You and Your Sin

Some Sunday morning thoughts about my sin and your's.

Romans 6:12–14

“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.”

“Let?” Do we have a choice?  Yes of course we do.  We are not to be controlled by those passions that lead us away from Christ.  In short this is telling us to not make ourselves slaves to sin.  Don’t surrender to it.  We are to not roll over and allow it subjugate us. We have the choice to obey the will of God or the orders barked at us by our sinful desires.

“Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.”

Sin is not just something we trip into. It is something we knowingly walked (or run) to meet. We are active participants in our own sin.  We call the shots here. Sin does not take us by surprised.  We should never be shocked by it. (We are shocked at the effects it and how devastating they can be.) Let’s not be fooled by our own clever justification and excuses here.  We need to own the power we give sin.  We need to acknowledge we choose it over and against the will of God for our lives.  There is no doubt about this, we present ourselves to sin for it to rule and reign over us.

“For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.”

This is a very matter of fact statement!  We will not be dominated by sin, because of God’s grace. Done.  End of story.  It will not have a place in our lives.  This is oil and water.  Sin and grace cannot cohabitate.  This is not because of our own determination, but because of God’s grace and Christ love. Only when we spit on the work of Christ and chase away grace (figuratively) do we hand over controlle of our passions and desires to sin.