Each and every one of us has sinned against God. “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Scripture then goes on to say that “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). So that means when sin occurs, something must die. That’s the price that must be paid. When sin entered the world, it looked like all was lost, but God made a way.
In the Old Testament, God saw fit to allow people to make a substitutionary payment. So instead of us dying, something else, usually a pure, spotless lamb was allowed to die in our place and pay the price of our sin. We deserved death, but God made a way.
In the New Testament, we see the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, who came to take away the sin of the world. God saw fit to allow his precious and perfect Son to be the one-time sacrifice for all of us, forever. The greatest gift of all time.
The bible says “if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
We should put to death the deeds of the body.
Mortification: is putting to death sinful deeds of the body (eyes, tongue, hands, feet, ears, etc.) that serve sin and not Christ. Reject sin in all forms.
John S. remarked “There is a kind of life which leads to death, and there is a kind of death which leads to life.” Mortification of sin leads to life.
Examples of sins that we must slay... unkindness in our voice, lying, gossip, lust, self-centeredness, laziness, overeating, drunkenness, losing our temper, sexual sin, pornography, reckless driving, stealing, addictions and more.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for allowing Jesus to be the sacrifice for my sins, and thank you for loving me so much that you saved me from eternal death. Amen.
Scripture Reference
Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:17-18 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.