Paul continues in Romans 6:5-11 describing our new position. We were alive to sin; now we are dead. Sin had us in bondage; now the hold of sin has been broken. If we are dead with Christ, we believe we shall live with Him. We know He died once; we, too, have died once. We do not die over and over; our old nature is dead once and for all. By reckoning ourselves dead to sin, we can walk and live in our new place/position. This helps us resist sin; we our dead to sin but alive unto God.
