7 Ways Jesus Death Burial and Resurrection Powers You to Conquer Sin ⋆ Effie Darlene Barba %

What an incredible truth! But how can that be? It is because the old me has died, been buried and then resurrected to new life in Christ Jesus. This is a truth we must embrace so that we fully know the power within us to Conquer Sin. Too often, in my own life I have felt defeated. Unable to grasp the depth of this truth. Somehow believing I am always destined to this awful fate of spiritual failures forever. But the truth is He is there always present and able to help us win this battle against sin.

In Romans 6, Paul unveils a magnificent truth that can transform your Christian walk. If only we would grasp this truth. The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ empowers each of us to Conquer Sin. Therefore, let us look at 7 truths taught in Romans 6. If we fully hold tight to this truth in our memory banks our walk is transformed.

Truth #1 Power to Conquer Sin: Your Sin was nailed to that cross with Jesus

Everything went dark that day from 12 noon until 3 pm. God the Father poured out all the judgment and wrath for our sins upon His son. The Holy Spirit turned His back. No comfort or love provided the Son. The Father only saw our sin during those hours. He could not look upon His own son. Someone had to pay the price. That is how horrid sin is to a fully Holy and Righteous God. Justice demanded payment. How often do we want to say, my sin is not that bad. But it is. Why? It separates us from our Creator who cannot look upon sin without His just wrath exploding. Furthermore, sin separates us from who we were created to be. A chasm I could not cross, Jesus Christ crossed for me.

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? Far from it! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Romans 6:1-3 NASB

Paul had just explained in the previous chapters 1-5 how no one can gain salvation by their own works. Paul spoke of our total depravity and need of a Savior. Salvation came by grace alone through faith alone in Christ Alone. There is no other way to salvation. Now, he is going to further explain the how and why of that. The baptism he speaks of here is the one that occurs spiritually at the point of salvation. Water baptism is symbolic of the truth of what has already happened inside. It serves as a statement to the world and a reminder to us of what already happened inside.

Truth #2 Power to conquer sin: All our guilt and sin buried with Jesus. Mere ashes Remain of our sin

Therefore, we have been buried with Him through baptism into death. Romans 6:4 NASB

As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. See to it that there is no one who takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception in accordance with human tradition, in accordance with the elementary principles of the world, rather than in accordance with Christ. For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over every ruler and authority; and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with Him in baptism, Colossians 2:6-12 NASB

Our sin, our guilt, our shame died with Christ on the Cross. All buried with Him in the tomb to lie there as an ash heap. Buried there is the power of Satan against us. Christ’s atonement for us fully victorious over sin and death.

Truth #3: Conquer Sin due to Being Born as a New Creation in Christ Jesus due to His Resurrection

so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for the one who has died is freed from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. Romans 6:4-9 NASB

Neither is sin our master. It died with Jesus Christ and was buried. So, what is the problem? We do not grasp the depth of this truth.

you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And when you were dead in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Colossians 2: 12-14 NASB

Truth #4: Power to Conquer Sin: Consider Yourself Dead to Sin

For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all time; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. So, you too, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:10-11

If you receive a medical bill. Glance at it where it says you owe $15,000 dollars. Panic sets in. You start to calculate how in the world you are going to pay it. But then you notice further down it says you owe $0. The insurance had paid it all. But while you think you owe it. Panic. But when you consider the truth. All is good. Then you might think and panic, “What if my insurance runs out?” What if God’s Grace runs out on me? But no worries if Jesus is your Savior. The provision Jesus paid is sufficient for all. CONSIDER and Hold Tight to the truth of Jesus Christ. His payment was all sufficient covering past, present and future sins. Our sins exchanged for His cloak of Righteousness.

Truth #5 to Conquer Sin: Present yourself to Him

Therefore sin is not to reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the parts of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your body’s parts as instruments of righteousness for God. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under the Law but under grace. Romans 6:12-14 NASB

Sin is no longer your master. Remember when the Jewish nation were slaves to Egypt? God showed them innumerable miracles. He parted the Red Sea and drowned their slave masters. Yet after all that, every hardship that came they longed to return to their slavery under Egypt. Sound familiar? How often do we long to return to our slavery to sin?

Truth #6: To Conquer Sin: Surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ

What then? Are we to sin because we are not under the Law but under grace? Far from it! Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were entrusted, 18 and after being freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness. Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6: 15-23

Truth #7: To Conquer Sin Remember this: What is left of our mortal flesh is the mind with its desires

If you think about it all our battle with sin begins in our mind. Thoughts can become actions. Therefore, we are to Take Captive every thought—through prayer, bible study and focusing on His constant presence.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage battle according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh. but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete. 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 NASB

Our minds are constantly thinking of something. The brain is not an empty void. What if you turn all those thoughts into dialogue with God? After all, He is present as the Holy Spirit in you and Christ surrounding you. How would your thoughts change if it was a continuous talking with God?

Do not let your brain convince you that life was better before. You know better than that.

And you were dead in your offenses and sins, in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:1-7 NASB

Consider this Example:

There was a man named Daniel who wanted to grow closer to God. But he often felt overwhelmed by life’s challenges and unsure of what to do next. One day, he found himself at a crossroads—tempted to give up on a difficult situation instead of trusting God’s plan.

As Daniel prayed, he realized that feeling stuck wasn’t the end of his journey. Instead, he decided to take small, deliberate steps forward. First, he chose to spend time reading the Bible daily, seeking God’s guidance. Next, he reached out to a trusted friend for encouragement and accountability. We all need accountability partners. Something I tend to resist, afraid to let others know my deepest thoughts. But we do need someone whom we can tell everything and trust them to give wise Godly counsel. Even when it hurts. Well in the case of Daniel, he committed to praying specifically about his struggles, asking God for wisdom and strength. Specifically, God was his source.

Each step—no matter how small—began to build momentum in his life. He discovered that choosing the next step doesn’t require perfection, just willingness. Whether it was forgiving someone, serving others, or simply trusting God in a moment of doubt, taking that one next step kept him moving forward.

Daniel learned that life as a believer is about progress, one choice at a time. When faced with difficulty, asking, “What is the next step I can take today?” helps us stay connected to God’s plan and grow in faith. And just as God is patient with us, He honors our willingness to make that next move.

Concluding Thoughts

When we consider the truth that our sins were nailed to the Cross. Never forget they were proclaimed dead and buried. We were raised to new life in Jesus Christ. Our major battle in in our own heads where the memories of “Egypt” still reside. Memories can be tricky as we tend to let the good ones remain and forget the bad. But remember the truth of “Egypt”. We were miserable there.

And the second major point: Turn all your thoughts to prayers to God. Example as you go through the day you are talking to Him. “Hey, let’s go to the store. What do you think I should do? Is this a good purchase? What do you think is the best way I answer this? Oh, my that hurt, how should I respond? Thank you.” He is there, why not talk to Him all day. That is prayer without ceasing.

DO YOU KNOW CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND LORD? He is our only Hope in Life and Death! Our Joy is found in Him.

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