Thursday, August 13, 2009
Romans 6:2 How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
NEW LIFE IN JESUS
So Paul asks the question: "How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?" The Christian person, who has been baptized into Christ's death, has had the power of sin destroyed for him. Therefore the idea that he then should continue in sin is completely false. Why should he continue to serve sin as his master when by his baptism he has killed sin and destroyed sin's power over him? Why should we who have died to sin continue in sin? Why should we who have died to sin live any longer in sin? It just doesn't make sense for someone who has defeated sin to submit to sin and obey sin all over again as though sin had won the victory.
The Christian person after his baptism now has the same kind of life Jesus had after His resurrection. After His resurrection Jesus was no longer under sin's power, no longer under death's power. So after our baptisms we are no longer under sin's power, no longer under death's power.
