Friday, August 24, 2012

Romans 6

http://www.esvbible.org/Romans+6/

God's grace can overcome any and all sin. Since that is the case, should we keep sinning? Of course not. Jesus Christ, who despite being part of the Trinity of God, felt every ache and pain of a normal person. He was killed in one of the most brutal ways possible after being severely beaten because He wanted to repair your relationship with God. You must understand that when you wholeheartedly put your faith in Jesus, you are no longer responsible for the punishments of your sin because you have personally placed Jesus on the cross to take your place. You were dead before you put your faith in Jesus; therefore, you were dead with Christ, and at your baptism, you were metaphorically buried with Him. When you raised from the water, you were brought to new life. The old you was gone. With this new life comes new ways. You need to pray about what the desires of God's heart is in order to act in accordance to His will for your life. If you truly place your faith in Him you should have new desires because after we died with Christ, we live with Him. Christ died, but only once, when all the sins of humanity rested on Him, but He only died once, and when He came back, He defeated sin. So take your victory over sin and remove yourself from it's power by standing with Jesus. You should only do the things God approves of and never let any part of your body succumb to sin. Christians should live differently than other people because of Christ and the Holy Spirit. We are not controlled by the sinful natures of our flesh like the rest of humans are. But just because we are not controlled by sin doesn't mean we should give into sin. A slave can only serve one master. For humans, that master is sin or obedience to God. Offer yourself to what God approves of just as you once offered yourself to all the things that sin made you do. If you live a life of sin, you pay for it with death, but if you live in accordance to Jesus, you receive everlasting life.

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