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This morning we are going to being look at the book of Romans, written by the apostle Paul.
This is a marvelous book that has brought many people to the true realization that we are saved through faith in Christ alone (Marin Luther).
Paul makes some exhaustive arguments in Romans and gives the readers his theological resume in a sense.
In chapters 3-5 Paul is teaching about justification, and then in chapters 6-8 he covers sanctification.
To put it simply he talks about getting saved and life after being saved.
We must remember we are called to live a righteous life, remember the standard PERFECTION.
What is sin
The Question (Vs. 1)
The Answer (Vs.
2)
The Argument (Vs.
3-7)
What is Sin
Sin: Lawlessness or transgression of God’s will, either by omitting to do what God’s Law requires or by doing what it forbids.
The transgression can occur in thought (1 John 3:15) word (Matt.
5:22), or deed (Rom.
1:32).
Nelson Student Bible Dictionary.
In Chapter 5 Paul had at great lengths covered the topic of sin, and it consequences.
Now here in the text we are looking at this morning he is heading off an argument that he foresees.
That we should sin that God’s grace may abound (Libertarinsim).
He asks a rhetorical question here in verse one.
He is trying to make the point of the absurdity of being saved and continuing in our sin so God’s grace may increase.
It is impossible for a person to be truly saved and continue in sin, no matter what they think.
There has to be a change, the Christian life is a life defined by holy living.
We are saved by our relationship with our Lord and Savior Christ, but we are still called to a life defined by holy living.
Here Paul answers the question he asked in verse one.
We are not to continue to live our life in our old sin.
I don’t care how good of a person we think we are we are all sinners in desperate need of a Savior.
We see from Jeremiah why we are all sinners, sin comes from our heart.
Without a relationship with Christ we are doomed.
Temptations are the fleshly desires of our heart, that is where it comes from.
We will get to how to make this change.
In this Paul is not talking about a water baptism.
The way he uses the word would have the meaning of being immersed into Christ, we are baptised into a union with Christ.
When we accept Christ into our heart, we have a new identity, our old one was put to death on the cross.
Our old self, the way we acted, the way we thought, the way we talked was all put to death.
We as believers are immersed into Christ’s death, so that we to can be changed by God.
Once this happens we are to walk in a different way, we are changed.
A true conversion makes a different person, did I say perfect, no but we are different.
The word “newness” refers to newness of quality and character not just a newness in a point in time.
How does this change happen it is through the power of the Holy Spirit, a gift from God. Ezekiel.
It is God who changes us not ourselves.
When we try and make changes they are only temporary, they are not eternal like the change He makes in us.
Here Paul further drives his point home about our identity.
Since we are united with Christ in His death, it is only logical that we be united with Him in His resurrection.
So this resurrection will take place twice, once at your conversion and when we receive our glorified bodies.
You all know I like illustrations, but this morning we are going to have to settle for some pictures.
When I think of our new identity I think of a butterfly.
It starts as a not so pretty caterpillar, goes into its chrysalis (cocoon), and then emerges a new creation, a beautiful butterfly.
We here in the United States like our freedom, and don’t get me wrong it is a wonderful thing, but no one is really free, until they meet Jesus.
We were all slaves to our sin, we can only be truly free when we accept Christ into our hearts.
We are crucified with Him so that our sin will be “brought to nothing” what does Paul mean by that phrase.
Our sin will no longer rule and reign our lives, it will be nothing.
Christ defeated sin and death on the cross, and made it powerless over those who accept Him.
Life and death cannot coexists you either are alive or you are dead.
The one who dies with Christ is set free from their sin.
It no longer holds them in bondage.
Remember we are changed just like the caterpillar ugly and full of sin one moment and then changed risen as a beautiful child of God.
We are made righteous through Christ, it is nothing inside of us, it is through Him and Him alone that we are set free, as new creations.
The Change
You may have noticed the line under the title of the message.
This is a quote from Gandhi (the Indian Leader for change in India).
Why did I put this on here, well its because once we accept Christ into our lives we have a job to do and that is share the gospel with those around us.
If we want to see change how do we make that happen, remember we are just the messengers God is the only one who can truly change people but we should be the change we want to see in people.
The loudest sermon we all will ever preach is the one we are living.
We should be shining our new light into the dark world.
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