Yield Your Members to God Romans 6:13

Paul the apostle instructed the people in Rome, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in the lusts thereof”, and in chapter six and thirteen of Romans, Paul told his readers not to, “”yield you your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin” where we read:

Neither yield you your 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.

The verse begins, “Neither yield you your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin:” Paul began with the words, “neither” which means “but not or even” “yield you your members” or “place beside or near , present or proffer Paul's believing readers' bodies or parts of the bodies” “as instruments” or “tools or implements for preparing a thing, weapons or arms used in warfare” “of unrighteousness” which means “injustices, deeds violating law and justice, unjustness and iniquity” “unto sin” which means “to missing the mark, erring and being mistaken”. Paul's readers were not to submit their “bodies” to be used for “unrighteous” activities.

The verse goes on to say, “but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God”. Paul began with the word “but” which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be written takes precedence over what was just stated “yield yourselves” or “place beside or near, present or proffer Paul's believing readers” “unto God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”, “as those that are alive” which means “like people who live, quick and lively” “from the dead” or “out and away from one who has breathed his last, lifeless, deceased and departed”, “and your members” which refers to “and his believing readers' bodies or parts of the bodies” “as instruments” or “tools or implements for preparing a thing, weapons or arms used in warfare” “of righteousness” which means “the state of him who is as he ought to be and the condition acceptable to God” “unto sin” or “to missing the mark, erring and being mistaken”. The believers in Rome were to “submit” themselves to “God” and use their “bodies” for “righteous” activities because they were “dead to sin” and “alive” unto Him.

When we think through these words of Paul, we see how he instructed the people in Rome not to use their “bodies” for “deeds that violate” God's law, however they were to use their “bodies” to follow after “God's righteousness”. When people receive Jesus Christ as their personal “Savior and Lord”, they become “dead” to their “sins” and “alive” unto “God”. “God's ways” are to be their new way of life, and “righteousness” should be manifested in their bodies.

Next time Paul tells the people in Rome, “sin shall not have dominion over you”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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