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What is Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ means
Martyn Lloyd-Jones commenting on Romans 6:11, So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. We are told to realize, and to hold before ourselves and in our consciousness constantly, something that is already true of our position or status. It is not an exhortation to us to do…
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The Dead Cat and our Sin
I heard about a man who saw his dog walking across his lawn with his neighbors dead cat in his mouth. The man was horrified to see that the dog had killed the cat. He was determined to try and not allow his neighbor know about it. So, he took the cat from the dog…
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Someone’s Got to Die
Romans 6:11-12—”So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.” How intimately the believer’s duties are interwoven with his privileges! Because he is alive to God, he is to renounce sin, since that…