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The Continued Walk down Romans Road ~Kicking out the Sin in our Life
In a nutshell, Adam and Eve sinned and brought sin into the
world, so many people have had to live and die in sin, but Christ came that
this could be removed! Jesus died so we could be forgiven of our sins and be
made right with God. That is what righteousness is, being right with God. All
our lives we may be doing the wrong things, we may even think we are doing the
right things like man of the Jews did that Paul spoke to in his letter to
Romans, but that same forgiveness that we get today He gave them and showed
them that was all they needed to do; believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and be
saved! Saved from sin and death.
When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so
death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. Yes, people sinned even before
the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any
law to break. 14 Still, everyone died—from
the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even
those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam
is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come. But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the
sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his
gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ. And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that
one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation,
but God’s free gift leads to our
being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins. For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death
to rule over many. But even greater is God’s
wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live
in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ. Romans
5:12-17
It is a gift that God gave us, the grace that gives us
righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit! In this gift, when we receive
it we too can triumph over sin and death!
Yes, Adam’s
one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with
God and new life for everyone. Because one person disobeyed God, many became
sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous. 0
God’s law was given so that all
people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became
more abundant. So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death,
now God’s wonderful grace rules
instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:13-21
What a great thing to remember at this time of year! We are
about to celebrate Thanksgiving in the U.S.A. at the time of this writing, we
can be thankful for the gift of God’s grace, and His forgiveness of our sins
that wipes our slate clean of everything we were doing wrong. God gives us new
life, new hope and a new start when we chose to believe and accept Him as our
Lord and the Savior who cleansed us from our sinful nature. All we had to do
was ask for forgiveness and it’s washed away! Those sins were put to death on
the cross when Christ died for us, though that may be hard to understand at
first, once you realize the freedom He gave you it will amaze you!
Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us
more and more of his wonderful grace? Of
course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? Or have you forgotten that when we were joined
with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were
buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by
the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
Since we have been
united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. 6 We
know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might
lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died
with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with
Christ, we know we will also live with him. We are sure of this because Christ was raised
from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over Him.
10 When He died, He died once to break the power of sin. But now that He lives,
He lives for the glory of God. So you
also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God
through Christ Jesus. Romans 6: 1-11
How do you keep sin out of your life?
How do you live a life that shows that we know we are set
free from the power of sin?