"We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin." Outside of the fact that Paul desperately needs an editor to remind him short sentences are usually better, the book of Romans offers some interesting discipleship nuggets. I read Paul like I read Karl Barth. Yada, yada, yada, yada, yada...nugget...yada, yada, yada. You can't give up...you just have bring your mining tools.
The narrative is one most of us know, but to try to explain it coherently to people who don't know the narrative...that's a whole other can of worms.
The nugget today is this idea that our "old self" dies with Jesus so that "the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin."
In real words, in real life, in this hopeless mess of a world we live in...we can change things. We can live in ways that make a difference. The concept of shalom, all people living in well-being, is actually a possibility.
We are not "enslaved" to sin. We don't give up. We don't give in. We continue to push ourselves and others toward reconciliation, transformation, because we are not slaves to the way things are.
We are free to change the world.
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