Romans Chapter 6: Dead to Sin.
How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? [the question Paul is answering in this chapter.]
Our Old Sinful nature is crucified put to death with Christ, that the body of sin may be done away with. That is, the power of sin, broken off our lives. We have become, Dead to Sin, No Longer its Slaves: for slaves have no say or power.
For as many of us were baptised into Christ were baptised into His death. Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Here Paul is associating Christ’s resurrection to the newness of life we live here and not intending it for the purpose of being raised in the body of immortality.
Consider: the same Christ’s body was raised, made new [renewed]. If Paul was using the example of we being united in His death, as an aspect of us dying on the cross [the old man being crucified] yet we live. It does not quite makes sense for him to turn around and associate the likeness of His resurrection to us being raised from the dead as in into our immortal habitation. But he is repeating the point he made in previous verse of being baptised into His death and raised to walk in newness of life. That is being raised free from sin.
This is not to discount the resurrection, which will come at the return of the Lord along with His saints and the elect of Christ living will be changed like Him dressed in immortality. But considering Paul started this discourse to simply answer this question: “How can we who died to sin any longer live in it?” So he breaks it down into two parts:
In the first part: Paul associates the likeness of His death to the death of the the old man which was crucified with Christ, that the body of sin maybe done away with and we should no longer be slaves to sin. So he who has died has been set free from sin. If he was speaking of being raised from the death as in the final day, then it makes no sense to say we will no longer be slaves of sin. Since sin has no power in haven or the age to come. Then being set free from sin is our old man the sin nature being crucified with Christ and put to death.
In Second part: Then the likeness of His resurrection, Paul is referring to is, just as Christ was raised free from our sins, we are also raised like Him to live a life free from sin. In Galatians 2:20 Paul says it is no longer I who lives but Christ lives in me. That is the new nature in me is Christ living in me. So we can say we having died with Christ die no more. The death we died with Christ we died to sin once. And the life we live now in Christ we live to God. If anyone is in Christ he has passed from death to Life. Death has no longer has dominion over him.
Just as Christ body was raised, free from our sins, we are also raised by The Holy Spirit, Free from Sin in our body. Now, therefore do not let sin reign in your Mortal bodies [a body of dust, yet no longer slave of sin] to obey its lusts, nor present your body to the working of unrighteousness [evil] to sin. But to God, as one alive from the dead and your body for the purposes of righteousness to God.
Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. 1 Peter 2:24
Now you have been given dominion over your body: Sin shall not have dominion [lordship] over you because you are not under law but the freedom of grace. You become slave of whomever you chose to obey.
- Sin leading to death.
- Obedience to righteousness.
Thanks be to God, though once you were slaves to sin, [you have become obedient from the heart to a form of teaching to which you were delivered committed: acceptance of the Gospel, salvation in Christ]. AND having been set free from sin have become slaves of righteousness. As you have once presented [yielded] yourselves as slaves to impurity and escalating wickedness – Now yield yourselves as slaves of righteousness leading to holiness.
When slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness; the fruit of it things that you are now ashamed of [evidence of change of nature]. Now being set free from sin have become slaves of God; fruit to holiness and the end everlasting life. [The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.]
Q&A: If grace is plenty and abounding and we are Not under law but under grace then does it really matter how we live even if it is in sin? Yes, if we have died to the person we were, the things that allured us should not hold sway over us any more, we are made a new creature in Christ. And if we are now ashamed of the things we have done while slaves of sin why we would we seek to continue in it.
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