Victory Over Sin
The Reality and Hope of Every Christian
Romans 8:10 (KJV)
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Wait For It.
Romans 8:10 describes the reality every Christian experiences. We are saved. Christ is in us and “the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead” dwells in us. But we still have this body, and this body is dead because of sin. We battle it daily.
· The temptations
· The fallings
· The limitations
We battle not only the spiritual weaknesses we have, but also
· The pain
· The physical imperfections
· The subtle[1] decline of health
We have eternal life, and we know it. But we face physical death and we know it.
But then Romans 8:11 describes the hope of every Christian. “he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies” We are promised that the death that belongs to this flesh will one day be resolved.
· The human spirit was quickened, resurrected, made alive at the moment of our salvation.
