Dead to Sin Alive to God-8
We shall also live with him.
Rom. 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
We are supposed to reckon ourselves dead with Christ (Rom. 6:8, 6:11).
we will also live with him The Greek verb used here, syzēsomen, is in the future tense; it may refer to an experience associated with the end times. In order to take part in this experience, believers must reject sin in the present life. Compare 2 Tim. 2:11.
The saying is trustworthy See on 1 Tim 1:15. Paul is suggesting that we identify with Christ’s suffering and exaltation (Phil 2:8–9). Paul acknowledges his present sufferings while anticipating future blessings.
If we died with him Believers unite with Christ in His death and His resurrection (Rom. 6:5; Gal 2:19–20). In this context, death may imply martyrdom since it represented a genuine possibility for persecuted believers (Mark 14:31).
These verses state much the same truth as Rom. 6:5-7 and in the same format, beginning with if (“since”). Those who by faith receive Jesus Christ and are identified with Him have died with Christ (cf. Rom. 6:3, Rom. 6:5). Because this is true, we believe (pres. tense, “we keep on believing”) that we will also live with Him. The sharing of the resurrection life of Christ begins at the moment of regeneration, but it will continue as a believer shares eternity with the Lord. Again as a result we know (eidotes, “intuitive knowledge,” perceiving a self-evident truth [cf. Rom. 6:15], not ginōskontes, “experimental or reflective knowledge” as in Rom. 6:6) that Christ’s resurrection was a removal from the sphere of physical death to an unending spiritual form of life.
I am now in the risen Christ. I am living in Christ. I have that life in Christ. Sin no longer can reign as king in my mortal body. For Christ now reigns. Likewise, reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Account that to be...how many times I must account that to be in my own life? When the old flesh rears its ugly head and I do that which is not pleasing. The Spirit of God calls my attention to it and I feel so ashamed that I would have said, "I would have done that."