This week we begin worship with:
We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ ended the absolute reign of death. That reign began with the sin of one man Adam and ended with the righteousness of another our Lord Jesus Christ.
For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
But that gift of righteousness has brought us not simply to life, but to a place of authority! We must daily “consider” (logizomai) ourselves alive for God’s purpose and with dominion over sin.
So, rather than abdicate, let’s reign.
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