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This passage in Romans states with finality the NEW reality Christ has won from us no longer to be beholden to the old master of sin. The labels given by others, the ways we resign ourselves to “I am what I am and I cannot change” sort of thinking… all of this can be in the past. I will also reference 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 where the judgment of others is concerned. The message will close with a more reflective tone of gratitude and resolved faith to live in light of this. I will also be encouraging and challenging everyone to consider pursuing the Lord in public baptism this summer as a declaration of this freedom in Christ.
A Heart Set Free… From Slavery to Sin
From Slavery to Sin
6 What shall we say then?
Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
Your New Life in Christ Means You Have Died With Him
Your New Life in Christ Means You Have Died With Him
By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death
2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Your New Life in Christ Means You Have Arisen With Him
in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
You must decide to align your life with the freedom you now have from sin as your master...
Align your life with the freedom you now have from the taskmaster of sin… Romans 6:6
6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Resist giving in to the old labels… Romans 6:7-11
7 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
Aspire to reflect His righteousness through your life…
Aspire to reflect His righteousness through your life…
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 who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.