As we continue in the Letters to the Church sermon series this past Sunday, Pastor Jason preached on the Bible’s instruction for battling sin from Romans 6. In this chapter of Romans, Paul begins with reminding the church what Christ has already done for them
and then commands the church to remember this Truth as the starting point for battling sin. By trusting in Christ’s death and resurrection, Christians are now dead to the control of sin and it’s no longer a matter of being mastered by sin. For the Christian, it is a matter of your willful submission. In our struggle with sin, the Bible instructs us to not forget who we already are and to stop presenting ourselves willfully as slaves to sin. Instead, we are to remember who we are in Christ and present ourselves to God.
Do you ever feel like you are losing the battle with a specific sin? Do you struggle to believe that the riches of God’s grace are more abundant than the debt of your sin? Are you willing to obey God’s instructions to (1) remember what Christ has done for you and who you already are in Christ and (2) to present yourself to God in your struggle against sin?
