For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom 6:10-11)
Dead equals non responsiveness.
Dead people can't answer, they can't breathe, they can't live or enjoy anything. They are uncommitted, non reactive...they can't be provoked. When you speak to a dead person, he does not answer. A dead person cannot see, he cannot taste, handle or touch. He cannot sense or have an opinion; he cannot debate with you or give an argument. The dead cannot move or revel in anything because there is no ability to activate or animate - He is dead.
We should be dead to Sin, but alive to God! Reacting to Christ, hearing Christ, thinking of Christ, seeing Christ Taste and See that the Lord is Good. Drink the living water; taste of the Bread of Life. Make melodies in your heart and let it overflow with a good theme (Ps 45:1) Our life should be in Christ - not in sin. We are dead to the World, but alive in CHRIST!
Feb 19, 2008
Dead to Sin - Alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord
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Troy:
These passages also come to my mind:
John 11:23-25 -
11:23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
11:24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again on the last day.”
11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live,”
1 Cor 15:22-23 -
15:22 For as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.
15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
Also Romans 5:14,17 -
5:14 Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those
whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come.
5:17 If, because of one man’s trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free
gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Romans 14:9 -
14:9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
Finally, Christ in his risen state is always shown in Scripture to have overcome and to be victorious. See Rev 1:17f -
1:17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,
1:18 and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
Kevin Franco
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