Daily Bible Reading April 29th, 2020 Romans 6:1-23 (GNT)
God’s Life-Giving Word of Hope
Introduction
Romans 6:1-23: Paul explains being baptized as dying to sin and being raised to life, just as Jesus died and was raised to life by God.Today's Scripture: Romans 6:8
Since we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.Today's Reading
Dead to Sin but Alive in Union with Christ
1What shall we say, then? Should we continue to live in sin so that God's grace will increase? 2Certainly not! We have died to sin—how then can we go on living in it? 3For surely you know that when we were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, we were baptized into union with his death. 4
By our baptism, then, we were buried with him and shared his death, in
order that, just as Christ was raised from death by the glorious power
of the Father, so also we might live a new life.
5For
since we have become one with him in dying as he did, in the same way
we shall be one with him by being raised to life as he was. 6And
we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his
cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so
that we should no longer be the slaves of sin. 7For when we die, we are set free from the power of sin. 8Since we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9For we know that Christ has been raised from death and will never die again—death will no longer rule over him. 10And so, because he died, sin has no power over him; and now he lives his life in fellowship with God. 11In
the same way you are to think of yourselves as dead, so far as sin is
concerned, but living in fellowship with God through Christ Jesus.
12Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self. 13Nor
must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin to be used for wicked
purposes. Instead, give yourselves to God, as those who have been
brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to him to be
used for righteous purposes. 14Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace.
Slaves of Righteousness
15What, then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under God's grace? By no means! 16Surely
you know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to obey someone,
you are in fact the slaves of the master you obey—either of sin, which
results in death, or of obedience, which results in being put right with
God. 17But thanks be to God!
For though at one time you were slaves to sin, you have obeyed with all
your heart the truths found in the teaching you received. 18You were set free from sin and became the slaves of righteousness. 19(I
use everyday language because of the weakness of your natural selves.)
At one time you surrendered yourselves entirely as slaves to impurity
and wickedness for wicked purposes. In the same way you must now
surrender yourselves entirely as slaves of righteousness for holy
purposes.
20When you were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. 21What did you gain from doing the things that you are now ashamed of? The result of those things is death! 22But
now you have been set free from sin and are the slaves of God. Your
gain is a life fully dedicated to him, and the result is eternal life. 23For sin pays its wage—death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.
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