Dead to Sin, Alive to God-9
Rom. 6:9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
Christ’s resurrection was a removal from the sphere of physical death to an unending spiritual form of life. Having experienced physical death once and having been removed from its realm by resurrection life, Jesus cannot die again (lit., “dies no more”).
Knowing...
εἴδω
eidō
i'-do
A primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent, to gaze that is, with wide open eyes, as at something remarkable and to stare at, that is, to discern clearly; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know: - be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) known (-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wist, wot.
that...
ὅτι
hoti
hot'-ee
Neuter of which some, that is, any that, also, which same as conjugation; demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because: - as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Christ...
Χριστός
Christos
khris-tos'
From through the idea of contact, to smear or rub with oil, that is, to consecrate to an office; anointed, that is, the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus: - Christ.
What was it about Christ that died? Only the body (Jas. 2:26). Then this is what was resurrected to die no more. Death will have no more dominion over His body. This proves that Christ was resurrected physically, not as a spirit.
being raised...
ἐγείρω
egeirō
eg-i'-ro
Probably akin to the base of to gather, properly the town square (through the idea of collecting one’s faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), that is, rouse (literally from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence): - awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-) rise (again, up), stand, take up.
from...
ἐκ, ἐξ
ek ex
ek, ex
A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote): - after, among, X are, at betwixt (-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for (-th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, . . . ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with (-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
the dead...
νεκρός
nekros
nek-ros'
From an apparently primary word νέκυς nekus (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun): - dead.
dieth...
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnēskō
ap-oth-nace'-ko
From off- that is, away and to die; - be dead; to die off (literally or figuratively): - be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with).
no more;...
οὐκέτι
ouketi
ook-et'-ee
Also (separately) οὐκ ἔτι ouk eti ook et'-ee
From no or not and yet, still, of time or degree; not yet, no longer: - after that (not), (not) any more, henceforth (hereafter), not, no longer (more), not as yet (now), now no more (not), yet (not).
death...
θάνατος
thanatos
than'-at-os
From to die: - be dead; (properly an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively): - X deadly, (be . . .) death.
"lord it over." Used in Rom. 6:14; 7:1; 14:9; Luke 22:25; 2Cor. 1:24; 1Tim. 6:15. Sin does not "lord it over" the believer in Christ. The believer "lords it over" sin (2Cor. 10:4-7; Rom. 8:13; Col. 3:5-10).
hath no more dominion over...
κυριεύω
kurieuō
koo-ree-yoo'-o
From supreme in authority, that is, God, Lord, Master, Sr; to rule: - have dominion over, lord, be lord of, exercise lordship over.
οὐκέτι
ouketi
ook-et'-ee
Also (separately) οὐκ ἔτι ouk eti ook et'-ee
From no or not and yet, still, of time and degree; not yet, no longer: - after that (not), (not) any more, henceforth (hereafter), not, no longer (more), not as yet (now), now no more (not), yet (not).
Him (Christ)...
αὐτός
autos
ow-tos'
From the particle αὖ au (perhaps akin to the base of to breathe unconsciously, that is, respire, by analogy to blow; air through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of him, her, it, them, also, my, thy, our, your: - self) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons: - her, it (-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, ([self-], the) same, ([him-, my-, thy-]) self, [your-] selves, she, that, their (-s), them ([-selves]), there [-at, -by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with], they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.
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." I cry out unto God and I say, "Lord, I reckon that to be dead a part of the old life, thank God I don’t have to live under its rule any longer. Help me, Lord." So reckon ye also yourselves to be dead. Now reckoning is a word of faith. You see, if my own flesh were dead I wouldn’t have to reckon it to be dead. If it were actually dead. One day it will be. I am not going to have to reckon it any more after that. But my old flesh is still very much alive, too much alive. I am painfully, keenly aware of that, and so I have to take the position of faith, the position of reckoning, I reckon that to be dead.