Romans 6:9
9 Knowing [eido] that [hoti] Christ [Christos] being raised [egeiro] from [ek] the dead [nekros] dieth [apothnesko] no more [ouketi]; death [thanatos] hath [kurieuo] no more [ouketi] dominion over [kurieuo] him [autos]. KJV-Interlinear
9 We know that Christ, being
raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over
him. ESV
This verse teaches us a lot of principles beyond the
obvious. Once you have died to something, you are permanently separated from
it. When you are raised back to life, having been separated from death, you
cannot die again.
Jesus Christ is God. He holds the title Son of God. He
went to the cross and died for the sins, in our behalf, of all of humanity.
There is only one sacrifice, which Christ performed on
the cross. There will not be a second sacrifice, because there is no need for a
second sacrifice.
Jesus Christ will not sacrifice Himself on planet
earth, and then go to another galaxy and to another planet and sacrifice Himself
for people there, and then go to another galaxy to another planet and sacrifice
Himself for people there, and so on, and so on.
There is only one planet earth, and there is only one
human race in the entire universe.
That does not mean that there could not have been
plant life and such on other planets.
This is a very big universe, and we know that God created this universe to
be habitable, and that Satan is the destroyer of life. We have already studied that principle. But there is only one human race, and we are
it. There is only one human sin, and
there is only one sacrifice.
Once a person has believed in Christ, then we too have
died to sin.
Since we have died to sin, we are no longer bound by
the chains of sin.
Since we are identified with Christ in both death and
resurrection, then in life there will never be any further death.
People cannot be reincarnated from one life to the
next, to the next, because that would be repeating slavery to death, and then
life again, and then death again, and so forth. This would be a complete
contradiction of the principles of Christianity.
Christ went to the cross, one time. He completed the
work of the cross, in its entirety. He did not miss anything, He did not leave
anything out, He did not overlook anything with respect to His work on the
cross.
There is only one salvation. There is only one act of
faith. There is only one baptism.
Once a person has been saved, once they have been
identified through baptism, then there is no further need for additional
baptisms or salvations.
This is eternal security.
Once you have been saved by faith in Christ, you have
identified yourself with His work, in its entirety.
Since Christ completed his work in its entirety, then
your salvation by faith is completed in its entirety.
Once you have been saved, you cannot be unsaved.
Once you have died to sin, that death cannot be
undone.
Once you have eternal life, it cannot be taken away
from you.
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.
