Troy a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
MORAL DECISION ABOUT SIN
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin
might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." Romans 6:6
Co-Crucifixion. Have I made this decision about sin - that it must be killed
right out in me? It takes a long time to come to a moral decision about sin, but
it is the great moment in my life when I do decide that just as Jesus Christ
died for the sin of the world, so sin must die out in me, not be curbed or
suppressed or counteracted, but crucified. No one can bring anyone else to this
decision. We may be earnestly convinced, and religiously convinced, but what we
need to do is to come to the decision which Paul forces here.
Haul yourself up, take a time alone with God, make the moral decision and say -
"Lord, identify me with Thy death until I know that sin is dead in me." Make the
moral decision that sin in you must be put to death.
It was not a divine anticipation on the part of Paul, but a very radical and
definite experience. Am I prepared to let the Spirit of God search me until I
know what the disposition of sin is - the thing that lusts against the Spirit of
God in me? Then if so, will I agree with God's verdict on that disposition of
sin - that it should be identified with the death of Jesus? I cannot reckon
myself "dead indeed unto sin" unless I have been through this radical issue of
will before God.
Have I entered into the glorious privilege of being crucified with Christ until
all that is left is the life of Christ in my flesh and blood? "I am crucified
with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me."
Amen
Troy
MORAL DECISION ABOUT SIN
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin
might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." Romans 6:6
Co-Crucifixion. Have I made this decision about sin - that it must be killed
right out in me? It takes a long time to come to a moral decision about sin, but
it is the great moment in my life when I do decide that just as Jesus Christ
died for the sin of the world, so sin must die out in me, not be curbed or
suppressed or counteracted, but crucified. No one can bring anyone else to this
decision. We may be earnestly convinced, and religiously convinced, but what we
need to do is to come to the decision which Paul forces here.
Haul yourself up, take a time alone with God, make the moral decision and say -
"Lord, identify me with Thy death until I know that sin is dead in me." Make the
moral decision that sin in you must be put to death.
It was not a divine anticipation on the part of Paul, but a very radical and
definite experience. Am I prepared to let the Spirit of God search me until I
know what the disposition of sin is - the thing that lusts against the Spirit of
God in me? Then if so, will I agree with God's verdict on that disposition of
sin - that it should be identified with the death of Jesus? I cannot reckon
myself "dead indeed unto sin" unless I have been through this radical issue of
will before God.
Have I entered into the glorious privilege of being crucified with Christ until
all that is left is the life of Christ in my flesh and blood? "I am crucified
with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me."
Amen
Troy
