Paul wrote of his struggle with his flesh in Romans 7. Verse 23 says, “But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”

Romans 6:13 is really clear. It says, “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.”

2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Stop reading and say this out loud. “I am the righteousness of God in Christ.”

Romans 6 is a great foundational chapter of understanding how to live as more than a conqueror. Verse 11 says, “Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Dead things have NO ability to respond in any way, shape, or form. Reckon is to consider something.