Wanted Dead and Alive!

Intro:

The affects of the high pollen count and alergies.

300 Sermon Illustrations from Charles Spurgeon The More Light, the More Dust We See (Job 13:23; Jeremiah 17:9)

It is like when a housewife cleans her room; she looks, and there is no dust. The air is clear, and all her furniture is shining brightly. But there is a chink in the window shutter, a ray of light creeps in, and you see the dust dancing up and down, thousands of grains, in the sunbeam. It is all over the room the same, but she can see it only where the sunbeam comes.

It is just so with us. God sends a ray of divine light into the heart, and then we see how vile and full of iniquity it is.

(6:1–10): Believers must be aware of three facts.

A. They have been crucified with Christ (6:1–3).

B. They have been resurrected with Christ (6:4–5).

C. They are now both dead and alive (6:6–10).

1. Dead to their sin (6:6–7): We should no longer be slaves to sin, for we have been crucified with Christ.

2. Alive in the Savior (6:8–10): We are now to live in the resurrection power of the one who rose from the dead and is forever alive.

*Gods will is that we die and live.