Let’s consider Scripture each day this week that shows the effects of Jesus’ resurrection.

We follow the Man who could not be killed. He died a brutal death on the cross, then rose again, triumphant over all His enemies. Death could not contain Him.

Our passage for today is Romans 6:10-11. Let’s read it as part of the larger section (vv. 8-14):

⁸Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. ¹⁰The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

¹¹In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. ¹²Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. ¹³Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. ¹⁴For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

• Think on this: How can we be dead to sin?

It means that our old life (and old self/nature) has passed away and we are new people. We can desire new things. We should like we are alive to God, with Him as our Master, rather than living for sin and selfishness (as if we were still slaves of sin).

In Christ, you are a new person. Walk in this new life today!