Sin wants to be our master, ruling and dominating us. Left to ourselves, we inevitably become its slaves. But God, in compassion, became a man and lived a perfect life, fulfilling Old Testament law and prophecy to redeem us from that slavery.​ ​We then come to the historical event Paul wrote of in today’s passage​.

Knowing this, that our "old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; Romans 6:6