A Dead Issue The law is a dead issue to believers in Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul talks about our relationship to the law by using the illustration of the law of marriage, that if a spouse is alive, then they are bound by the law to remain in the marriage. But if that spouse […]

The Worst Injustice of All Time It would be the worst injustice of all time if sin got away with what it has done. Justice demands that sin gets what it deserves, if sin is to receive its due payment. The Apostle Paul tells us what that payment is. “For the wages of sin is […]

Whom Shall We Serve Whom we serve determines our destiny. “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?” (Romans 6:16) When we come to belief in Jesus Christ we are […]

Yielded and Submitted It’s not that we are to just avoid sin, but rather what the Apostle Paul commands is that we are to resist it, that is, no longer allow ourselves to be at its disposal. Therefore, let’s be careful not to allow sin to reign in our mortal bodies, that we should obey […]

Have You Been Reckoned? The word “reckon” is used by the Apostle Paul several times in chapter four speaking about Jesus’ righteousness being counted and imputed unto us by faith (Romans 4:2-25). “Reckoned” is an accounting term implying something being charged to someone’s account. In chapter six Paul is again using this word talking about […]

We Shall Live With Christ The conclusion of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection is that for all those who believe in Him are now dead to sin and alive in Christ, which means that they shall live with Christ throughout all eternity beginning with their acceptance and belief. Think about it – the reality is […]

Kill the Old Man Now the term, “old man” has nothing to do with age, but everything to do with what happened to us ages ago. The Apostle Paul uses this phrase on three occasions in three different letters all referring to the old life of sin that Paul says was crucified, that is, it […]

A Whole New Way Baptism is a symbolic picture of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For a believer in Jesus Christ, being submerged under the water is to proclaim to the world that they have died to self and have been buried in Christ. Being raised from the water is then the […]

The Two Aren’t Compatible When we sin we abuse God’s grace. When we believe that God’s grace gives us free reign and encourages sin; then we either don’t understand God’s grace, or we abuse the grace and mercy of God. When a person comes into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, it doesn’t mean that […]

God’s Greater Grace What the law was unable to do, God’s grace succeeded. That is what the Apostle Paul makes sure we know in one of the most glorious truths found in the Bible. “But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” (Romans 5:20b). Paul compares Adam’s sin to the righteous sacrifice of Jesus Christ […]