Sin's Reign And Dominion

Psalm 51:5 

"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and  

in sin did my mother conceive me." 

    David spoke of his legal reign and consequent dominion of sin in our lives when he said, Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me, (Ps 51:5). The only reason David would said that he was sinful at birth, before he has actually committed any sin, was because he realized he was born under Adam's guilt and so experienced the dominion of sin in his life.

    To die to sin then means, first of all, to die to it's legal or penal reign  and, secondly as a necessary result, to die to its dominion over us. Therefore, deliverance from guilt and its penal consequence, brings deliverance from sin's dominion. In God's plan of salvation these two deliverances are necessarily connected. There is no such thing as salvation from sins penalty without an accompanying deliverance from sin's dominion. This does not mean we no longer sin, but that sin no longer reigns in our lives. 

    My Friends, A believer cannot continue in sin. We no longer live in the realm of sin, under its reign and dominion. It is this deliverance from the dominion of sin through union with Christ in His death that ensures that a true believer will no have this type attitude, "Shall we go on sinning so that grace may a bound?" If a person does have such an attitude, it is a likely indication that the person is not a true believer, no matter how much he or she professes to have trusted in Christ for salvation."

Amen

Reading: Rom. 6:1-16

               2 Cor 5:21

Ref: HGSB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry