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I died to sin

When I converted, I went through several decisive steps to understand how to live according to the spirit and not according to the flesh. The first was an understanding of chapters 6, 7 and 8 of the Epistle to the Romans.

Until then, when temptation presented itself to me, I thought that any resistance would end in defeat, I felt weak. I was like many Christians who use the words of Paul in Romans 7 to justify their behavior in the face of sin:

"I do what I don't want to do, I don't do what I want to do, I'm sold into sin." (Rom 7:14-17) After all, if Paul couldn't do it, I thought, who am I to be able to do it? We can even go further and say, "It is not I who sin, it is my flesh, God knows my heart!" This reasoning is dangerous; it prevents us from walking in holiness! Without holiness, no one will see the Lord!

My first revelation was to understand that through my baptism and identification with the death of Jesus, I died for sin. That means, it no longer has the power to force me to sin, because I died for it.

It is exactly the same thing if you offer drugs to a corpse: he will be insensitive to it, because he is dead.

So baptism is not a reward for your sanctification, but what makes it possible!

Are you baptized? Have you publicly identified with the death and resurrection of Jesus? Don't expect to be perfect, on the contrary, without Jesus it is impossible!

Baptism is the starting point of the Christian life.

I invite you to read chapter 6 of the Epistle to the Romans, ideally in several different versions.

Make this statement aloud:

I died with Christ, I am one with Him, I am alive in Jesus and sin no longer has power over me.

David Théry

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