Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:
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… So in the same way, count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies so that you obey its evil desires. And do not offer the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life. Offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness, for sin shall not be your master. You are not under law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we're not under law, but under grace? No, don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you're slaves to the one whom you obey, whether you're a slave to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness. But thanks be to God that though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. …
… but alive to God in Christ our Lord. The very next phrase, therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies. Do not let sin. So in other words this resurrection has made things available to us that we have to apprehend and put into use. He does not do it for us. Does that make sense? When he says you're dead to sin. Now don't let sin reign in your mortal body. He's announcing the fact sin is still a possibility. But you have to leave your nature in Christ to do it. You have to change your identity. You have to think inconsistent with what Christ has done. How many of you have been, you used to live with a lot of depression and discouragement. All right. How many of you remember when you got free from that? And it's not the same anymore. did you figure out that you could still be depressed if you wanted to i i i don't do that anymore but i know how i know how just leave me with certain people or no no no that's not that just just hold hold hold hold hold on All I have to do is entertain certain thoughts, certain ways of thinking. …
… There it is again. Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Don't offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. this is the reminder that we have a part to play, that we get to, not have to, we get to live this out on a daily basis. He says, don't offer yourself up to sin, offer yourself up to God. And this isn't always easy. This is where you step into the battle, because when you commit your life to Jesus Christ, make no mistake, there is an enemy, and his thesis statement is he wants to kill, steal, and destroy. That's what he wants to do in your life, and he is desperate, desperate, desperate, and planning and looking to get a foothold in your life. So you've stepped into a battle here, which is why Paul says, don't offer yourself up to sin, offer yourself up to God, and it's always going to be a wrestle. We're going to talk about that more next week in Romans 7, but don't offer yourself to sin, offer yourself to God. There's a high school football coach in Florida and he walked into his weight room one day and he was pretty angry at what he saw. …