God frees us from sin through the death of His Son
“Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.
For the death that He died, He died to sin, once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.” – Romans 6:8-10Romans 6:8-10
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8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
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God frees us from sin through the death of His Son.
As a good teacher, the apostle Paul understood that important truths bear repeating.
Thus in today’s passage he repeats and expands on the important truth he presented earlier in Romans 6: believers died with Christ. Through that death, sin’s dominion over us was broken.
The rock-solid foundation of the believer’s forgiveness from sin is Christ’s victory over sin and death.
When our Lord rose from the dead, He proved that He had shattered the power of sin and death (Rom. 4:25Rom. 4:25
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25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
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54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? grave: or, hell
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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And since believers are identified with Christ in His death and resurrection (Rom. 6:3-5Rom. 6:3-5
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3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? were: or, are
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
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That Christ was the perfect sacrifice for sin is an essential New Testament truth. The Book of Hebrews expresses that important reality repeatedly, nowhere more clearly and forcefully than in 10:10-14: “By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
And every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time onward until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet.
For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.” Christ “died to sin” not only to break its power but to pay its penalty— death (Rom. 6:23Rom. 6:23
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23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross,” wrote Peter, “that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed” (1 Peter 2:241 Peter 2:24
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24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. on: or, to
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Believers are dead to sin’s power and penalty. “Thanks be to God through Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 7:25Rom. 7:25
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25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
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Suggestions for Prayer:
Praise God for sending His Son to bear your sins (2 Cor. 5:212 Cor. 5:21
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21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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For Further Study:
Memorize 1 Corinthians 6:201 Corinthians 6:20
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20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
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From Strength for Today by John MacArthur Copyright © 1997. Used by permission of Crossway Books, a division of Good News Publishers, Wheaton, IL 60187, www.crossway.com.
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