Dead to Sin, Alive to God
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. Rom 6:9
being raised from... What was it about Christ that died? Only the body (Jas. 2:26). Then this is what was resurrected to die no more. Death will have no more dominion over His body. This proves that Christ was resurrected physically, not as a spirit.
no more dominion... Greek: kurieuo, "lord it over." Used in Rom. 6:14; 7:1; 14:9; Luke 22:25; 2Cor. 1:24; 1Tim 6:15. Sin does not "lord it over" the believer in Christ. The believer "lords it over" sin (2Cor. 10:4-7; Rom. 8:13; Col. 3:5-10).
This verse describes two inexorable absolutes:
Spiritual death is the paycheck for every man’s slavery to sin; and
Eternal life is a free gift God gives undeserving sinners who believe in His Son.
The sharing of the resurrection life of Christ begins at the moment of regeneration, but it will continue as a believer shares eternity with the Lord. Again as a result we know (eidotes, “intuitive knowledge,” perceiving a self-evident truth [cf. Rom. 6:15], not ginōskontes, “experimental or reflective knowledge” as in Rom. 6:6) that Christ’s resurrection was a removal from the sphere of physical death to an unending spiritual form of life.
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