Romans 6

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

19 I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[b] Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Senator Blocks Bill to Guarantee Care for Babies That Survive Abortion

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) has blocked a bill that would expand protections for children that are born alive after an abortion.

The bill was presented on Feb. 4 by Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), who emphasized its necessity in light of a recent statement by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam in which he appeared to endorse abortion even after birth, in a Jan. 30 radio interview.

“The infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired,” he said. “And then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.”

While rare, unborn children have been known to survive late-term abortion procedures where birth is induced. Sasse’s bill requires such children to receive the same care expected for any other newborns by on-scene health care practitioners. Upon such care, the medical practitioners would need to ensure the child is “immediately transported and admitted to a hospital.”

The bill prescribes up to five years in prison to violators, but that charge would not apply to the mother. It gives the mother the right to sue health care practitioners for violations of the statute.

Sasse called for the bill to pass by unanimous consent, saying it “prohibits exactly the kind of infanticide that Governor Northam was endorsing.”

“That’s it. That’s what the legislation is about,” he said. “It’s based on the simple idea that every baby deserves a fighting chance. It’s a simple idea that every human being is an image bearer, even the weakest and the most marginalized among us are no less human, and every one of us has a moral obligation to defend the defenseless.”

But Murray objected, saying there are already laws prohibiting infanticide.

“This is a gross misinterpretation of the actual language of the bill that is being asked to be considered and, therefore, I object,” she said.

Senate rules allow a bill to pass expeditiously, without a roll call vote, but only if no senator objects.

It was by unanimous consent that the Senate passed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 that codified that an infant, even if born prematurely or after an abortion procedure, is considered a person and alive upon clearing the birth canal if it “breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.”

While Murray is correct in saying that infanticide is illegal under U.S. law, that doesn’t mean abortion providers are necessarily required to provide it immediate care.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/senator-blocks-bill-to-guarantee-care-for-babies-that-survive-abortion_2791501.html

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U.S. Senate Passes anti-BDS Legislation With Strong Majority

The Senate voted on Tuesday to pass a law that encourages state governments in the U.S. not to sign contracts with supporters of boycotts against Israel or its settlements in the West Bank. The law passed the Senate after close to a month of a political fight between Democrats and Republicans, and also within the Democratic Party, over its implications regarding freedom of speech.

In the end, 77 Senators voted in favor of the legislation, and 23 voted against it. Like in previous rounds of voting, the Democratic Party was split on the issue, with a narrow majority of Democratic Senators voting in favor of the law and close to half of the party’s Senators opposing it.

Only one Republican Senator - Rand Paul of Kentucky - joined the Democrats opposing the law by warning that it causes harm to free speech.

The law isn’t likely to pass the House of Representatives at this point, due to Democratic control over the chamber. The American Civil Liberties Union said in reply to the Senate vote: “Today, the Senate chose politics over the Constitution and trampled on the First Amendment rights of all Americans.

We encourage each senator who voted for this bill to read the Constitution and understand the protections it affords individuals against the unconstitutional, McCarthy-era tactics this bill endorses.”

The anti-BDS bill passed the Senate as part of a “package” of Middle East-related laws that were presented in one piece of legislation. The other bill include consensus issues such as security assistance to Israel and sanctions on Syria, that apart from the anti-BDS law, probably would have passed the Senate with very broad support from both parties, perhaps even with no opposition at all.

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-u-s-senate-passes-anti-bds-legislation-with-strong-majority-1.6912547

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