Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under the law but under grace.
Sin is mentioned many times in the Bible going back to Adam and Eve’s sin in the Garden of Eden from the Old Testament and all the way through the pages of the Bible to the New Testament. It is described in terms of acts of sin, a nature, and a power that can exert its influence through desires called lust. Sin grows and is designed systematically to conquer you. It’d be easier to find a man who never committed a particular sin than to find a man who only committed it once. It starts small and grows. People who have repeatedly fallen into sin often come to believe that they are helpless in the war against it. They resign themselves to reduce the number of defeats that they experience; however, God commands us to fight sin (resist) wholeheartedly. He doesn’t permit us to settle for anything less than an all out victory over sin.
Why? Because Jesus paid the total price to deliver us from every aspect of sin: sin’s penalty, sin’s power, sin’s presence (future). Jesus is the answer to both occasional sin (Romans 6:15) and habitual sin (Romans 6:1). Romans 6:14 says, “For sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under the law but under grace.” The grace of God made available to us by Jesus’ victory over sin empowers us to live victorious over sin and to have dominion over it. We can rule over sin’s temptation and power. Sin is no longer our lord, ruler, or master but Jesus is our Lord, Ruler, and Master. We’ve been delivered from the authority that rules the darkness of this world and sin and have been translated into the kingdom and rule of God’s Son Jesus (Colossians 1:13). “Awake unto righteousness and sin not … 1 Corinthian 15:34.” “Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin Hebrews 12:4.”
Pastor John Rasicci is the founder and Pastor of Word of His Grace Church in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, where we are building people who are building the Church. Pastor's ministry mission is to help people discover God's dream for their Life, the Local Church, and the Last Days' Harvest. With a strong emphasis on the grace of God and with a prophetic voice, Pastor John preaches and teaches in churches, conferences, and crusades both locally and throughout the world. He has produced books, tapes, and other teaching materials to empower, enable, and equip Believers with the Word of God. Pastor John is married to his wife Candy who with their three children, Krista, Joanna, John Anthony, and two son-in-laws, Matt and Doug, serve together in the ministry. After graduating from Kent State University, Pastor John pursued a career in professional baseball before accepting the call to the ministry. He and his wife, Candy, received their ministry training from Rhema Bible Training Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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