[The Glory Unveiled]
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. [ Romans 6:11 NKJV ]
Reality is often misunderstood. Many people define reality solely by what they can see, touch, smell, hear, and interact with through their physical senses. But true reality extends far beyond the limits of the natural realm. Reality is not confined to what is visible; it encompasses both the physical and the spiritual. This is why, in the beginning, God called those things which were not as though they were. Though they were not yet physically manifest, they already existed in His reality. By speaking them forth, He brought them into visible existence. What was unseen became seen because God related to the invisible as the greater reality. In our anchor text, Scripture instructs us to reckon ourselves dead indeed unto sin. This is a profound spiritual truth. It does not mean that the physical realm will immediately agree with this reality. Temptations may still come. Old desires may still attempt to surface. Yet God commands us to live as though what He has declared is already true. To reckon means to count something as settled. It means to live in the consciousness of a reality that God has established, even when your senses have not yet caught up with it. It is choosing to align your thinking, speaking, and living with God’s verdict rather than with your experiences. Through the victory of Jesus Christ on the cross, the power of sin over the believer has been broken. That victory is complete and unquestionable. However, many believers fail to experience the practical reality of that victory. Not because Christ’s work was insufficient, but because they have not learned to reckon themselves as having died with Him. The reality of freedom from sin is not experienced merely by knowing that Jesus died. It is experienced by identifying with His death and embracing it as your own. As He died to sin, so must you consider yourself dead to its dominion. The key, then, is to understand the characteristics of a dead thing. A dead man does not respond to external stimuli. He is unmoved by attraction, unaffected by persuasion, and unresponsive to temptation. In the same way, God calls us to become increasingly insensitive to sin—to live as those who are no longer alive to its influence. When you begin to see yourself the way God sees you, you stop fighting for victory and start living from victory. You cease striving to become free and begin walking in the freedom Christ has already secured. Reckon yourself dead indeed unto sin, and alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. What God has declared as reality, embrace as reality, and in time, what is true in the spirit will become evident in your daily walk.
Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the opportunity I have in Jesus to be dead to sin.
Wisdom_Quote: You are dead to sin, live as such.
Salvation_Prayer: Dear Jesus, thank you for dying in my place so that by believing in you, I might have life. I accept your lordship today. Thank you for saving me.
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