Rm6

What runs our lives? Is it pursuing God and His desires or is it pursuing our own selfish desires? There really are only two paths. Either we are pursuing God and His righteousness or SIN. Selfish pursuits are sinful pursuits.

The "old way of life" (which is actually death) is defined by self and sin. The "new way of life" (which is real life) is defined by God and righteousness. What is clear in this text is that the gospel changes everything! The primary thing it changes is WHO is the leader in our lives.

Will we continue to be slaves to our own desires and pursue what we want? Or will we choose to follow Jesus and refuse to give in to ourselves and sin? These are two very different paths. We cannot unite the two. There is no such thing as pursuing Jesus for selfish reasons.