Dead to Sin, Alive to God Part 1
What shall we say then? Shall we continue still in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live yet therein? Know ye not, that all we which have been baptized into Jesus Christ, have been baptized into his death? We are buried then with him by baptism into his death, that like as Christ was raised up from the dead to the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we be planted with him to the similitude of his death, even so shall we be to the similitude of his resurrection, Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin, For he that is dead, is freed from sin.
The Epistle to the Romans 6:1-7
Good morning in the name of Christ Jesus
Indeed, what shall we say then or more to the matter what will we do? Should we continue to act within our carnal selves in order to prove God’s mercy and grace? No certainly not! We are to walk, as Paul states in the newness of life. We are now imputed, (a), that is to say credited with righteousness that is now found in our newness through Jesus Christ. If I might offer a simple analogy, it is like being caught speeding, let off with a warning, and then speeding away again as to prove the mercy shown to you by the officer. In doing this we not only disgrace ourselves, but furthermore show that we ignore the mercy shown to us, as if it has no real meaning to us. Grace and mercy are not a get out of hell free card.
We are now, and should act as if we too have died. We have died to selfishness, to carnality, to things of this temporal worldly plane, and to all things that lift up the wisdom of man in defiance to the wisdom that is God. Instead we are reborn into a new likeness, that of Christ and the Father who dwell within the realms of righteousness, love and mercy.
Friends, if you have see this, and have come to the light of the Gospel of Christ, pray with me, and accept God’s offer of mercy and grace.
Father I confess my sins, and come to you to seek your forgiveness. I acknowledge the sacrifice of your Son Jesus Christ and accept Him as my Redeemer and Savior. Clean me and mold me into a new creation. Amen
Some related Scripture upon which to meditate;
Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:12, 3:3 Ephesians 4:23; Hebrews 12:1; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Timothy 2:11
(a) To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; - Source Webster’s dictionary Ed. 1913 & 1828
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