Romans 6:10
10 For [hos] [gar] in that he died [apothnesko], he died [apothnesko] unto sin [hamartia] once [ephapax]: but [de] in that [hos] he liveth [zao], he liveth [zao] unto God [theos]. KJV-Interlinear
10 For the death he died he
died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. ESV
Jesus Christ did not die of sin, He died to sin.
Meaning that sin, as a separate object, was charged with the penalty of death.
That death belonged to each and every person. But Christ stood in our place and
that charge of death was placed upon Him instead of us.
Therefore, He was made sin, meaning that Jesus Christ
was charged with the transgressions that we caused. The transgression, the charge, the
punishment, all, were placed on Him.
Jesus Christ did not sin, and He was not born with sin.
Adams original sin was not imputed to Jesus, because He did not have a human
father. Joseph was excluded from the pregnancy process, therefore Adam sin was
not passed to Him.
Jesus Christ died once. One death was all that it took
to pay the penalty of all the sins of all of humanity throughout all of
history.
Once, means that there will not be a second cross.
There is one charge, one punishment, one death, and now the price for sin was
paid in full. There is no double jeopardy.
Likewise, there is one salvation and one faith. And in
that faith, we too died to sin.
We cannot lose that salvation, and we do not need to
be saved over and over again.
Once saved, always saved.
And when Christ went to the cross and died for the
sins of humanity, He paid the price for all sins, of all of humanity.
He did not die for the sins of believers only, but He
died for everyone regardless of whether they believe in Him or not.
Unbelievers are not sent to the Lake of Fire because
of their sins, but because of their works, which they presume are better than
the work of Christ. Their unbelief, is a subscription to themselves rather than
Christ.
Life is lived to God. And more specifically life is
lived to the glory of God. And since God is truth, then life is truth, and life
is identified with truth. Life is never identified with death.
Therefore, since we have died to sin, and now have
life, then we should be consistent in our life, and conduct ourselves in
accordance with the mandates of life.
And those mandates are very simple. Having been saved,
we have the opportunity to complete ourselves within the spiritual realm which
is the environment and function and process of the spiritual life.
And quite simply, that means pursuing the learning of
Bible doctrine through instruction, and needless to say, on a daily basis.
To ignore this, would make you a hypocrite, by having
life through salvation or faith in Christ, and not living it, by ignoring the
mandates of Bible doctrine.
And that would be the inconsistency of faith on the
one hand, and indifference on the other.
These studies, are a part of the massive
daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org, that is easily accessible, and are
written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so already, and
therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete,
unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
