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I Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and
live to righteousness...

Romans 6:2
How shall we who died to sin still live in it?

Romans 6:11-12
Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Yahshua.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts...

Romans 6:14
For sin shall not be master over you...

Romans 6:22
But now since you have been set free from sin and have become the slaves of God,
you have your present reward in holiness and its end is eternal life.
(Amplified Bible)

Colossians 3:3
For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

I John 3:9-10
No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices
sin, for God's nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains
permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born
(begotten) of God. By this it is made clear who take their nature from God and are
His children and who take their nature from the devil and are his children: no one
who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God's will in purpose,
thought, and action] is of God...
(Amplified Bible)

With many more similar words the Scriptures do declare that those who are born
again of the Spirit of God, and united with Christ in His death and resurrection, have been
set free from the bondage of sin. They are now able to exercise dominion over the beast
nature. The book of Revelation testifies that there will be a company of overcomers who
have attained victory over the beast, his image, and the number of his name.
We need to believe that such a victory is not only attainable, but it is what God expects
and demands of His children. If His children are obedient they will walk in this victory.
Only the children of disobedience will fail to crucify the flesh and will fall short of attaining
conformity to the image of Christ.
We are not to think, however, that this victory is handed to the saints on a silver
platter. Christ is the believer’s victory, but the saints must follow wherever He leads. There
are battles to be fought, strongholds to be torn down, giants to be slain, and wild beasts to
be subdued.
Consider the imagery that God has provided for the saints through the Israelites of old
who were led by Joshua (a type of Yahshua the Messiah) as they went in to possess the land