Romans 6

“Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him” (8). Paul told the Roman believers they were empowered for righteousness. As the New Adam, Christ lived and died united with our ordinary humanity, so he takes believers with him into his resurrection (5:12-19). “The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God” (10) – and we join him. We are no longer slaves to sin; following Jesus, we can offer ourselves to God for his purposes (13).

Jesus leads us into a glorious new adventure. “Just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life” (4).