Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Romans chapters six and seven cover the battle between the flesh and the spirit of the Christian.
And there is a battle.
On the one hand, we are saved by grace through faith. We didn’t do anything to get saved. We can’t do anything to stay saved. We don’t have to do anything to remain saved.
So, is it acceptable to continue in our sin?
Not at all.
The grace that saved us teaches us that such thinking is contrary to the doctrines of grace.
- We are dead to sin
- Sin has no more power over us
- We were buried with Christ as is pictured in our baptism
But sin continues to fight for control of our flesh.
Do we ignore the flesh and praise God for what He did in our spirit and soul?
No way!
We are not to yield to the sin of the flesh. We are to yield to the leading of the spirit.
What if a professing Christian chooses not to yield to righteousness?
Paul said that those who are dead to their sin[1] believe they also shall live in Christ.
Faith gives us the power to turn from a life of sin and to turn to a life of righteousness in the Lord.
[1] It’s not that they never sin, but that they are not under its control.
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