Paul illustrates this in both II Corinthians 5:14 and Romans 6:2 to show that Jesus died to secure redemption & eternal life for all of His sheep…Thus as once a condemned sinner, it’s by His blood and work on the Cross that we have died to sin…united with Him in both His death & resurrection. And as we look a little further in Colossians Chapter 3, Paul explicitly calls us to a rigorous & radial departure from our “old self” (Colossians 3:5) and the “putting on of the new self. (Colossians 3:12-14) … that being the very character of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. For we’re either dead in sin or dead to sin…it’s as simple as that.
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