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March 11, 2009Dying to Sin
An inmate at the Carol S. Vance prison unit near Houston volunteers to be baptized to signify his faith in Christ. Photo courtesy of Prison Fellowship.
"I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
- Luke 5:32
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
- Romans 6:1-4
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Beautiful picture of redemption!
Posted By: Lois | March 11, 2009 4:06 PM
I can see Jesus smiling with him.
Posted By: Ginny Jaques | March 11, 2009 7:33 PM
I know God desires us to consecrate our lives to Him. To this end, Sin was killed on the cross, but sin is killed in our lives. Dont Limit God. Accept His Gift to be Holy, as He is Holy. Do it Today, Do it Now. He provides us all the grace to accept His life of Purity Today.
Posted By: JC | March 11, 2009 8:47 PM
Dying to sin is NOT a one-time its over thing. We are to die to sin daily. Jesus commands in Luke 9:23 to "take up our cross daily" and follow him. Being baptized into His death only starts the process. We have victory over sin by what Paul states in Romans 6:7 "he who has died has been freed from sin". But we must check ourselves daily. We cannot put our lives on cruise control and expect perfect victory. We must remember that dead men have no rights.
Posted By: Mark Eaton | March 12, 2009 7:47 AM
man i have given my self up for him through him to him
Posted By: eapen mohan | March 13, 2009 10:05 PM
man i have given my self up to him for him by him
Posted By: eapen mohan | March 13, 2009 10:07 PM
A beautiful photo of my brother in Christ coming up out of the waters of baptism.......may God prosper in your life and you grow more and more into His likeness,bearing much fruit,blessings,Maria (aussie)
Posted By: Maria | March 15, 2009 10:10 PM
Too many of us confuse SIN with sins (the latter moral wrong-doings) and when they talk about killing sin or dead ( dying) to sin they are easily in conflict with 1. John 1.9 : Who says he has no sin ( no sin anymore) deceives himself and the truth ( Jesus) is not in him. Also often heard : turning away from sin ( repentence),meaning leaving sin behind ,creates conditions of having no sin anymore, then above statement applies.
Posted By: j.freudewald | March 22, 2009 8:15 PM
from the scriptures below it's our duty to die daily, even after we have declared our allegiance through baptism: this Grace we need to pray for always...welcome
1 Corinthians 15:31(Holman Christian Standard Bible)
Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I affirm by the pride in you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord: I die every day!
1 Corinthians 15:31 (Amplified Bible)
[I assure you] by the pride which I have in you in [your [a]fellowship and union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily [I face death every day and die to self].
Posted By: Anonymous | March 24, 2009 7:23 AM
from the scriptures below it's our duty to die daily, even after we have declared our allegiance through baptism: this Grace we need to pray for always...welcome
1 Corinthians 15:31(Holman Christian Standard Bible)
Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I affirm by the pride in you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord: I die every day!
Posted By: exago | March 24, 2009 7:25 AM