Dead
To Sin But Alive To God
What shall we say,
then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are
those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know
that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that,
just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too
may live a new life.
For if we have been
united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him
in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was
crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that
we should no longer be slaves to sin— because anyone who has died has been set
free from sin.
Now if we died with
Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since
Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has
mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life
he lives, he lives to God.
In the same way, count
yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans
6:1-11
Jesus was crucified,
buried, and raised to life. Because of that, those of us who have put our faith
in Jesus now have a new life. We no longer have to be controlled by sin or fear
of death. And one day we too will be resurrected to live with Him.
To
show His love Jesus died for us; to show our love, we live for him.
Our
Daily Bread – April 7, 2013