The Necessity of Death in the Salvation Story

Romans 6:6

We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.  

The tree that gave its life, so that the formation of the cross was possible, allowed the Cross to meet its responsibility.  Without taking the life of the tree, there would be no crucifixion story.

In a similar fashion, Jesus Christ gave up His life so we could meet the requirements necessary for us to be children of God. Without the taking of the life of Our Savior, there would be no salvation story. 

Along the same lines, we put our old man to death so that we might shed the ways of wickedness, error and ignorance that are inherent in the will and understanding of our sin nature.  By allowing our old man to be crucified with Christ, we take on our new lives in Jesus Christ in which we rely on Him for everything.  Without us giving up the life of our sin nature, there would be no sanctification story.

Let us embrace the sanctification process.  Let us ask the Holy Spirit to look into our hearts and reveal everything that the old man is trying to hang on to.  Let us repent of everything the Holy Spirit shows us so that we may walk in the fullness of our new nature in Christ.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for the endless grace that You provide us so that we are able to accept Your Son as Our Savior and are able to submit to His rule and reign in our lives.  We bless the name of Jesus who died for our sins to make it all possible.  We praise the name of the Holy Spirit for preparing our hearts to receive Our Savior and for revealing the darkness in our hearts so that we may submit our old lives for crucifixion with Our Savior. We pray, Father, that You will empower us to go out to tell the world about our salvation story.  May we bring honor to Your name, the name of Your Son, Jesus, and to the Holy Spirit.  We ask all these things in the name of the Worthy Lamb, Jesus Christ.