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16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not…

Living the Testimony Made for Living 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. Restart Through Forgiveness 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 For with…

Kids: “I didn’t mean to.” Will never hold up in a court of law. Neither will good intentions hold up in God’s court room proceedings. 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. Those who have good intentions only of doing the…

It is no accident that the culmination of Paul’s abhorrence at the idea of continuing to live in sin lies not with himself, nor his readers, but solely and squarely upon the Lord Jesus Christ!

Today we are talking a bit about excuses to sin. Here is a couple of excuses for thing I thought were funny: When our new hire didn’t show up for work, I called her. She explained that her mother had passed away and that she would need a few days off for bereavement. “Of course,” I said. A week went…

Morning 3 Sept 2023

What happens when we, who died to sin, do indeed sin? What happens when we let sin reign in our body, in one or more of our members? What happens when, instead of not letting sin reign in my mortal body, I instead yield by body to it?

WHEN YOU’RE PRESSURED TO CONFORM 3 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the Lord tests the heart. When you’re pressured to give in, remember... 1. BEFORE EVERY BLESSING THERE’S ALWAYS A TESTING. 4 For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to…

We started life in sin, and our bodies are accustomed to it. But we who died to sin have, through our union with Christ Jesus, both the ability and the responsibility to restrain our bodies and members from the sinful behavior they are accustomed to, and to re-train them as instruments of righteousness, alive from the dead and able to be used by Him for His glory!

For a person who has been justified by faith, a real death has occurred, and although you still see this same flesh breathe and move, the me that was, the me that was beholden and enslaved to sin, is no more!

55 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work…

Intro Last week we spoke about , Hope, Peace,Joy and Love The same topics that we preach during Advent - leading up to Christmas Paul now moves from Justification ( our standing with God) to Sanctification Growing and being more like Jesus. This Chapter really deals with “Freedom”. Lets read it and talk…

If you had to sum up the theme of Romans 8 in one word perhaps the best word you could choose would be the word ASSURANCE. 1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Paul’s main aim is to prove to us why there is no possibility of condemnation for the believer. If we…

Introduction Last Lesson of this monthly series of Seek Righteousness Thank Carry Choosing Righteousness: Making the Right Decisions in Life Making “right” decisions automatically denotes making wrong ones can’t go back in time Objectives Know the Bible This World is Not Your Home God Defines Who You…

Introduction I started something last week and I hope to continue this pattern as we move forward. The passage mentioned that we stand for the Word of God, so I ask you once again as we read God’s Word. Please stand I am reading Romans 6 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace…

Speaking strictly to Christians, Romans 6 does not say that I am to die to sin, nor does it say that sin is dead. But we must never fear losing our salvation; for those in Christ sin is against our very nature!

Introduction 2nd lesson in our series of Winning the Good Fight "Conquering Sin through Christ's Sacrifice" Our focus for today The Reality of Sin Need for Redemption The Power of Christ’s Sacrifice Responding to Christ’s Sacrifice Reality of Sin for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,…

Romans 6:11–14 (ESV) — 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness but present yourselves to God as those…

Romans 6:14 provides us a summary and explanation of the commands expressed in verses 12 and 13, that sin shall not be master over we who died to sin, for we have been transferred to the reign of grace.

We who died to sin, are to consider that God has made us holy in our union with Christ Jesus. Through our union with Christ Jesus, God has given us the capability to not let sin reign in our mortal bodies for the first time in our existence!

Who we were and Who we are. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”…

Happy New year everyone! With a new year starting today what is usually on the minds of most people is a chance for new beginnings. “New beginnings don’t start with a turning of a calendar page. New beginnings start with turning to Jesus” Becoming a Christian is not making a new start in life; it is…

If I have been justified by faith in Jesus Christ, the me that was, the me that was in Adam, has been crucified and buried, I no longer am bound to living a life characterized by sin!

Death We are all destined to die. But where we spend eternity is what matters, with God or separated from God which is hell. Before getting to today’s lesson we did not finish the lesson from 11/14/22, in death we live. So, lets finish that before we attempt this one today. How about a few simple questions…

Common attitude of Christians: I can’t stop sinning or God’s grace is grater than my sin so I’ll keep on sinning. 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? In vv. 3-5 Paul teaches that our water baptism identified…