Dead to sin, alive to God!

In the same way, count yourselves 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 evil desires. Romans 6:11-12

Lenten season reminds us that Lord Jesus Christ suffered, crucified, died and rose again for our sins. He has released us from the slavery of sin & death. We are no more alive to sin but we are dead to sin and alive as a new creation in Lord Jesus Christ (2 Corn. 5:17).

He has redeemed us from our old sinful nature by shedding His Holy & Precious Blood on the Cross of Calvary. We are no longer slaves of sin and sin should not be our master. Like after the death slave he is frees from the slavery of his master. In the same way Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins to make us living to God. As Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead to leave this world (Jn.13:1) and He rose to live to God. We are also in and through the resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ rose to live to God.

These verses show how we must behave in our new resurrection life. Our whole attitude to sin must change. Every part of the body can sin. With our eyes, we can look at wrong things. With our ears, we can listen to bad talk. With our mouth we can say things that can hurt other people. With our hands we can work in bad ways. With our feet we can go to places that we should avoid. We should not use ourselves as instruments of sin but in and through the resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ we should do what God wants.

Friends, now choice is before us either to allow old sinful nature to master over us or continue to allow Lord Jesus Christ to be our Master and Saviour.

May God strengthen you through His grace and the power of His Holy Spirit to live for Him and to serve Him.
God bless you.

Yours in His service,
Rev. Varinder Kumar