Empowered by the Spirit

Romans 6:6
knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 6:17-18
But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Romans 8:8-9
So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

As we read the above scripture.... we can identify what Jesus has done for us... He broke the power of sin on the cross... that the body of sin may be done away with... meaning the power of sin is broken... over a believers life... we move from a slave to sin (no power to sin) to a slave of righteousness (power of sin broken over our lifes).... now because we are empowered by the Spirit who lives in us... we can live the Spirit-led life... a life full of righteousness, peace and joy... a life of hope and victory... a life with a balanced pace and purpose...

Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Now because power of sin is broken over us... we can choose the Spirit-led life and reckon ourselves dead to sin and not depend on our own strength but the leading of the Holy Spirit who gives life and life abundantly... thats why christianity is not a set of rules and regimes that steals our joy and life.... thats why now we can reckon ourselves that dead to sin because of what Jesus did.. the power of sin is broken over our lifes... its much easier to live the holy life now because of what Jesus did to break the power of sin and by depending on the Holy Spirit.... we are not to live holy by a set of rules and systems....

Romans 6:4
Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ raised from the dead by glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (abundant life of God)

Now because of the newness of life... and the Holy Spirit in us and what Jesus did to break the power of sin... it is easier to live the holy life in respect for God... thats why the yoke is easy the burden is light... christianity is suppose to be living in the great and awesome promise of God..

Romans 6:10-14
For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey in its lust. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.