Sin Shall Not Have Dominion Over You Romans 6:14

Paul the apostle told the people in Rome, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in the lusts thereof”, and he instructed them to, “yield” their “members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” In chapter six and fourteen of Romans, Paul told his readers, “sin shall not have dominion over you” where we read:

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

The verse begins, “For sin shall not have dominion over you:” Paul began with the word, “for” which means “even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and therefore” “sin” or “missing the mark, erring or being mistaken” “shall not have dominion over” or “will not lord, rule, exercise power or have power over” “you” which means “Paul's believing readers”. Paul shared with his “believing readers” how “missing the mark and error” will no longer have “power and influence” over them.

The verse goes on to say, “for you are not under the law, but under grace.. Paul began with the word “for” or “even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and therefore” “you are not under” or “Paul's believing readers beneath that which is higher” “the law” which refers to “the rule producing a state approved of God ”, “but” or “nevertheless, nonetheless, as an objection or exception, moreover and therefore” “under grace” which means “beneath that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness and unmerited favor”. The reason “sin” would not have “power and dominion” over Paul's believing readers was because they were not longer “beneath and subject to” “the rule producing a state approved of God”.

When we consider these words of Paul, we see how Jesus Christ fulfilled God's law and pushed the “power and dominion” of “sin” away from all who believe and trust in Him. No longer does “sin” have to “rule” in the “believer's heart” because they are now under “God's unmerited favor” and not His judgment. This is glorious news for those who put their “faith and trust” in Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross. “Sin” no longer has “dominion” because Jesus Christ has defeated “sin” for all who believe.

Next time Paul asks the people in Rome, “shall we sin, because we are not under the law”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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