“Could it be any clearer?  Our old way of life was nailed to the cross with Christ, a decisive end to that sin-miserable life- no longer at sin’s every beck and call!  What we believe is this:  If we get included in Christ’s sin-conquering death, we also get included in his life-saving resurrection.  We know that when Jesus was raised from the dead it was a signal of the end as death-as-the-end.  Never again will death have the last word.  When Jesus died, he took sin down with him, but alive he brings God down to us.  From now on, think of it this way:  Sin speaks a death language that means nothing to you;  God speaks your mother tongue, and you hang on every word.  You are dead to sin and alive in God!  That’s what Jesus did.”      ROMANS 6:9 (MSG)