To be dead is to be set free from sin's ruling power and bondage so that it is no longer served or obeyed. This death takes place through union with Christ, in which the old self is crucified with Him and the body of sin is destroyed, openly shown in baptism into His death and resurrection. Those thus dead are to count themselves dead indeed to sin but alive to God, refusing to let sin reign in them or to yield to its lusts, but yielding themselves to God for righteousness under grace. The one so freed is made alive in Christ to walk in newness of life, with grace subduing natural desires and uprooting perverted appetites so that nothing of the old sinful life remains. This new life is kept only by continual union with Christ through living faith and whole surrender, by which His resurrection power and character stamp the heart and bring victory as sons of God.
Death to Sin Explained
To die to sin is to be freed from its reigning power and control and from its bondage and defilement and its rule and slavery and claim, so that sin is no longer lived in or served. This death takes place through union with Christ by being baptized into Christ and into His death and buried with Him by baptism into death, with the old man crucified with Him that the body of sin might be destroyed. Through union with Christ and living faith those dead with Him are crucified and dead with Him, rise with Him, and are then quickened by His Spirit so as to be filled with His life. Reaching this high standard is necessary in order to represent Christ aright.
This deadness is openly shown after profession of faith in Jesus by being buried with Him in baptism, which testifies before many witnesses to renunciation of sin. Baptism represents death to the world with its fashions and customs and evil practices, so that the baptized are to be dead to the world. Coming up out of the water is the symbol of resurrection, and through believing in Christ the baptized person experiences within himself the same divine power that raised Christ from the dead by the glory of the Father, whose power gives life. Like as Christ was raised up from the dead, so they walk in newness of life in the likeness of His death and resurrection.
Those dead with Christ are to reckon themselves dead indeed unto sin but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, and to live a new life by giving themselves to God and conforming to His will. They are to let not sin reign in the mortal body nor obey it in its lusts nor yield their members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin, but to yield themselves unto God as those alive from the dead with their members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over them because they are not under the law but under grace. As Christ being raised dieth no more and death hath no more dominion over Him, and in that He died He died unto sin once but in that He liveth He liveth unto God, so those dead with Christ shall also live with Him. The argument closes with the wages of sin being death but the gift of God being eternal life through Jesus Christ.
The converted person has broken the chain that bound him to the service of sin and stands in right relation to God, with his name enrolled in the Lamb's book of life.
Freed Life in Christ
To be freed from sin is to be made alive in Christ to walk in newness of life in the likeness of His death and resurrection, no longer living in sin or serving it, but dead to the world and alive to God and to Christ in order to live for God. This death is through union with Christ by being baptized into Him and into His death and buried with Him, with the old self crucified and the body of sin destroyed, and rising with Him as Christ was raised by the glory of the Father, so that those dead with Him shall also live with Him. Dying to sin is being freed from its control, rule, and claim, with God's grace subduing the natural desires, changing the disposition, and preparing the heart to love and enjoy heaven. Baptism pictures this death to the world with its fashions, customs, and evil practices, and the one baptized is to give self to God and conform to His will by the power that gives life.
Freedom from sin's bondage and defilement belongs to redemption itself and must be taught as part of the knowledge of salvation. Reaching this high standard, with the old self crucified and the body of sin destroyed so that sin is no longer served, is necessary in order to represent Christ aright, in the confidence that those dead with Christ shall also live with Him. True sanctification is being crucified with Christ, buried with Him, and then quickened by His Spirit so as to be filled with His life. The Sermon on the Mount gives the definition of this sanctification, and Christ's life of holiness is the object lesson of what His followers are to be.
In this freed life perverted appetites and passions are uprooted and cast away, never glossed over and never indulged, so that no part of the old sinful life remains. The children of God are not slaves of passion but live the Christ-life in purity and holiness, with words and actions reflecting His holiness, sanctified activity throughout the person, and unselfish service to God. The soul thus delivered from sin receives the new life shaped by Christ, to live for God.
That new life is kept only by continually receiving power from God through union with Christ, living faith, abiding in Him, constant dependence, and clinging close to Jesus with whole surrender for service. By abiding the believer learns what it is to be crucified with Him and becomes a partaker of His resurrection-life, is given power to obtain the victory and to become the sons of God, and glorifies Christ. His Spirit stamps the similitude of His character upon the heart, producing a sanctified soul and sanctified reason with a daily outworking of truth and a radiant, thankful life. The freed person is under solemn obligation to renounce evil, come under God's jurisdiction, cleave to Christ through earnest prayer, and do for the Master the personal work that no one else can do, with Christ formed within as the hope of glory, in order to wear the crown of life. To neglect devotion and refuse His service forfeits divine favor and leaves one exposed to Satan, while heaven's design through Christ's infinite sacrifice is to bring men and women back into favor with God in close relation to the Teacher sent from God.
