“What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?” – Romans 6:1-2 (ESV)
When we are reborn in Christ Jesus, we are in effect “dead unto sin” through His sacrifice on the cross. This certainly doesn’t mean that we’ll be freed from the temptations that sin attempts to tyrannize our lives with, but it does give us the ability to gain victory over our broken natures and become the people that God desires us to be.
Hi, I’m Phil Malmstrom, a.k.a. Phather Phil. I’m self-employed, father of two wonderful young men, an ordained minister who delights in spreading Jesus’ Message of Hope and Love, a science-fiction junkie, an aspiring photographer and above all that one of God’s Children who rejoices in His Blessings each day. 
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We may bed “dead” to sin, but we are certainly still open to Satan’s temptations. We need to stand firm in God. Through Him, we have victory over sin.
We are no longer slaves to sin, but slaves to righteousness, through the blood of Jesus. I’m so thankful for the victory I have in Jesus!
And how very sweet those victories are! Praise God for this freedom we have from sin. Blessings!