DCLM Daily Manna Monday 22 July 2024, Daily Devotional Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
TOPIC: You Can Have Dominion Over Sin
KEY VERSE
“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin” (Romans 6:6).
SCRIPTURE READING: Romans 6:1-10
DAILY MANNA 22 JULY 2024 MESSAGE
In the fifteenth century, Portugal became the first European nation to participate significantly in African slave trading. The Portuguese primarily acquired slaves for labour on Atlantic African Island Plantations and later for plantations in Brazil and the Caribbean, though they also sent a small number to Europe. Slavery in the United States ended by an act of Congress on January 1865 but unofficially continued for many more years. Slavery continued because many people were not aware that it had ended.
In today’s text, Apostle Paul likened sin and its captivity to slavery. Enslaved by iniquity, sinners are helpless, sold under sin. Sin drags its prey helplessly like condemned criminals to the gallows of execution. To have dominion, sinners must be repurchased from the slave market of sin. To achieve this, God sent His only begotten Son to take our place in death so we can take His place in life.
Today, sinners can have freedom from sin and enjoy full dominion over it. Identification with the death and resurrection of Christ by faith cuts us away from the world of sin. As death separates the dead from the living, so does dying to sin through salvation separates us from the control of sin. We must have this consciousness of our new status, deliberately and consciously refuse to allow sin have dominion over us any longer. Constant watchfulness and sobriety will help us cut off all correspondence and transaction with sin.
However, we must avoid the abuse of grace. This error makes some people believe that grace is so broad and sufficient to cover them no matter their sins. Today’s passage answers this error: “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid”.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
He who is dead to sin is free from its powers.
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DCLM Daily Manna Monday 22 July 2024 Devotional was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria