About this episode
The episode discusses the imperative command in Romans 6:11 to consider oneself dead to sin and alive to God, emphasizing the importance of this transformation in the Christian faith.
Paul spent the first several chapters in Romans laying out bedrock truths of Christianity. Now in Roman 6:11, he gives a strong imperative command: Consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God. This is not a suggestion, but a “must.” Why is it so important? Because being alive to God is the entire purpose of our dying to sin. As one pastor put it, "The glory of Christian redemption is that it is in union with Jesus that we are given back our true selves. We finally begin becoming who we w...
People in this episode
Host: Prairie Bible Church
Topics covered
- Christianity
- sin
- spirituality
- redemption
- identity in Christ
Keywords
- Romans 6:11
- alive to God
- dead to sin
- Christian redemption
- spiritual identity
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Romans, Christian redemption
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