Dead To Sin
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1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?
4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,
6 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; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin.
8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.
10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans (VIII. Dying and Rising with Christ: Freed from Sin’s Penalty to Be Slaves to God and to Righteousness (6:1–23))
Paul moves from the justification and salvation of sinners by the death of Jesus to the inherent obligation laid on believers to offer their justified and resurrected selves to God.
1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
Paul is responding to critics that one is saved by Grace Alone.
One may think that because they go to church or repeated a prayer that they are set and do not have to let the rubber meet the road.
These two verses set the thesis for this whole chapter. Paul’s call for sanctification.
If we build our Christian life only upon God’s unconditional love, which quickly forgives all sins, is to discredit God’s holy/righteous nature and is a distorted view of the purpose of His love
That is to make us transformed individuals. God does not forgive just for the sake of forgiving, or even to demonstrate His loving nature.
He reconciles us to himself for the purpose of glorifying His name through our lives.
To accomplish that goal, God works both for us and in us.
3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?
Paul is not speaking of a water baptism here, but one who has been fully immersed in His death
All Christians have, by placing saving faith in Him, been spiritually immersed into the person of Christ, uniting and identified with Him.
4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
Paul reminds them of their Baptism, he reminds them of what was washed away and what was brought to life
This outward sign of inward workings is the fire branding of Jesus on the heart of the believer.
Those who have been “buried with him by baptism into death” (v. 4) should live as those who have been brought by Christ from death to life.
5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 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; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin.
This is where entire sanctification is completed.
Being united with Christ and raised in His likeness is our entire sanctification process.
The Gr. word for “old” does not refer to something old in years but to something that is worn out and useless. Think lifeless and devoid of use.
As we are bound to Him, our old self dies.
The death of or old self is what frees us.
This freedom empowers us to stand and resist sin.
Being united to Christ also means we are united with the rest of His Bride.
We are not alone, the very word united points to a communal life. (all of the ones removed from leadership had isolated)
8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.
The context suggests that Paul means not only that believers will live in the presence of Christ for eternity
But also that all who have died with Christ, will live a life here that is fully consistent with His holiness.
Scriptural Holiness is loving God and Loving ones neighbors.
Scriptural holiness is a divine calling for believers to live in a manner that reflects God’s own holy nature. To be holy because HE is holy.
Scriptural holiness involves not just separation from sin, but separation to God!
The Curse of Death is no longer our Master!
10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
That word used for consider is the same word used in Rom 4:17 when Paul describes God’s action of crediting righteousness to Abraham.
Jesus wrote the check, all we have to do is take it to the bank. It has been credited to us.
TAKE HOME?
Romans VIII. Dying and Rising with Christ: Freed from Sin’s Penalty to Be Slaves to God and to Righteousness (6:1–23)
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