What is now the position of those who are spiritually united with Christ: a)in relation to sin, and b) in relation to God? How has this change been affected? Answer: We are dead to sin and alive in Christ, righteous before God.
This being our position in Christ, how are we so to enjoy and express it as to live a life of victory over sin? See verses 11-14; and note the key words, ‘consider’, ‘let not’, ‘yield’. Answer: Let me start by saying as I was typing the ‘notes’ section for today, I was thinking body, members, don’t let them sin. So I was thinking of this in relation to the church. The reading makes it seem more like it is in reference to the body. What are your thoughts?? But anyway back to the question….You are to give yourself over to Christ in God so that you obey His Word and the life He has planned for you.
Notes
The question in verse 1 arises out of what Paul has said in chapter 5, especially verse 20.
V3-10 are an exposition of v2.
V6. ‘The sinful body’ means ‘the body in which sin ruled’, whose members were employed in sin’s service (see v 13-19).
V7. A statement of the general principle that death ends all obligations and relationships (cf 7:1-2) is here applied to our former relationship to sin.
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