Sunday 21 January 2007

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

Romans 6 1 ‑ 14 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

Identification with life through Jesus
God is always enthusiastic about our lives. God knows our lives better than we do.
We cannot have victories without facing battle

Identification with victory over every situation which entangles us in our lives. We need to start seeing as Jesus sees. "Our problems disappear" we need to have perspective over our problems.

Identification with eternal life. One day we'll be in Heaven and worshipping God. By identifying with Jesus, we benefit in his resurrection, but then at the same time, we need to identify with Jesus in his death too. We need to die and be buried. When we are buried we come to resurrection life.
John 14 v 15 ‑ If we identify with Christ, we have to identify with the government of God. We need to obey God's commands.

Identification with the fact we are now separated. Now we have to bury the dead and have to leave things behind us.
We bury:
Past hurts ‑ our past sins have been completely forgiven. Col 2 v 11‑12
Past Sins
Past Failures ‑ We still fail but by faith it is made perfect.
We do not need to live with our failures any longer.
We do our best and God does the rest.
We separate our lives from curses and blessings are promoted. ‑ Deut 30 v 6‑ 10.

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