"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life."
ROMANS 6:1-4
The very purpose of the cross and the resurrection was to show and prove Jesus as the truth about life and his way to live is the only way to salvation and eternity. As heirs to the kingdom of heaven we have been adopted into son-ship through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
It is by his spirit we too can be raised into a new life, a life in the spirit and truth of Christ Jesus. It is only in this relationship are you made Holy and Righteous - those are gifts provided by the spirit - given through faith and obedience to the Holy Spirit.
The very evidence of a new life in you is that you will have a decided likeness to Jesus Christ. The evidence of a new life in you is that you have allowed the resurrection of Christ Jesus to take place in you. Therefore, your old ways and desires will alter in all things to the way of the Lord. It is a moral decision that you must make knowing that the power to be faithful and obedient is provided by the Holy Spirit. The decision is yours - the power is his.
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