The Daily Fountain Devotional Sunday, June 26, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Sunday, June 26, 2022
Sunday, June 26, 2022
TOPIC: KNOWING THIS
TEXT: Romans 6:3-11
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 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. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more;
death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Sunday, June 26, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
A popular secular adage says "knowledge is power." Jesus in John 8:32, said "...you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." Against this backdrop, Paul emphasised the need for every believer to know the truth about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and its effect over sin. What are these truths? They are: 1. Our baptism in Christ shows that we died, got buried with Him and resurrected to a new life, just as Christ died, got buried and resurrected to life (vv. 3-4); 2. Our old sinful life was crucified with Him on the cross, therefore, we died to sin and are freed from the power of sin (vv. 6-7); 3. Christ was crucified, died once for all and resurrected to destroy the power of sin and enable us to live for God (vv. 9-10).
We must therefore know that the power of sin on the believer has been totally destroyed. Christ paid the ransom with His life to set us free. This knowledge must be absorbed into our blood stream to prevent its from going back to our old life of sin. The new life and sin are mutually exclusive. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17 and consider yourself dead to sin but alive to God in Christ!
Prayer: Dear Lord, thank You for granting us victory over sin. Amen.