May 30 Evening Devotional | The Heavy Cost of Sin | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Evening, May 30 | “That we would no longer be slaves to sin.” —Romans 6:6 (NASB)

This Evening's Scripture Reading: Romans 6:1-11 (NASB)

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! 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? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might 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 he 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. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Devotional Video Transcript:

Christian, what have you to do with sin? Has it not cost you enough already? Burnt child, will you play with the fire? What! When you have already been between the jaws of the lion, will you step a second time into his den? Have you not had enough of the old serpent? Did he not poison all your veins once, and will you play at serpent’s den and put your hand in the dragon’s lair a second time?

Oh, be not so mad, so foolish! Did sin ever yield you real pleasure? Did you find solid satisfaction in it? If so, go back to your old drudgery, and wear the chain again, if it delights you. But since sin did never give you what it promised to bestow, but deluded you with lies, do not be snared again by the old Fowler. Be free, and let the remembrance of your ancient bondage forbid you to enter the net again!

It is contrary to the designs of eternal love, which all have an eye to your purity and holiness; therefore do not run counter to the purposes of your Lord. Another thought should restrain you from sin. Christians can never sin cheaply; they pay a heavy price for iniquity. Transgression destroys peace of mind, obscures fellowship with Jesus, hinders prayer, and brings darkness over the soul; therefore be not the serf and slave of sin.

There is yet a higher argument: each time you “serve sin” you “crucify … the Son of God and put Him to open shame.” (Hebrews 6:6) Can you bear that thought? Oh, if you have fallen into any special sin during this day, it may be my Master has sent this admonition this evening, to bring you back before you have wandered very far! Turn to Jesus afresh; he has not forgotten his love for you; his grace is still the same. With weeping and repentance, come to his footstool, and you shall be once more received into his heart;
you shall be set upon a rock again, and your goings shall be established.

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