Exodus 20:1-26; Psalms 60:1-61:8; Acts 11:1-18
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:11 NKJV
Jesus Christ, He who did no sin, took upon Himself all the sin of the world, dealt with it and was done with it once and for all! He was, in effect, “dead to sin” (v. 10). Paul, in his letter to the believers in Rome, tells them to “Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin…”. But Jesus Christ is God! How can we who daily battle sin, reckon ourselves to be “dead” to it? Christ identified us with Himself on Calvary, created all things new and removed us from the “old Adam” into Himself, the new Adam. Now, “alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord”, we too can have victory over sin! —Ray Jones
Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed His tender last farewell,
A Guide, a Comforter, bequeathed with us to dwell. —Harriet Auber