That is true. We have become a new person, in this way - we have decided to let God have rule in our lives. Here's where most of us trip and fall: We still have to willingly submit ourselves to his rule.
That's not an easy thing to do. Sometimes it's a struggle to do what's right. As Paul says in Romans, we can either be unwilling slaves of sin, where we don't even think about what we do... we just do it because we no longer question the destructive bondage that we live under... or we can be willing slaves of God - who chose to do things according to his way.
See, that's an area that we kind of gloss over in Christianity today. We say - "we have grace" and use it as an excuse to not live up to Gods standards, when in his word he asks us to submit ourselves to him even as a slave submits himself to his master.
We like to act like sons/daughters who have our inheritance now and we're running wild doing anything we want. The problem is, we're still not "home" and the way we represent our "Father" isn't bringing him any glory, just shame to the family name.
Anyway... I guess my thought for the day is... if you don't want to trip and fall into sin, you must actively watch where you're going.
Romans 6:16-18
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
16Don't you know that you are slaves of anyone you obey? You can be slaves of sin and die, or you can be obedient slaves of God and be acceptable to him. 17You used to be slaves of sin. But I thank God that with all your heart you obeyed the teaching you received from me. 18Now you are set free from sin and are slaves who please God.
*A carnal Christian is a Christian that is still guided by the flesh and not by the Spirit of God.
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