The Power of the Cross

"Therefore, my brothers, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the crucified body of the Messiah, so that you may belong to another--to Him who was raised from the dead--that we may bear fruit for God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions operated through the law in every part of us and bore fruit for death. But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law."

What an awesome thing, this power of the cross! Where once we were bound to operate in the sinful passions of the flesh, we have been set free from that bondage. We are no longer bound to sin. Because we were crucified with Christ, we are set free, no longer in bondage. Jesus knew what He was saying when commanded us to take up our cross and follow him. Paul understood when he taught us to die daily. It becomes a mindset (as a man thinketh, so is he) that we are free from the bondage of sin and now we are alive unto the holiness of God.

We longer have to sin; we do so because of our own choice. Praise Jesus, when we do, we have an Advocate to represent us before our Holy Father.

Lord Jesus, help us to understand all the power of the cross and what our being crucified with you really means to us. Help us to develop the mindset and the heartset that are no longer bound to sin because You have set us free, and what You have set free is free indeed."