Friday is for Heart Songs
Working through some old files and tossing much to make room for more. Found this short dialog I wrote in 1982 while meditating on Romans 6:1-14 during a day of prayer. Still trying to figure out what it means to die to sin and live to God.
Being Dead is a Process of Living
Mature Christian: “Now that you have believed in Christ, you’re dead to sin.”
New Believer: “I am?”
MC: “Yep.”
NC: “I’ll never sin again?”
MC: “No, I didn’t say that.”
NC: —“You didn’t say that?”
MC: —“No, I didn’t say that.”
NC: —“I don’t understand. Didn’t you just say that I was dead to sin?”
MC: “Yep.”
NC: “Can a dead man do anything?”
MC: “Well, err … no … but ….”
NC: “If I’m dead how can I do something sinful?”
MC: “Well, you see … it’s kinda like being alive!”
NC: “Oh great! Now you’re telling me that being dead is like being alive?”
MC: “Let’s try this from another angle.”
NC: “Yeah, let’s.”
MC: “How do you feel?”
NC: “Well, I woke up with a headache …”
MC: “No, no … not how do you feel phys …”
NC: —“Didn’t you just ask …”
MC: —“I meant spiritually.”
NC: “Well you should have said so. … I guess I feel okay spiritually.”
MC: “Do you feel any closer to God?”
NC: “Well, I guess so …”
MC: [Excited, thinks he’s making progress.] “That’s because, spiritually speaking, your’re alive.”
NC: [With a bit of suspicion.] “Tell me something?”
MC: “What’s that?”
NC: “Didn’t you say that I was dead to sin?”
MC: “Yep.”
NC: “Now you’re saying I’m alive?”
MC: “Alive to God.”
NC: [With sarcasm.] “What does that mean, ‘spiritually speaking?'”
MC: “It means you’re dead to sin.”
NC: “Back to that again.”
MC: “You need a lot of closure don’t you?”
“Lord, help me to live out my new position in Christ. Help me to kill sin in my life wherever I find it so that I can live in the newness of the life of the Spirit. Amen.“
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