Let's Live Like We're Alive

The title of this blog is stolen from another band. Nevertheless is the band I stole it from. They are a relatively new "emo-punk" band signed on Flicker Records. Jamming catchy tunes. Similar to Anberlin or Acceptance.

Anyways, the title of the blog is their album title and their title track has really corresponded with my daily reading recently. I'll give you what I've been reading and the chorus to that song so that you can read them too.

First, what I'm reading, Romans 6:1-14

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

5For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6We know that our old self^[a] was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7For one who has died has been set free^[b] from sin. 8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. 13Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

The chorus to the song, "Live Like We're Alive" by Nevertheless

So here I stand. I’m ready for anything.
Just a man, but I’m giving everything.
We’re here only for a second and then we’re gone when we least expect it.
So do more than survive. Let’s live like we’re alive!


So what does all this mean to the believer? It means that we are free. We are free to live a life free from sin. We are no longer dead, we have been made alive with Christ and he is alive in us.

So what does mean to be a free person? How can we live like we are alive?

If you listen to the rest of the song by Nevertheless you'll see that the message of the song is to seize the day and live life while you have it. Outside of preconceived notions of what we "should" or "should not" be with our lives. It's basically saying, don't wait until the last second to try new things or meet new people. Go the places you want to go, be the person you want to be. A "never say die" take on life. Live a life of no regrets.

That is only half of the good stuff though. Romans 6 tells us that we can live a life free from the bondage of sin. Our sinful nature has been crucified with Christ and raised up again with Christ. So a Christian who lives like they are alive is one who lives free from sin. Someone who lives without worry, or sorrow, and does not let their flesh entangle them in the things of this world. The best part about being a believer, is that because we can live without sin, we can seize the day and the things we want to do, go the places we want to go, and be the people we want to be.

Christ's death on the cross was the payment for our sins. For all time. Verse ten tells us, For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. What this means is that additional sacrifices aren't needed. Once we have been regenerated by the cleansing blood of the lamb, we don't need to hang our selves on the cross over and over again. We are free to live like we are alive, BECAUSE WE ARE ALIVE!

So let start acting like it! Let's throw off everything that hinders and run the race marked out for us. Let's throw off our sin and everything that entangles. Put your worry on the shelf, let your care be placed on him, do not be discouraged because the Lord our God is with us, where ever we will go.

...We’re here only for a second and then we’re gone when we least expect it.
So do more than survive. Let’s live like we’re alive...because we are.

- TBG