Friday, 11 April 2025

Romans part 72 - Victory Over Sin 11

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Romans 6:19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you yielded your body parts as slaves to uncleanness and lawlessness, leading to more lawlessness, so now yield your body parts as slaves to righteousness, resulting in holiness.

What is it about sin? Well, for one thing, sin is never satisfied. Only Yeshua can bring us to a place of satisfaction, and, certainly, sin will never do that. Psalm 107:8-9 Let them (the redeemed of the Lord - see verse 2) praise Adonai for His mercy and His wonders for the children of men, for He satisfies the thirsty soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

Yes, Yeshua is that bread that satisfies, both hunger and thirst ... John 6:35 Yeshua said to them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in Me will never be thirsty." He is the only One without sin. He alone is able to fully satisfy. In other words, He fills us with His shalom.

Another way to look at sin is this, "Trying to fulfill a God-given desire in an ungodly way." We are created (by God, in His image) with God-given longings that need to be satisfied, but will only be satisfied in His righteousness. Everything else is sin, which will never satisfy. Proverbs 27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

By now it should be impossible to miss the point of Romans 6 ... "Don't let sin have dominion over you." Sin leads to death, but I'm getting ahead of myself. We won't get to this for a couple of days ... Romans 6:23 For sin's payment is death, but God's gracious gift is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua, our Lord. Shalom shalom.