~ Contrast: Dead in Sin or Joint Heirs with Christ ~
Series Comment ~ The Scripture contains many
contrasts. In this series we look
briefly at some of them. Just like in
our “Binary” series many of these contrasts represent a choice of this or that.
Scripture
1 ~ “And
you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you
once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of
the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh,
fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
children of wrath, just as the others” (Ephesians 2:1-3).
Scripture
2 ~ “Therefore,
brethren, we are debtors — not to the flesh, to live according to the
flesh. For if you live according to the
flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the
body, you will live. For as many as are
led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage
again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out,
‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit Himself bears
witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs
— heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him,
that we may also be glorified together” (Romans 8:12-17).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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