TPT
CONFESSION
I walk in the newness of life
Sin has no dominion over me
I’m dead to sin and alive in Christ
I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus
Hallelujah!
