No or Know? Are we dead?

The key to victory in the Christian life is always surrender. Surrender to the revealed will of God. Surrender to His Word, Surrender to His plans for us. What Frederick Buechner called "The Magnificent Defeat". This is one war where you want to suffer defeat, for the Conquering King is benevolent, full of grace and mercy. Paul makes it abundantly clear in Romans 6 that we will be slaves to someone or something. We are slaves to sin or slaves of God (oh but I'm getting way ahead of myself).

Question for you; Do you experience victory over sin very often? Or are you defeated at every turn? One thing is for certain, God's desire and plan for us is to walk in victory not defeat.

One crucial key to victory is to know the Word. Not only know it but appropriate its power. The first several verses in Romans 6 explain our immersion into Christ (btw, this is a dry passage...no water here). We are DEAD TO SIN. Now there is a world of power in this truth. If you are dead to sin then what power does it have over you? How would a corpse respond when confronted with (insert your big temptation here)?

So when confronted with Sin we can do the usual...Shout no, no, no! Or, like Paul, we can KNOW, KNOW, KNOW our amazing position in Christ and, by faith, claim it.

Another way to look at Romans 6 is KNOW, RECKON, YIELD. We know our old self was crucified / We reckon (or consider) this to be true / We yield ourselves to God.

I'll make you a deal...today you pray for me, that I will experience victory over sin and I will pray for you. I really will...promise...I will pray for everyone that reads this and I know that God will answer. Wanna know how I know God will answer that prayer?

1 John 5:14,15

Peace

Barry