Consider Yourself Dead

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11

There are some real advantages to being dead. You never get hungry or thirsty, you don’t get tired, and maybe best of all, you don’t sin.

There’s a profound biblical truth for you today: dead men don’t sin.

That’s why Paul told the believers in Rome to consider themselves dead when it came to sin.

Perhaps I should explain: Jesus doesn’t sin. And as Christians, we’re in Jesus. We exist in him. We have no life or existence outside of him. As Paul said, our lives are hidden in him (Col 3:3).

When you became a Christian, your former self died. You became an entirely new creation in Jesus Christ. And remember, Jesus doesn’t sin. So if you’re going to sin, you have to go and dig up and resuscitate your former, dead self. And that, believe me, is as nasty as it sounds.

The Bible says it’s something like a dog returning to his vomit.

So what’s the alternative? Embrace your new life. The message of Romans 6 is that it is against your nature to sin. You are not a struggling sinner who is trying to become holy. You’re a holy saint who is free from sin.

It’s a complete act of spiritual and emotional rebellion and backsliding for a follower of Jesus to sin. It’s simply against our nature.

Today, don’t walk as a struggling sinner that you’re not. Walk as the holy saint that you are.

And when you get tempted, consider yourself dead.

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