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ALIVE

What shall we say, then?

Shall we go on sinning so

that grace may increase?

By no means! We died to

sin; how can we live in it

any longer?

Or don’t you know that all

of us who were baptized into

Christ Jesus were baptized into

His death? We were therefore

buried with Him through baptism

into death in order that, just as Christ

was raised from the dead through the

glory of the Father, we too may live a

new life.

If we have been united with Him like

this in His death, we will certainly also

be united with Him in His resurrection.

For we know that our old self was crucified

with Him so that … Continue Reading

A NEW LIFE

We die to sin; how can we live

in it any longer? Or don’t you know

that all who were baptized into

Christ Jesus were baptized into His

death? We were therefore buried

with Him through baptism into

death in order that, just as Christ

was raised from the dead through

the glory of the Father, we too

may live a new life.

(Romans 6.2b-4).

HALLELUJAH THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

SUPERABUNDANT FAVOR

SUPERABUNDANT FAVOR

But then Law came in

to expand the trespass

and make it apparent.

But where sin increased

God’s unmerited favor

superabounded.

So that as sin reigned

in death,

even so grace ( unearned

favor) might reign through

righteousness to eternal life

through Jesus Christ or Lord.

( Romans 5.20 and 21).

OUR RESPONSE TO

GOD’S SUPERABUDANT

FAVOR

is to yield ourselves as a

living sacrifice to God

as we shall see in the

following verses.

(Those of us who were

baptized into Christ Jesus

were baptized into His death.

We were buried therefore

with Him through baptism into

death, so that just as Christ was

raised from the dead by the

glory of the Father, even so

we also should walk in newness

of life.

( Romans 6.1-3).

Meditate and … Continue Reading