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You didn't die to sinful impulses, you died to the penalty of sin

Why persist is rebellious habits not worthy of him? Christ calls us to nobility, authority, power and kingship. When we persist in sin, we are like children who want to play with plastic toy soldiers. It's time to put away the toys and stop playing games

When sin presents itself to you, don't give on. You have a new standard, a new identity before God as a justified man because you died to the condemned status. Don't let sin have its way with you because that is inconsistent with what God has done for tou

God didn't destroy something in us but something against us

Since the old man was crucified in order that the body of sin was done away with, they cannot be the same thing.

We must humbly but forcefully reject the emphasis many have promoted through the years. Our old man is not something inside us. It does not refer to our old sinful nature nailed to the cross. We can stop puzzling over how something that has died can still cause problems. The judgement that rose against us died, the verdict of condemnation.

When we died to sin, we died to the penalty of sin, not to the power or influence of our lives, not to an old nature within us, not to the cravings of the flesh.

Dead to sin refers to being dead to the experience of sinning. Well intentioned remarks, but this statement misses the remark. "Why have I died to sin, am I still tempted? Why do I yield to it?"

It promises life but gives death

Sin promises life, but gives death.

Sin promises life, but gives death.

Sin promises life, but gives death.