Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 6:11
In the Chapter 5 of the Book of Romans, Paul speaks of the abounding grace of God which brings eternal life, and contrasts it with the fruit of abounding sin, death. He says that where sin abounded grace abounded much more, where one was held accountable for their sin, because of grace they were forgiven through the propitiation of the Saviour (Read Romans 4 and 5).
However, in this post we will discuss the life of faith, one where the justified individual walks by faith.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Many are under the impression that so long we confess with our lips that Jesus is Lord we will always be saved. It is true 'that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved'. However, there is a difference between simply confessing with the mouth and confessing and believing within one's heart.
God forbid that we should continue in sin, for we are dead to sin and are baptized into the death of Christ Jesus, that we may resurrect as He did to the newness of life.
What is this newness of life?
The newness of life is walking according to the Spirit, it is dying to sin and being alive to God. We no longer walk according to the flesh, not according to our passions and feelings, but according to the Spirit, by the mind serving the law of God. For those who are in the flesh cannot please God, for with the flesh is served the law of sin.
With that being said, what does it mean to be alive to God but dead to sin?
It means to walk in the newness of life, that is, according to the Spirit, becoming slaves of righteousness, a life of obedience unto righteousness, and freed from sin.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness. - Romans 6:12-13
LiFE Ministries Team
All Bible verses are taken from the King James Version 1611. -
Romans 6:21
Romans 6:1
Romans 10:9
Next week: Seeing our Faith (Glorification)
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