way, we do not turn from our false gods to become God’s children. We turn from them because we are. In Romans 6:11, Paul says we are to count ourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ. I love the King James Version, which uses the word reckon. We reckon ourselves alive to God, because we are alive to him. And we reckon ourselves dead to sin, because we are dead to sin. Our choices, behavior, and actions are an outflow of our status as children of God. When we get it the other way around—doing in order