Crucified with Christ—free from sin’s mastery and the Law’s authority.
Good morning. Today’s Bible verse is Romans 6:6: “…knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.”
Before Paul ever speaks of the struggle within (Romans 7) or the power of the Spirit (Romans 8), he begins with a truth we must know—not feel, not guess, not hope for, but know.
Your old man was crucified with Christ.
This is not a process.
This is not a spiritual goal.
This is not something you work toward.
It is a completed fact of your identity in Christ.
When Jesus Christ died, God included you in that death. The “old man”—your Adamic identity, your former self under sin’s authority—was crucified with Him. Not reformed. Not improved. Not rehabilitated. Crucified.
Why?
So that “the body of sin might be done away with,” meaning its authority over you has been broken.
Not removed, but rendered powerless as a master.
You are no longer a slave.
Religion tries to manage sin through rituals, guilt, fear, and self-effort. But none of these can silence the flesh or lift the burden of guilt. Religion may restrain behavior, but it cannot crucify the old man.
Only the cross can do that.
Dear brothers and sisters, this is why Paul anchors us in identity before he ever addresses behavior. You do not fight sin to become free. You fight sin because you are free. You are not trying to put the old man to death—God already did that at the cross.
And because you died with Christ, you also rose with Him.
Paul says in Colossians 3:1–4 that if you were raised with Christ—and you were—then your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Your identity is no longer rooted in the old man, but in the risen Christ.
This means:
You can say no to sin.
You can walk in newness of life.
You can set your mind on things above.
You can live from your new identity, not your old patterns.
Not because you are strong, but because you are new.
This is where the Christian life under grace begins. Before we talk about the struggle (Day 8), the reckoning (Day 7), or the Spirit’s power (Day 10), we must stand firmly on this truth:
Your old man was crucified with Christ, and sin no longer has dominion over you.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Ro 6:6.
Meditation:
My old man was crucified with Christ — sin is no longer my master.
Reflection Question:
Where do you still live as though sin has authority over you, even though God says it does not?