We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. (Romans 6:6-14, NRSV)
Have you ever heard a musical instrument played by a master of that instrument?
Like Yo Yo Ma playing the cello. The instrument just sings! It is a wonderful sound that anyone would listen to.
That is what I saw in this text, when we present our members as instruments of righteousness to God, He just makes them sing with the most beautiful melody and harmonies we can’t even imagine!
When we give our lives over to the master, He makes the most beautiful music!
So look after not your own passions, but hand your members to God as instruments of righteousness and let Him make beautiful music!
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