I am a sinner and that is as true today as it was before I accepted Christ as my Savior. I will continue sinning for the rest of my mortal life. I cannot escape sin as I am surrounded by it and the evil one continues to bombard me with the temptations of sin at every instance. Yet, even that I am a sinner, I have experienced the death of sin with Christ.
“6We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.” – Romans 6:6 (ESV)
With my acceptance of Christ as my Savior, I have experience death with my old body and have a new self filled with Christ. Sin is the thing that died in my body. I was given new life where I know of the sin that was holding me back and I have a path forward to stay away from that sin and experience life with Christ that is new and full of redemption.
Notice that I have not and will not claim that sin is gone. I am, as noted in my first sentence here, a sinner. I will always be subject to sin, and the evil one will continue attacking me with temptations of sin. The thing is, I now have my eyes open to the sin and have the Holy Spirit with me to guide me from the sin that is presented. I have a path out away from the sin. All I have to do is keep my eyes fixed on Jesus and where I will still be attacked by sin, I have the way to pass right by it.
I have to remember that the way out is through and that way through is with focus on Christ who took my sin upon Himself to make my way easier. Jesus took the road of death for me so that I would not have to take it myself. I am still subject to the sin all around me, yet I have the way through it with my eyes fixed on Him. My body of sin was washed clean and given the newness that was only available from Christ who took on my sin to give me freedom from it.
What is in your body? Are you allowing the sin in your life to rule over you? What if you accepted Christ as your Savior, allowed your body of sin to die, and were to focus on Jesus to allow yourself to go through the sin even as it fully surrounds you?
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