The Bible teaches that believers are dead to sin through their union with Christ's death, meaning they are justified and no longer under sin's condemnation.
In Romans 6, the Apostle Paul explains that we have died to sin's guilt and condemnation through our identification with Christ. When He died, we died with Him, and thus, our sins are no longer held against us. This means, as Paul states, 'how shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?' Believers are no longer enslaved by sin; we are made alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord, and this transformation signifies a complete change in our relationship to sin.
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