“What
shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it
never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know
that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into
His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death,
so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so
we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we
shall also be in the likeness of His
resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be
done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has
died is freed from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we
shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the
dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. For the death
that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives
to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in
Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you
obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present
yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For
sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”
Romans 6:1-14 (NAS)
say then?” A disciple constantly does a self-examination. Am I continuing
to live in a sinful way? Am I truly crucified and dead? As disciples, we are
honest with ourselves. In our self-examinations no one but God is listening and
he already knows the solution to our issues.
perspective of our own experience of grace? Do we know that we are truly dead
to sin? Do we know that we are truly alive to God in Christ Jesus? Consider
that it is like Christ says it is.
the battle for our eternal destiny; since sin has nor more power and authority
over us, we live so our neighbors, friends, and families will see a person
alive in Jesus Christ. And daily, we live as instruments of righteousness. We
present ourselves to God daily as men and women who are truly alive.
to change our attitudes, to stop yielding to temptations and to allow
righteousness shine forth in our lives. The Lord Jesus is our master and he
rules us with grace!
you for your mercy and grace. Empower us today with your life and
righteousness. Enable us to resist all temptations. Grant that we may live
resurrected lives in Christ. This I pray in the name of Jesus. AMEN
courageous today living a resurrected life,