Romans 6:5-7
5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.
5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.
We died with and in Christ, and are baptized in Him to rise again as new creatures. So we will also be resurrected just as we have been co-crucified; we died to the life of a condemned sinner, set free from the master of sin and conveyed to life as slaves to righteousness. This is what it means to be dead to sin and set free from its dominion in Christ. So how can we continue to repeat the motions of serving our old master when we are dead to him, alive in newness of life, and serve another in grace now?
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