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LAST WEEK
Jaime gave a powerful word on the Faith that comes through your experience in the Storm.
It is on Youtube, and our iTunes podcast.
I highly suggest you check it out.
THIS WEEK
We are going to continue to grow through the Letter to the Romans.
Two weeks ago we began
The question that Paul was posing was this:
If where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more, then do we need to stop sinning?
“Shall we continue to sin that grace may abound?”
Paul went on to speak against this thought by reminding the Christian of what it means to be a Christian.
If we are going to call ourselves Christian
Be thankful for Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
What does this translate to in real time?
What does this mean for our daily struggles?
WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN REAL TIME?
LET’S GET INTO THE TEXT
LET’S GET INTO THE TEXT
Romans 6:7-
PRAY
THAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JESUS FOLLOWER.
THAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SIN, NOW THAT WE ARE SAVED.
Romans 6:7
If our sins have truly been nailed to the cross
We have been united with Christ in the likeness of His death,
Consequently, we will also be united with Christ in the Likeness of His Resurrection
Our Old Self was crucified with Christ
Our Old Ways
Our Old endencies
Our Whole Sin
That the body of sin might be done away with
That this instrument of sin might be rendered powerless
That the goal would be realized
What Goal?
That we should no longer be slaves of sin
For he who has died with Christ, Crucified with Him, Buried in His likeness . . .
HAS BEEN FREED FROM SIN
Very interesting language here.
That word “Freed” yields an interesting definition
It means to be Justified & Declared Righteous
For those of us who have been saved by the blood of Jesus
We have been justified and declared righteous from what Sin declared over us
We have been set free from the Mastership of Sin
Purchased by a Saving, Redeeming, and Loving God
A God who welcomes us into his family
If this has happened to us,
If we have indeed rendered our old self dead to sin, then something else will begin to happen
Romans 6:8
Paul goes on to say:
If we have died with Christ
We believe that we shall also live with Him
Because Jesus was raised from the dead, there is no second death for Him, or for those who believe in Him
We must understand that the death that Jesus died, He died once and for all
On the cross He said “It is Finished”
There is no other work that needs to be done
The only work to participate in, is the work of belief
Since He has died, Once and For All, the life that He now lives, He lives unto the Lord.
This is the best example for us to live into
Paul even says it:
Likewise, you also
Reckon yourselves to be dead to Sin, but not only that
Reckon yourself also as alive in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Death has nothing on us
Sin has nothing on us
Temptation isn’t that powerful when you are living into all that Christ has for you.
We can agree with the Paul, when he said to the Galatians
“I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I, but Christ who lives in me”
Many of us call ourselves Christians, but not many of us are living into the reality of .
HOW DOES THIS FLESH OUT PRACTICALLY?
Romans 6:
As Christians, we cannot let sin reign in us
We cannot let sin have dominion in our bodies
It is no longer our master
It is no longer the loudest voice
Therefore, stop obeying Sin’s commands, nor the lusts it whispers into your little heart.
Stop presenting your temple as a co-op space for both Sin and Rightouesness
Our Temples are not shared workspaces for both Good & Evil
We are not vessels of wrath and grace
We are not instruments of righteousness and unrighteousness
We are not channels of life and death
We are either or
Paul is giving us very valuable encouragement here
Encouragement to help us deal with our sinfulness like Jesus dealt with it, once and for all.
He says:
SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU
YOU ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE LAW
YOU ARE UNDER GRACE
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US TODAY?
WHEN WE WERE UNDER THE LAW, SIN HAD DOMINION OVER US
There was nothing we could do to appease our guilt
Nothing to set us free
Nothing to plead our case
WHILE WE WERE AT WAR WITH GOD, CONDEMNED BY HIS LAW
God sent His Son to die for us
To die on the Cross
To give us Eternal Life
This is Grace
This is God’s unmerited favor upon sinful man
For those of us who have been saved by this act, we are no longer under the condemnation of the law, but under the beauty of God’s grace
We no longer have to answer to the accusations of the law
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