Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
Are you struggling with sin and obedience today? Or are you
trusting what Jesus has done for you on the Cross, and in his death,
burial and resurrection? I have good news for you today, my friend!
YOU ARE DEAD
TO SIN! That's what the bible says! The bible tells us NOT to let
sin reign in your mortal body.....but it also tells us HOW.
In Romans 6, it says to offer yourself as an instrument
of righteousness! Not only are we instruments of righteousness, the Word of God
says we are SLAVES OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS. You were once a slave to sin. When Jesus died,
your "old man" also died. Anyone who has died, has been set free from
sin. It is no longer you that lives, but Christ in you that lives! That's very
good news my friend. We are
counted righteous because of His gift of righteousness. Not
anything that we have done, or can do. We can't add anything to it. He
gave us righteousness as a gift! We have been set free from the slavery of sin.
You are now a slave of righteousness. Meditate on that for a moment.
YOU ARE A NEW
CREATION! Sin is no longer your master. Because of what Jesus did
for us, we are no longer under the law, but under grace. We are not obedient
because the law says we have to be obedient, but we are obedient because when
Jesus died, and gave us the gift of His righteousness, we were so grateful,
that we longer wanted to sin against God! And as we allow Him to live and love
through us, we change from the inside out. We are ALIVE IN HIM.
God loved us so much that He gave us His one and only Son,
to die for us. In our place. He knew we couldn't keep the law in our own
strength. So He provided a sacrificial lamb for us. JESUS. Won't you walk in the favor and blessings
God meant for us to have today? Won't you trust in the finished work of the
Cross today, and thank God for sending His son to be the reconciliation between
God and man?
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