DEAD BUT ALIVE. Something very remarkable has happened that changed my life completely. I died when Christ died for my sins. He did that once and for all. It does not have to be repeated either for me or by me. Now that He is alive, I am alive, and death (separation from God) cannot happen, either to Him or to me, because now, I am dead to sin (separated from sin) and made alive to God through Christ.
The result is that I am not powerless against sin. I do not have to let sin rule me. Now, everything I am and have can be used by God and for God. But I still have my will, and sin still tries to claim my time and as much of me as it can. I still have a choice.
In my new life, I want to and, with God’s help, can serve Him. The proof of my new life is my obedience to the One I serve. By God’s grace, I do not want to serve sin even for a little bit or for some special reason. By God’s grace, I want to be available to Him at all times.