Dying To Live!

There are many things people say they are "dying" to do. They might have an eagerness and a longing they are reaching toward: parachuting from a plane, taking a Caribbean cruise, getting a better job, etc. However, is the earnestness always toward the RIGHT things? What is it we are "dying" to do or have we already died so that something else is possible?

Jesus died, but rose again. He gave Himself on our behalf, yet lives on. In this reality we have been provided the means to do the same; die so that we can live. However, that is not only in relation to the promise of eternal life with Him in Heaven, but it also relates to the manner of our life now.

Peter wrote. . .
"(24) He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might DIE TO SIN and LIVE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS. By his wounds you have been healed." ( 1 Peter 2:24 ESV)

Paul noted this similarly in his letter to the church at Rome where we read . . .
"(11) So you also must consider yourselves DEAD TO SIN and ALIVE TO GOD in Christ Jesus. ... (18) and, having been SET FREE FROM SIN, have become SLAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS." ( Romans 6:11 & 19 ESV)

Paul had what took place at baptism in mind ( Romans 6:2-10) as he wrote of this transition. Having died to sin -- with it no longer reigning in our life ( Romans 6:12) -- we have been made "ALIVE TO GOD" and set free to be slaves of that which is TRULY RIGHT! Having been brought presently "from death to life" ( Romans 6:13) our bodies are to be used as "INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS." ( Romans 6:13) Fullness of life is not measured by the number of days, but rather by the manner in which we RIGHTLY LIVE in Christ. Praise God for the opportunity to have died so that we can truly live now and for eternity.

Have a great day ENJOYING RIGHTEOUS LIVING TO THE FULL!
Carl

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