Thoughts on the Epistle to the Romans (110) - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him.
Romans 6:8.9

Thoughts on the Epistle to the Romans (110)
Paul starts his argument from the fact that "we died with Christ". This we know not by reasoned knowledge or our feelings, not by the experiences of daily life, but by faith in what God has said.

Faith draws the conclusion that a Christian, having been made one with Christ, is also united with Him in the sphere of resurrection. So we now live on this basis through Him and with Him.

As far as Christ Himself is concerned, we know that He left the sphere of death once for all time and returned to heaven after His resurrection.

Christ's resurrection was not simply a raising to earthly life as in the case of Lazarus (John 11). Lazarus was enabled to live for a further few years after being raised, but then died once again. In His death Christ, on the other hand, vanquished its power. Death wielded power over Him for merely a short time, and then only because He submitted to it voluntarily.

A believer belongs to this new order, in which Christ lives as the victorious risen One, already at the present time. And he is able to lead a life of faith in the power of the resurrection.

(to be continued next Sunday)