“Crucified With Christ”

 “Crucified With Christ”

For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.   Romans 6:6-7

When a person comes to Jesus Christ, the Only Son of the Living God, for the SALVATION of their WRETCHED, SIN-DRENCHED soul, they come to the foot of the cross, and their OLD sinful self is put to death and the NEW REDEEMED self is FREED from their SLAVERY to sin.  This does NOT mean that they will never sin again.  The Word of God does not tell us that the sin nature is removed at SALVATION or ever done away with in this life.  While we are DEAD to SIN, we still are held in UNREDEEMED FLESH.  The physical body is CONTROLLED or RULED by SIN.  That is why we MUST LIVE by FAITH and NOT by the FLESH.  

We MUST BELIEVE that we are FREE from sins’s hold on us.  And since we have been CRUCIFIED and UNITED with Jesus, we NO LONGER SHOULD BE SLAVES to SIN.  And just as Jesus Christ was RAISED from the dead through the Glory of the Father, we too may have a NEW LIFE (V 4).  Unfortunately, for those who have NOT SURRENDERED to CHRIST JESUS, and have NOT been CRUCIFIED with Him, they have NO SUCH HOPE.  They are SLAVES to their SINS and CONTROLLED by their SINFUL desires.  The ONLY WAY for them to obtain such HOPE, is to come to the foot of the cross, and be CRUCIFIED and UNITED with CHRIST, and to KNOW that their OLD SINFUL SELF has been CRUCIFIED and they NOW have a NEW LIFE, one that SHOULD NOT be in BONDAGE to SIN and its HORRIBLE DESTINY.

In order to have that HOPE and to be FREE from SIN’S hold on you, you MUST be WILLING to be CRUCIFIED with CHRIST JESUS, and UNITED with Him.  To do that you MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, Christ Jesus, who DIED in YOUR PLACE.  And you MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then you MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And be CRUCIFIED with CHRIST, and ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and NO LONGER be a SLAVE to SIN and its DESTINY of an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.   Instead, receive a DESTINY 0f HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS for ALL of ETERNITY.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!