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NASB | Romans 6:2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:2 Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer? |
Bible Question:
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? |
Bible Answer: 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. |