According to Romans 6:1, if I am dead to sin, why do I sin often times?
To answer this question, let’s have a closer look at some
key verses in Romans 6 to provide the necessary context. Read the following
verses below taking note at what was put to death,
Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Paul says, we were baptised into Christ’s death, we are
buried with Him by that baptism into death, and we are planted in the likeness
of His death. Now, as you read this, go ahead and pinch yourself on the arm. The
pinch you felt is proof that you are still alive, right! Your body, the mortal
man, is still alive and kicking, and as you rightly identified, is still
sinning too. So, Paul’s statements are obviously not in reference to our mortal
bodies. Well, what then was put to death? We’ll need to dig deeper.
