ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

The beginning of your new life in Christ comes from your realization that your old life died with Christ on the Cross. You cannot experience resurrection life if you do not accept the reality of your death with Christ. Jesus did not only die for us, we died with Him. God included us in His death. The reason that God made you alive together with Christ is because He first made you dead together with Christ. he that is dead is free from sin. By your death with Christ you have died to sin. This is why sin no longer has dominion over you.

It is because we realize that we are dead to sin that we can yield ourselves to God and mortify (put to death or kill) the deeds of the flesh by the Spirit. In Galatians 6:14 Apostle Paul said by the Cross of Christ he was crucified to the world and the world was crucified to him. Your understanding that you died with Christ will make you know Christ is now alive in you, Gal. 2:20! Because you are dead to sin you are also dead to the law. Romans 7:4 says “wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.” You are therefore no longer under any condemnation. What the law could not do God has done in you by sending Jesus to die for you, Rom.8:1-3

#Therefore, thank God for making you die with Christ and ask Him to open your eyes to this revelation of your death with Christ.

Good morning friends.

Happy easter