Billy Myron continues his teaching series on positional truth in Christ, focusing this session on “Death and Life, Part 1,” with primary emphasis on believers having died with Christ positionally. He explains that believers are co-crucified, co-buried, and positionally dead to the sin nature (the sin principle), while simultaneously alive to God through Christ living in them.
Key passages covered include:
Galatians 2:19–20 – “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”
Colossians 3:3–4 – “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear...”
1 John 5:11–12 – Eternal life is in God’s Son; whoever has the Son has life.
Romans 5:17–18 and Ephesians 2:1 – Contrast between spiritual death (separation from God due to Adam’s trespass) and being made alive in Christ.
Romans 6 (main passage) – Baptism into Christ’s death means believers are dead to the sin nature, buried with Him, and should walk in newness of life. Paul urges believers to “reckon” (count as true) themselves dead indeed unto sin but alive unto God, not to let sin reign, and to yield themselves to God.
Colossians 2:11–13 – Co-buried and raised with Christ in baptism; forgiven all trespasses.
1 Peter 2:24 – Dead to sins, live unto righteousness.
Colossians 3:1–5 – Since raised with Christ, set mind on things above and put to death earthly members.
Romans 7 – Serves as a practical negative example: when someone (here Paul describing a past mindset) returns to law-observance, sin revives, the sin nature regains power, and defeat follows (”the good that I would I do not... evil is present with me”). This illustrates failure to reckon oneself dead to the law and to the sin nature.
Billy stresses that positional death to the sin nature is inseparable from being alive to God and Christ indwelling the believer. This truth is not mere abstract doctrine but must shape reflective, long-term thinking (”set your mind on things above,” “reckon yourselves”). Properly reckoning this position enables victory over the sin nature; failing to do so (e.g., living as if still under law) allows sin to revive and dominate. The teaching will continue next session with greater focus on co-resurrection and new life.
