Romans 6:12-13 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.  And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

 

Because we are all born with the sin nature, it’s natural for us to sin. This is what Paul meant when he said that sin reigns in our mortal bodies. The ONLY way to overcome this is through faith in Christ and what He accomplished on the Cross. Nothing else will allow us be set free from the sin that rules and reigns over us.

 

What we see in the world today is sin reigning over the majority of people. That is why our society is so corrupt. That’s why the news is so horrible every day and continues to get worse and worse. Satan is very powerful and wants to destroy as many lives as he can.

 

The Power of the Lord Jesus Christ is far more powerful than Satan, but the only way to release that Power over evil is through faith in Jesus. We must BELIEVE with all our heart that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died on the Cross, arose from the grave, and is alive today, sitting at the Right Hand of the Throne of God Almighty. 

 

His Purpose in life was to die on the Cross. There, He defeated the power of Satan in the lives of ALL those who BELIEVE He did.  When we come to that place where we BELIEVE in Who Jesus is and What He did, then we will willingly present ourselves as instruments of righteousness to God.

 

Everyone presents their body as either an instrument of unrighteousness to Satan or righteousness to God. It’s natural to lean toward unrighteousness because of the sin nature we are born with. People will say, “I don’t want to be this way, but I just can’t help it.” They are right, they can’t help it because they have not accepted the Victory Jesus died for them to have and they have not willingly died to the sin nature and CHOSEN to live in righteousness to God through believing in Jesus Christ and His Work on the Cross on their behalf.

 

Each person must WANT to be changed. We must WANT to live a life of righteousness to God. Once we come to that place where we absolutely HATE the sin in our lives and we throw ourselves on the Mercy of God in sincere repentance, knowing and BELIEVING Christ gave His Life and won the Victory for us, THEN we are born again and changed from the person we once were; dead to sin; alive in Christ. Hallelujah! This is the Grace of God that is available to whosoever CHOOSES to believe!

 

This is the ONLY way to………turn the tide .………...in your life.

 

Counted among the “whosoever!”       Doreen

 

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