And we know this. In our baptism we were crucified with Christ. The power of the sinful self. Sin has taken possession of our bodies. When we are "crucified," sin can no longer make us its slave. As the crucified body of Christ was insensitive to external forces, so in our being crucified with Christ, we no longer respond to sin. [This does not mean we lose the ability to sin. Compare Colossians 3:5; 1 John 1:8-10. Luther says: "This teaches us that we are not so utterly freed from sin by faith that we can be idle, lazy and secure, as though sin did no longer exist."]

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