9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.
10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
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As believers we have the undeniable privilege of considering ourselves free from sin. The moment we accept Christ as Lord and Savior of our lives, we have died to the sin. We have the new ability to choose to serve God with our actions instead of ourselves.
Paul uses the term "even so" as the beginning of vs 11... Christ was raised from the dead, never to die again. It is a death died once, not over and over. It is however a daily struggle to depend on the Spirit to supply the strength, power and will to serve Christ and not our sinful passions that will hold on until we are glorified with Christ.
Are you living like you are dead to sin? Are you a slave to Christ?
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