Power of Life

“When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.” Romans 6:10-11 (NLT).

You were born into slavery to sin and were a loyal subject in Satan’s kingdom. Of course, you didn’t recognize that you were a slave, as you thought that you were serving yourself. The spiritual death that defined your spirit also permeated you soul, deceiving you into believing that you were autonomous and free. As a born slave, you could only purchase your redemption or look to someone else to provide your redemption. All of the world’s religions offer a way for you to purchase your redemption, but all of them fail because the price of your redemption is eternity in Hell. This is why Jesus Christ came into your world to die for you. Since He was infinitely worthy as God’s Son and completely human as Mary’s son, Jesus was able to pay your redemption price with His life, achieving victory and rising again on the third day. Jesus died to purchase you from your estate of slavery to sin and Satan. He rose again to give you a life of righteousness. The power of Satan and sin over you has been broken and replaced with the power of God and righteousness in you. When you realize the power of Christ’s sacrifice to release you from slavery, you discover the key to the lifestyle of grace. His death bought your freedom and His life provides your righteousness. His righteousness is defining your spirit, and His righteousness is working through you in your godly desires and choices.

“Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him.” Romans 6:5-8 (NLT). If you are a new person in Christ, you have been immersed into His death and resurrection, resulting in the old you dying and the new you being created. This all happens the moment that you are regenerated and respond in faith. You now have a nuclear power plant of righteousness inside of you, producing megatons of power to live a godly life.

“By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.” 2 Peter 1:3 (NLT). Your life was born from His grace when He called you to Himself and gave you life. That same source of power continues to flow from inside of you, straight from the Throne of Grace, where your Heavenly Father sits thinking about you. The power of Christ’s life lives inside of you. Since your old sinner spirit died with Jesus, your new saint spirit wakes up every day full of power to live in Jesus. Your will has been set free, and you are now free to be YOU. Take authority over your choices and live life to its fullest because righteousness defines the life.

Prayer: “Dear Heavenly Father, I desire to live in the freedom to be righteous. I hate sin, and I want to live free from sin. Please empower my spirit to make godly choices. Your grace defines me as a saint. Please give me the grace to live a life characterized by holiness. In Jesus’s name amen.”