Beloved, trust your Father’s love for you. Cast your cares on Him and have no more sleepless nights!
KNOW THAT HIS GOODNESS AND FAVOUR WILL WORK MIGHTILY ON YOUR BEHALF.
Have an EXCITING DAY
EXPECTING FAVOUR, BLESSINGS and OVERFLOW, BELOVED of the LORD...
RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
"DON'T LET SIN REIGN" - Friday June 6th, 2014 -
Pastor Chris.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your
members as instruments of
unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God...(Romans 6:12-14).

Our theme scripture is quite
instructive. If I told you, "Don't let that
fellow in here," and the
person I'm referring to is physically
bigger and
stronger than you -- maybe a
heavyweight
prizefighter -- you'd wonder what sort
of
"dangerous mission" I'm asking you to
embark on, because you wouldn't be
able to stop him, even if you tried.
If, on the other hand, you were the
heavy weight or the tough guy, and
you had been instructed to not allow
one puny little guy in the room, you'd
stand at the door, stick your chest out
and say, "All right, you heard the man;
stand back!" That's because you know
you're bigger
and stronger than he is and the
instruction is
not to let him in.
Applying this to our study, you're the
heavyweight, and sin is the "little guy,"
and God
has authorized you to stop it from
lording itself over you. He'll never ask
you to do something He knows you
couldn't do. But He instructs:
"...Don't let sin reign in your mortal
body, that
you should obey it in its lusts" (Romans
6:12
WEB), because He's given you the
authority and ability to stop sin.
Not only does God tell you that you
have the
authority, He shows you how to wield
that
authority in dealing with sin. He says,
"Neither
yield ye your members as instruments
of
unrighteousness unto sin: but yield
yourselves
unto God..." (Romans 6:13).
The word "yield" is from the Greek
word
"paristemi" and it means to present,
much like you "present" your
credentials at a job interview to be
perused or you "present" a newly
appointed executive to the board.
This is different from "yield" in the
sense of letting go of, giving up, or
relinquishing some
thing. It rather indicates the sense of
presenting yourself, actively and
consciously, not to sin,
but to God. In other words, its joining
yourself and acting together with Him
to live right.
PRAYER:
Dear Father, I yield myself to you as a
living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to
you as an
instrument of righteousness, to
establish your will, and manifest your
goodness mercies and grace in the
earth, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Further Study:
Romans 12:1;
Romans 6:19
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John
20:1-18, 1
Chronicles 20-22
2 Year Bible Reading Plan:1 Corinthians
15:50-58, Ecclesiastes 3-4
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