SIN'S DETHRONED REIGN

Listen, sin is a dethroned monarch. Even though he's still trying to give us orders, you know what, we don't have to obey them. And sin wants us back under its control. So he says, do not let sin reign in your mortal body. Notice what he says here, that sin is personified as a king who rules over the lives of his people. And we were his slaves. In verse 17 it says, you were the slaves of sin. But you know what, sin no longer has dominion over us. And we don't have to obey it. So he says, do not let, do not let sin reign.