Romans 6:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 knowing that Christ,
having been raised from
the dead, dies no more.
Death no longer has
dominion over Him.
Romans 6:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
Romans 6:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Vs 9, 10--before we can go any farther to eliminate sins from our life, we must know [be convinced, understand] what Christ did at the Cross. He died once to complete the dismantlement of sin as a ruling power in our life.
His Life could not be resisted. His Life continues to please the will of God, His Father.
Vs. 11--Likewise, our life means the same. The power and excuse to Sin has been eliminated. Our old life has an end. Having His Life within us, sin cannot resist His Life.
And that same Life has the desire to please the Father. This is what we live for.
A professing Christian who does not desire to live for the Father even as Christ is in a dangerous state between himself and Christ.
Either he has not been to the Cross and new Life poured into Him or he possesses the Seed of Life but has failed to understand His position in Christ.
And to remain in that state of little Life poses Him to a greater fight with the flesh and with Satanic forces which will take every opportunity to prey upon him. Satan will do everything possible to take advantage of his Biblical ignorance to create overwhelming doubts to pull him away from Christ as far as possible. The goal is turn as many away from Christ as possible.
The final statement of one turned away is
this: "The Christian life doesn't work.
They are all hypocrites."
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