A Resurrected Life

“What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is freed from sin. 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. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” Romans 6:1-14 (NAS)

"What shall we say then?" A disciple constantly does a self-examination. Am I continuing to live in a sinful way? Am I truly crucified and dead? As disciples, we are honest with ourselves. In our self-examinations no one but God is listening and he already knows the solution to our issues.

What is our perspective of our own experience of grace? Do we know that we are truly dead to sin? Do we know that we are truly alive to God in Christ Jesus? Consider that it is like Christ says it is.

Since sin has lost the battle for our eternal destiny; since sin has nor more power and authority over us, we live so our neighbors, friends, and families will see a person alive in Jesus Christ. And daily, we live as instruments of righteousness. We present ourselves to God daily as men and women who are truly alive.

It’s up to us, then, to change our attitudes, to stop yielding to temptations and to allow righteousness shine forth in our lives. The Lord Jesus is our master and he rules us with grace!

Dear Father, thank you for your mercy and grace. Empower us today with your life and righteousness. Enable us to resist all temptations. Grant that we may live resurrected lives in Christ. This I pray in the name of Jesus. AMEN

Be strong and courageous today living a resurrected life,