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What is the OBJECTIVE of this Sermon?
To think about how we are dead to sin and alive to God - because of the finished work of Christ on the cross.
What is the DESIRED RESPONSE for this Sermon?
To change the way we think as Christians.
To meditate on the beautiful reality of our position in Christ and how this should change our actions.
TENSION - Where does the tension lie?
It is too easy to think in the B.C. rather than the A.D..
Me - So, what happens when you take a piece of white fabric and put it into a vat of water with red dye in it?
Every fiber of the white fabric is permanently changed from white to red.
This is what happened to me in October of 1991 when confronted with the gospel...
I was “baptized” or submerged into Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.
I was forever altered/changed.
We - We who are saved have been changed - our baptism into His death, burial, and resurrection have forever altered the very fibre of our being.
I’ve Been Changed by Cleavant Derricks
Well, I’ve been to the river, I’ve been baptized.
I’ve been washed in the blood of the Lamb.
I’ve been changed from the creature that once I was
And redeemed is now my name.
Chorus:
I’ve been changed, I’m newborn now,
All my life has been rearranged.
What a difference it made when the Lord came and stayed in my heart
Oh, yes, I’ve been changed.
We were immersed in Christ and it forever changed us.
This is our reality, Christian friends!
Why then the struggle with sin?
This is why!
Your thinking must catch-up to your reality!
Why?
God -
The bible has a lot to say about how we think, our mindset.
“As a man thinketh so shall he be.”
- Proverbs 23:7
“Set your mind on these things.”
Phil 4:8
“Have this mind in you that was in Christ Jesus.”
Phil 2:5
So remember this.
You didn’t change you, God did! God is the one who says that you are a new creation so - BELIEVE IT!!
Dr. Tony Evans makes this point so well...
Who are we, as Christians?
We are the people who were co-baptized with Christ, co-buried with him, and co-resurrected with him.
So when all of us…were baptized in Christ Jesus, we were baptized into his death (6:3).
When he died two thousand years ago, we died two thousand years ago.
When he was buried, we were buried with him (6:4).
What is true of Jesus physically is true of us spiritually.
So my Christian friend, this is your new reality!
Main Idea - You are Alive In Christ!
Think Accordingly!
Folks, this isn’t a seminar on “The Power of Positive Thinking!”
This is the TRUTH because this is what the BIBLE says about you!!
So, write this on the tablets of your hearts.
Set your minds on this truth.
As you meditate on this reality, your reality will begin to reflect this beautiful truth!
In the passage we are focusing on today, Paul is continuing his argument that he started in verses 1-4.
His argument is regarding believers relationship with sin.
In verses 5-11 he adds to his argument by offering three powerful ideas to help the church at Rome focus on a believers proper relationship with sin.
Truths that will help reorient a believer’s perspective on sin and keep them from its powerful grasp.
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You Are Alive and Free (vs.
5-7)
Believers are united in His death
This becomes a guarantee that the believer will be united with Him in His resurrection.
This means believers are ALIVE just as much as Jesus is ALIVE!
The believers Old Self/Body of Sin = The sinful inclinations we continue to wrestle with.
Hear me - Your sinful inclinations, the fact that you wrestle with sin in a SIGN OF LIFE.
Unbelievers do now wrestle with sin the way a believer does.
The unbeliever doesn’t really care about there sin unless it hurts them in some way or the Spirit of God is bringing them under convictions.
This is a helpful way to think about our struggle = The new nature is incarcerated in an old body - the Bod of Sin.
And this body of sin is dead.
The bottom line?
You are no longer a slave to sin!
In fact, two thousand years ago when Christ died to sin, so did you.
and as Paul says in verse 7. Look at the NLT...
Illustrate - Did you know that cadavers can do some pretty odd things?
Morticians will tell you that their muscles will sometimes twitch!
One mortician said he even saw a twitch that catapulted the dead body off the table!
This particular mortician said, “That stuff doesn’t bother me, because I know that dead is dead, even when it acts alive.”
It’s the same with our body of sin.
Sure, it’s still moving around and even trying to act like it is in charge!
The reality is, in this life we will still sin.
But do you know the difference?
We are no longer slaves to that sin!
We are dead to it!
Dead people are dead and useless as slaves!
The power of sin is broken and so you are no long bound by it.
This is our reality - we are set free and alive!!
Apply - Set your mind on this and your life will change!
What you think will determine what you do.
Meditate on your freedom in Christ and you will start to act free in Christ
Meditate on the fact that you are dead to sin, and you will start to act dead to sin.
Meditating on biblical truth is the first step to lasting change!
Review - You are alive in Christ!
Think accordingly!
You Are Alive and Free
2. You Are Alive like Christ (vs.
8-10)
It is not just about sin being dead.
Just as we died with Jesus, we will live with Him.
How is this possible?
Jesus is alive because He was raised from the dead.
The first fruits of the resurrection
Being raised from the dead means He will not die again!
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