Reading for August 28th

Read Romans 6.5-14
In verses 5-11: Dying and living with Christ.
In verses 5-8: With him: Believers "enter" Christ experience as co-participants (Gal 2.19-20).
In verse 10: He died to sin: In dying, Christ yielded to sin's power to kill.
Christ's death occurred once; his new life with God is ongoing; He lives to God.
In verse 11; Sin and God represent opposing realities and loyalties.
In verses 12-14: Shifting loyalties.
Sin may be an impersonal force, bit it seriously competes with God for dominion over mortal bodies.
In verse 13: Those ... brought from death to life have relived Christ's experience (v. 8).
In verse 14: Christ's death also represents a shift from law to grace (Jn 1.17).
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