“knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him,
that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be
slaves of sin.” (Romans 6:6, NKJV)
As I mentioned in one of the
previous articles, the Bible teaches us that if we have trusted in Christ, we
have been placed into Christ. Since that is the case, God considers us to have
died with Christ when He died on the cross.
In this passage, Paul writes
that when that happened, our old man was crucified with Him. By old man he is
referring to the old self. Some people call it the old nature. The Bible says
that “if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. Old things are passed away
and all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Our passage for today, Romans
6:6, tells us the purpose for this crucifixion of the old man – that the body
of sin might be done away with. Some translations say that the body of sin
might be rendered powerless, or made of no effect. The ultimate goal is so that
we should no longer be slaves for sin.
What we as Christians need to
do is to practice believing what God says is true. No matter how we feel about
our sinfulness and the power of sin over us, the Bible says that our old man
was in fact crucified so that the body of sin would be made ineffective so that
we would not be a slave of sin. If we find ourselves in slavery to sin, it’s
because we have voluntarily yielded to it, not because it has power or
authority of us.
At this Easter season, let’s
remind ourselves of what God says is true – our old self has been put to death.
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