Q100061926 Rom. 6:7 Make Sure You Know What It Means To Be "Freed From Sin"

Q100061926 Rom. 6:7 Make Sure You Know What It Means To Be "Freed From Sin"

Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This instalment of *How it Happens with Colin Cook* takes a deep look at what it actually means to be "freed from sin" in Romans 6:7, especially for those wrestling with addiction. Colin challenges a common idea in Christian circles: that being "dead to sin" means having zero desire for alcohol, drugs, food, sex, or any other compulsive behaviour.

He warns how this thinking creates a kind of spiritual elite – those who claim, "I used to drink heavily and I'm dead to all that now," while others feel like failures because they still crave a drink. As he puts it, "Millions of Christians are witnessing to themselves. You cannot do that.

You have to let it be known how you stand before God." Instead, Colin explains that Paul is talking about something much bigger: the whole human race having died with Christ and being freed from what he calls "The Sin Kingdom of Adam". That "kingdom" might still surround you, but it has lost its power to condemn or define you. This has huge implications for addiction.

Your problem isn't just the "drug of choice" – it’s the addictive mind shaped by guilt, shame and fear. Colin describes addiction as "an escape from the pain of your life" and links it to a mindset where guilt, shame and fear dominate and push you away from God. Freedom begins, he says, when you accept by faith that Christ has taken your judgement and that God no longer sees you under that power.

Over time, this can shift your inner world from heavy, condemned and driven, to what he calls an "open, light, carefree mind". Anyone struggling with compulsive behaviours or feeling spiritually "less than" might find fresh hope here. Could a different understanding of grace change how you see your addiction and yourself?