As we are brought along from elementary truths {birth truths} to the identification {growth truths}. Today we are going to have a look at Romans chapter six and see what it has to say about identification.
The believer who knows God as his justification {meaning = to be declared or made righteous in the sight of God} may still have trouble with sin, not as to its end, but sin as to its ruling power. It is not from the offence of sin that he/she seeks to be freed–for he/she sees that God has completely acquitted him from the charge and penalty of sin–but it is from sin as a powerful master.
To know God’s way of deliverance from sin as a master, we must come to the truth contained in the sixth chapter of Romans. There we see what God has done–not with our sins, as that Paul has already dealt with in the preceding chapters of Romans, with ourselves the agents and slaves to sin. He has taken our old man {Adamic nature}, the same place where He put our sins, Namely on the cross {stake} with Christ. Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. The believer sees not only that Christ died for him/her–but that we also died with Christ.
Like Christ, the believer too has died to sin, he/she is one with Christ. Romans 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: So, the knowledge that Christ and we with him in the likeness of His death, are dead to sin, is indispensable to our sanctification {means to set apart for special use or purpose}.
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. We should not look upon these truths–as applying only to a few people, they are the “birthright” of every child of God.
We were connected to Adam, but in Christ we died to the old man and were crucified. Since we are in Christ, we share in His death unto sin and going forward we are to reckon ourselves in relation to sin in Christ, as one who is dead to sin, and alive in Christ. Romans 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The old man/woman “I” in you and me was crucified in Christ. You died and your death dates from the death of Christ. The old man, Adamic nature in God’s reckoning –was taken to the cross with His Son Jesus and crucified and taken into the tomb with Christ and buried.
Our sins were dealt with by the Blood, we ourselves are dealt with by the Cross of Christ. The Blood buys our pardon; the Cross procures deliverance from what we are in Adam. The Blood can wash away sins, but it cannot wash away the old man {Adamic nature}. I {we} need the Cross to crucify us–the sinner. Jesus says to us Mathew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
As believers in Christ, we were joined with Him at the Cross, united to Him in death and resurrection. We died with Christ. He died for us. This is a wonderful truth, for all believers.
This is the distinctive mark of the Christian–the experience of the Cross. Have we truly experienced the Cross? Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
The believer has been united with Christ in His death. In this union with Christ, the flesh, this body of sin-sin-ruined being with its intelligence and its own will and desires–is judged and crucified. This is important, by faith, the believer reckons {believes and acts} him/herself dead unto sin Romans 6:3-14.
If the difference between Christ dying for us, and our dying with Him, has not been recognized, acknowledged, and applied, it may be safe to say that the “SELF” is still the dominating factor in our lives, and as such we are under the law. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Who died on the Cross? Of course, our Lord and Savior died on the Cross {stake}. But who else died there? Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
You believe the Lord Jesus died for your sins because God says so, now take to next step and accept by faith the further fact that you died with Him your old man {Adamic nature} was taken to the Cross with HIM.
Because He died, death has no more dominion over Him, and because of our union with Him, sin shall not have dominion over you, even though it is present in you. Our reckoning ourselves dead to sin in Jesus Christ does not make it a fact–it is already a fact through our union with Him.
Please think and pray on these things, and see if you can act on faith, to accept what God has given each one of us through Jesus Christ.
Your brother in Christ,
Ron
Who We are in Christ – Ron Volk
April 5, 2025 by Shirley Gohner • Uncategorized • 0 Comments
As we are brought along from elementary truths {birth truths} to the identification {growth truths}. Today we are going to have a look at Romans chapter six and see what it has to say about identification.
The believer who knows God as his justification {meaning = to be declared or made righteous in the sight of God} may still have trouble with sin, not as to its end, but sin as to its ruling power. It is not from the offence of sin that he/she seeks to be freed–for he/she sees that God has completely acquitted him from the charge and penalty of sin–but it is from sin as a powerful master.
To know God’s way of deliverance from sin as a master, we must come to the truth contained in the sixth chapter of Romans. There we see what God has done–not with our sins, as that Paul has already dealt with in the preceding chapters of Romans, with ourselves the agents and slaves to sin. He has taken our old man {Adamic nature}, the same place where He put our sins, Namely on the cross {stake} with Christ. Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. The believer sees not only that Christ died for him/her–but that we also died with Christ.
Like Christ, the believer too has died to sin, he/she is one with Christ. Romans 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: So, the knowledge that Christ and we with him in the likeness of His death, are dead to sin, is indispensable to our sanctification {means to set apart for special use or purpose}.
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. We should not look upon these truths–as applying only to a few people, they are the “birthright” of every child of God.
We were connected to Adam, but in Christ we died to the old man and were crucified. Since we are in Christ, we share in His death unto sin and going forward we are to reckon ourselves in relation to sin in Christ, as one who is dead to sin, and alive in Christ. Romans 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The old man/woman “I” in you and me was crucified in Christ. You died and your death dates from the death of Christ. The old man, Adamic nature in God’s reckoning –was taken to the cross with His Son Jesus and crucified and taken into the tomb with Christ and buried.
Our sins were dealt with by the Blood, we ourselves are dealt with by the Cross of Christ. The Blood buys our pardon; the Cross procures deliverance from what we are in Adam. The Blood can wash away sins, but it cannot wash away the old man {Adamic nature}. I {we} need the Cross to crucify us–the sinner. Jesus says to us Mathew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
As believers in Christ, we were joined with Him at the Cross, united to Him in death and resurrection. We died with Christ. He died for us. This is a wonderful truth, for all believers.
This is the distinctive mark of the Christian–the experience of the Cross. Have we truly experienced the Cross? Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
The believer has been united with Christ in His death. In this union with Christ, the flesh, this body of sin-sin-ruined being with its intelligence and its own will and desires–is judged and crucified. This is important, by faith, the believer reckons {believes and acts} him/herself dead unto sin Romans 6:3-14.
If the difference between Christ dying for us, and our dying with Him, has not been recognized, acknowledged, and applied, it may be safe to say that the “SELF” is still the dominating factor in our lives, and as such we are under the law. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Who died on the Cross? Of course, our Lord and Savior died on the Cross {stake}. But who else died there? Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
You believe the Lord Jesus died for your sins because God says so, now take to next step and accept by faith the further fact that you died with Him your old man {Adamic nature} was taken to the Cross with HIM.
Because He died, death has no more dominion over Him, and because of our union with Him, sin shall not have dominion over you, even though it is present in you. Our reckoning ourselves dead to sin in Jesus Christ does not make it a fact–it is already a fact through our union with Him.
Please think and pray on these things, and see if you can act on faith, to accept what God has given each one of us through Jesus Christ.
Your brother in Christ,
Ron