To be dead is to be set free from sin's ruling power and bondage so that it is no longer served or obeyed. This death takes place through union with Christ, in which the old self is crucified with Him and the body of sin is destroyed, openly shown in baptism into His death and resurrection. Those thus dead are to count themselves dead indeed to sin but alive to God, refusing to let sin reign in them or to yield to its lusts, but yielding themselves to God for righteousness under grace. The one so freed is made alive in Christ to walk in newness of life, with grace subduing natural desires and uprooting perverted appetites so that nothing of the old sinful life remains. This new life is kept only by continual union with Christ through living faith and whole surrender, by which His resurrection power and character stamp the heart and bring victory as sons of God.
Death to Sin Explained
To die to sin is to be freed from its reigning power and control and from its bondage and defilement and its rule and slavery and claim, so that sin is no longer lived in or served. This death takes place through union with Christ by being baptized into Christ and into His death and buried with Him by baptism into death, with the old man crucified with Him that the body of sin might be destroyed. Through union with Christ and living faith those dead with Him are crucified and dead with Him, rise with Him, and are then quickened by His Spirit so as to be filled with His life. Reaching this high standard is necessary in order to represent Christ aright.
This deadness is openly shown after profession of faith in Jesus by being buried with Him in baptism, which testifies before many witnesses to renunciation of sin. Baptism represents death to the world with its fashions and customs and evil practices, so that the baptized are to be dead to the world. Coming up out of the water is the symbol of resurrection, and through believing in Christ the baptized person experiences within himself the same divine power that raised Christ from the dead by the glory of the Father, whose power gives life. Like as Christ was raised up from the dead, so they walk in newness of life in the likeness of His death and resurrection.
Those dead with Christ are to reckon themselves dead indeed unto sin but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, and to live a new life by giving themselves to God and conforming to His will. They are to let not sin reign in the mortal body nor obey it in its lusts nor yield their members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin, but to yield themselves unto God as those alive from the dead with their members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over them because they are not under the law but under grace. As Christ being raised dieth no more and death hath no more dominion over Him, and in that He died He died unto sin once but in that He liveth He liveth unto God, so those dead with Christ shall also live with Him. The argument closes with the wages of sin being death but the gift of God being eternal life through Jesus Christ.
The converted person has broken the chain that bound him to the service of sin and stands in right relation to God, with his name enrolled in the Lamb's book of life.
Freed Life in Christ
To be freed from sin is to be made alive in Christ to walk in newness of life in the likeness of His death and resurrection, no longer living in sin or serving it, but dead to the world and alive to God and to Christ in order to live for God. This death is through union with Christ by being baptized into Him and into His death and buried with Him, with the old self crucified and the body of sin destroyed, and rising with Him as Christ was raised by the glory of the Father, so that those dead with Him shall also live with Him. Dying to sin is being freed from its control, rule, and claim, with God's grace subduing the natural desires, changing the disposition, and preparing the heart to love and enjoy heaven. Baptism pictures this death to the world with its fashions, customs, and evil practices, and the one baptized is to give self to God and conform to His will by the power that gives life.
Freedom from sin's bondage and defilement belongs to redemption itself and must be taught as part of the knowledge of salvation. Reaching this high standard, with the old self crucified and the body of sin destroyed so that sin is no longer served, is necessary in order to represent Christ aright, in the confidence that those dead with Christ shall also live with Him. True sanctification is being crucified with Christ, buried with Him, and then quickened by His Spirit so as to be filled with His life. The Sermon on the Mount gives the definition of this sanctification, and Christ's life of holiness is the object lesson of what His followers are to be.
In this freed life perverted appetites and passions are uprooted and cast away, never glossed over and never indulged, so that no part of the old sinful life remains. The children of God are not slaves of passion but live the Christ-life in purity and holiness, with words and actions reflecting His holiness, sanctified activity throughout the person, and unselfish service to God. The soul thus delivered from sin receives the new life shaped by Christ, to live for God.
That new life is kept only by continually receiving power from God through union with Christ, living faith, abiding in Him, constant dependence, and clinging close to Jesus with whole surrender for service. By abiding the believer learns what it is to be crucified with Him and becomes a partaker of His resurrection-life, is given power to obtain the victory and to become the sons of God, and glorifies Christ. His Spirit stamps the similitude of His character upon the heart, producing a sanctified soul and sanctified reason with a daily outworking of truth and a radiant, thankful life. The freed person is under solemn obligation to renounce evil, come under God's jurisdiction, cleave to Christ through earnest prayer, and do for the Master the personal work that no one else can do, with Christ formed within as the hope of glory, in order to wear the crown of life. To neglect devotion and refuse His service forfeits divine favor and leaves one exposed to Satan, while heaven's design through Christ's infinite sacrifice is to bring men and women back into favor with God in close relation to the Teacher sent from God.