So, what exactly does this mean in all contexts for humanity?  How are we to act, now that we are dedicated, even slaves to Jesus Christ, baptized into His death, instead of slaves to sin, evil, and Satan?  We are also raised up from the dead by the glory of God, and we should walk in newness of life.  Freed from sin by death, we should also now be alive, like the Son unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord, the life that is the light.

Jesus Christ has raised us up from death into life and quickened us with His Holy Spirit, just like God raised Him up from the dead.  We are freed from sin, forgiven, no longer slaves of sin and death.

Just as we were servants of sin and free from righteousness, we must now be also servants of Jesus Christ and free from sin and death.  Jesus has washed us from our sins in His own blood.  We are now dead to sin and alive unto Jesus Christ our Lord.  We also must put on the whole armor of God, to be able to stand against the evil.  

Do not fall into temptation, as the man who was cleansed of unclean spirits found his house swept and garnished, but then takes unto himself seven demons more wicked than his old self, and then again he enters into sin, death, and destruction.  This is an evil generation and will try to take away from you the battle that has already been won, through Jesus Christ.  He is the light that shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not comprehend His goodness, life, and light.  The words of Jesus Christ, they are Spirit and they are Life, and the flesh profits nothing.             

John 3:7

“Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-3-7/

John 5:21

“For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-5-21/

Revelation 1:4 - 1:6

4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Revelation-1-4_1-6/

Romans

Chapter 6

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Romans-Chapter-6/

Romans

Chapter 6

1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

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:

6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ephesians 6:11

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ephesians-6-11/

Matthew 12:43 - 12:45

43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-12-43_12-45/

John 1:1 - 1:5

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-1-1_1-5/

John 6:63

“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-6-63/

February 16, 2026

Cliff Rhodes Christian Ministry