Freed From Death By Being In The Spirit
FREED FROM DEATH BY BEING IN THE SPIRIT
Several verses in chapters five through eight of Romans cover the matter of death. Romans 5:12 says, "Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin; and so death passed to all men because all have sinned." For sin to enter into the world means that it has entered into humanity. Through one man, Adam, sin entered into mankind. Further more, through sin death entered. Sin came first and death followed. Wherever there is sin, there is death.
Romans 5:17 says, "By the offense of the one death reigned through the one." Death has not only entered the world; it reigns. Even today death reigns like a king.
DEATH, THE WAGES OF SIN
Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Wages are something we receive in payment for work we have done. If you do the work of sin, you will receive the wages of