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1 | What does dead to sin in Roman 6:2 mean | Rom 6:2 | EdB | 228642 | ||
What does the term we who died to sin mean? What actually changes in the person life? Are they still tempted? Can they still sin? If the continue in the sin not seeking forgiveness will they be eternally damned? If we say yes to those above answers what is different in a person that is not dead to sin? |
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2 | What does dead to sin in Roman 6:2 mean | Rom 6:2 | biblicalman | 228645 | ||
It means that we see ourselves as having died with Christ because He died for us. Having been made one with Him by the drenching of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12.12-13) His death becomes our death. Thus we are to reckon on it as true (Rom 6.11) and live our lives accordingly, for it also means that we have risen with Him. But we must not isolate its meaning from what has gone before. Our whole salvation depends on the fact that Christ died for us, and that we have by faith entered into His death, taking the benefit of it for ourselves. He has borne our sin. We have received the gift of righteousness. We cannot do this and continue to live unrighteously. Physically nothing happens. It is all in the realm of the Spirit, and in how we view sin and life. But clearly as our being made spiritually one with Christ is a reality, His power is available for us to be able to carry it into genuine experience. Are we still tempted? Yes we are tempted more than ever because we become objects of attention for Satan and his minions (Ephesians 6.10 ff). The Scripture makes clear that the Christian is often under temptation (1 Cor 10.13). Yes they can still sin, for he was speaking to people who were battling against sin and seeking to give them a new attitude towards it. If a man continues in sin without seeking forgiveness it is unlikely that he has been truly born from above, for his Shepherd would not allow him to continue in that way. Thus yes, he would be eternally damned if he did not come to repentance. But no genuine Christian can continue in such a way for long without experiencing God's chastening to bring him to repentance. 'Whom the Lord loves, He chastens' (Heb 12.6). There is a huge difference. For the one who is 'dead to sin' as a consequence of 'dying with Christ' has had brought home to him the true nature of sin, and has received the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, Who will raise him up and enable him to walk in newness of life. |
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3 | What does dead to sin in Roman 6:2 mean | Rom 6:2 | EdB | 228654 | ||
Biblicalman Thank you for you answer I can really get a hold on this statement you made, "Physically nothing happens. It is all in the realm of the Spirit, and in how we view sin and life. But clearly as our being made spiritually one with Christ is a reality, His power is available for us to be able to carry it into genuine experience." I think you are correct nothing magically happens that makes us immune to sin, we still can but our love for Christ makes us resist. I think that is what you said. :-) Now what scripture do you think best shows this? Thank you for your help in this quest |
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4 | What does dead to sin in Roman 6:2 mean | Rom 6:2 | biblicalman | 228661 | ||
The wonderful thing that does happen is that we become united with the risen Christ and therefore have His power available to us if our lives are fully yielded to Him. If we are Christians He and the Father come to live within us and we enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit. The way to a victorious life is yieldedness to Him. So we are not left alone to struggle on by ourselves. We have our risen Saviour dwelling in our hearts by faith (Ephesians 3.17). Possibly you could consider Galatians 2.20. 'I live, yet not I but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by confident trust in the Son of God Who loved me and gave Himself for me.' Here is the secret, letting Christ live through us after recognising that we have died to sin in Him. |
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