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Message: Paul says to remember and count it as a fact that you are dead to sin and alive to Christ. Before you came to Christ, you were a slave to your sin. Sin had complete control over you. You were in bondage to your own passions and desires. When you came to Christ in faith, you died to your old life. He broke the power of sin and freed you from sin’s penalty and control.  Dead people have no problem with sin. There is little sin going on at a cemetery. Dead people don’t have to deal with pride, gossip, lust, or fear. They are literally dead to all these things. Paul is reminding you that Your old life has died, and your past makes no difference.  This is such a fundamental truth. You are not only dead to sin, but you are alive to Christ. When Christ rose from the dead, you rose with Him. You rose to a new life with Him. You are not who you once were. You were a sinner, controlled by sin. Now you are a child of the Living God. A citizen in the Kingdom of God, and you live in the power of Christ in you. You have been raised to a new life of fellowship with Christ. Your eternal life began the moment you placed your faith in Christ. You are living the eternal life now. When you go to heaven, it’s just a change of location.  Because you are alive in Christ, the Holy Spirit empowers you to live the resurrected life. You live above the dead and dying world around you. As one living among the dead, you bring life and light to the world around you. Sin once enslaved you, but now you live in the new life Christ has given you. Free from the power and penalty of sin and alive to the God who loves you so much. Paul says to remember and count it as a fact that you are dead to sin and alive to Christ. Before you came to Christ, you were a slave to your sin. Sin had complete control over you. You were in bondage to your own passions and desires. When you came to Christ in faith, you died to your old life. He broke the power of sin and freed you from sin’s penalty and control.  Dead people have no problem with sin. There is little sin going on at a cemetery. Dead people don’t have to deal with pride, gossip, lust, or fear. They are literally dead to all these things. Paul is reminding you that Your old life has died, and your past makes no difference.  This is such a fundamental truth. You are not only dead to sin, but you are alive to Christ. When Christ rose from the dead, you rose with Him. You rose to a new life with Him. You are not who you once were. You were a sinner, controlled by sin. Now you are a child of the Living God. A citizen in the Kingdom of God, and you live in the power of Christ in you. You have been raised to a new life of fellowship with Christ. Your eternal life began the moment you placed your faith in Christ. You are living the eternal life now. When you go to heaven, it’s just a change of location.  Because you are alive in Christ, the Holy Spirit empowers you to live the resurrected life. You live above the dead and dying world around you. As one living among the dead, you bring life and light to the world around you. Sin once enslaved you, but now you live in the new life Christ has given you. Free from the power and penalty of sin and alive to the God who loves you so much.