For he who is dead is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.

The death he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:7-11

Paul continues to emphasize this truth that we are dead to sin but alive in Christ Jesus. Just as Jesus rose from the dead and lives forever with God, we too our to consider ourselves or think of ourselves dead to all sin, including the sin of harboring offenses in our heart. 

The person who is offended when others don’t do what you want them to do is dead and alive in Christ Jesus. The person who holds onto past wounds and hurts is dead and alive to Christ Jesus. The person who is offended when others criticize you or give you feedback you don’t like is dead and alive in Christ Jesus. 

The person who makes life all about us, who is easily offended who olds onto past wounds and hurts, who is easily offended. We want that person to die so we can be

Think of yourself as dead to the sin of offense. 

Say today, “Offense, I am dead to you. You no longer live in me or have power over me. I am alive in Christ Jesus.”