ROMANS 6:11. “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” 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 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 of this 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 have a choice still.
In my new life I want to, and by God’s help, can serve Him. The proof of new life is in 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.
“I am so grateful Father, for this life Thou hast given me. It has been a long time since I was under the dominion of sin, but even now sin tries to get the upper hand and bring me down to where I am of no use to Thee. I pray that I will never lose sight of this new life and the privilege of serving Thee in the freedom of grace. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”