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For he that is dead is free from sin. Now if we be dead
with Christ we believe we shall also live with him.
"—Rom. 6: 7, 8.
" For in that he died, he died unto sin once; but in
that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye
also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto
God through Jesus Christ our Lord."—Rom. 6: 10, 11.
"Being then made free from sin, ye became the
servants of righteousness."—Rom. 6:18.
"He that is dead is free from sin." And this
freedom is attained now in this life. Hence immediately
follow the words, "Now if we be dead with him,"
etc. And just as Christ lives unto God, a holy life,
"likewise, in the same manner we should reckon
ourselves dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through
Jesus Christ our Lord. " Not dead to sin
prospectively, or only professedly, but DEAD INDEED UNTO
SIN. Actually dead and oblivious to sin. Having no more
part in the sins of this world than if literally dead and
buried. What can strongly and more positively express
absolute freedom from sin than the declaration that we are
dead indeed to sin? One might abstain from the commission
of sin and yet not be really dead to it. But when dead
indeed to any thing that must be the end of it. It means
that we have no more to do with sin than the dead who lay
in the cemetery have to do with the business of this
world. As natural death puts an end to all activities here
on earth, so complete salvation in Jesus is the terminus
of all human actions of a sinful character.
"But now being made free from sin, and become
servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the
end everlasting life. "—Rom. 6: 22.
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