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Yield

What are some things we yield too - give way or step aside;

Why do we yield to these things;

Why have you chosen to yield to these things;

The Book of Romans 1. The New Sovereign Who Reigns (Romans 6:12–14)

The Christian finds himself with an altogether new and different set of principles to guide him in choosing that to which he will yield himself.

Possibility

We are going to explore two possibilities of sovereignty (submission) in our lives;

People are going to controlled by one of two things, sin or righteousness;

Sin - the master of the unsaved;

The Book of Romans The Possibilities (Verses 12, 13)

Sin is the power that rules the sinner’s life, not the Christian’s.

Now remember Paul is speaking to fellow believers in Rome;

The Book of Romans The Possibilities (Verses 12, 13)

The point is this: Even though a believer really has a new master and sin is no longer his master, he must be warned against listening to the sin that used to be his master. He must not obey sin as though sin were still his master for sin’s rule has been broken.

As believers there are times that we can be draw back to our former sin - but it is no longer in control;

The Book of Romans The Possibilities (Verses 12, 13)

We refuse to continue to hearken to the body’s passions, and in so doing we assert that sin is no longer the sovereign to whom we yield the control of our lives.

God - the Christian’s master;

With a “newness of life” comes a change in ownership;

The way we look at things and respond are different;

The Book of Romans The Possibilities (Verses 12, 13)

If before his members were tools for sin to produce unrighteousness, now those same members are tools for God to produce righteousness. And it all depends on what master we choose to yield to, to submit to, and to obey.

Principle

Prohibition - to prevent something from occuring;

Sin not longer is in control;

The Book of Romans The Principle (Verse 14)

We must not allow sin to exercise lordship over us. We do not have to, because sin’s power has been broken (back to verse 6).

Assurance - confidence and trust;

The Book of Romans The Principle (Verse 14)

This assurance is presented as both a reason we must not allow sin to exercise dominion and as a source of confidence that we do not have to be overcome by sin.

The Book of Romans The Principle (Verse 14)

If we were still under law, sin would continue to rule us, and that for two reasons: (1) “Law” does not deliver, but make’s sin known (Romans 3:20) and thus makes sin “exceeding sinful” (Romans 7:13); (2) “Law” demands the penalty, and if we were still living there we would still be condemned to pay the penalty demanded thus still “ruled over” by sin.

Because of Jesus’ sacrifice we are free from the control of sin.