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SSS4 : Epistle to the Romans : Lesson 32

Text: Romans 6
19 November 2017

THE BATTLE AGAINST SIN III

Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? (Roman 6:1)

1. The old unregenerate nature

a) Described as “the old man” (Romans 6:6a)

b) Also described as “the body of sin” (Romans 6:6b)

c) We are “slaves of sin” (Romans 6:6c)

2. Through the death of Christ

a) The old man was crucified with Him (Romans 6:6)

b) The body of sin was done away with (Romans 6:6)

c) We should no longer be slaves of sin (Romans 6:6)

3. Theological significance

a) He who has died has been freed from sin (Romans 6:7)

b) If we died with Christ (Romans 6:8a)

i) Assuming that we have died with Christ

ii) Through faith in Christ

iii) This is our identification and union with Christ

c) We believe

i) There must be the exercise of faith

ii) Present faith

iii) Continuing faith

d) We shall live with Him

i) Immediate future reality

ii) Again through our union and identification through faith in Christ

4. Vital knowledge

a) Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more (Romans 6:9a)

b) Death no longer has dominion over Him (Romans 6:9b)

c) For the death that He died, He died to sin once and for all (Romans 6:10a)

d) But the life that He lives, He lives to God (Romans 6:10b)

5. Important application

a) Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin (Romans 6:11a)

i) The mind must be employed (“reckon”)

ii) The will must be deployed

iii) Consistency must be maintained

iv) Dead to sin

b) But alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans6:11b)

i) In direct contrast

ii) We are to be alive to God

iii) Heart, mind, will… all alive to God

iv) Through Christ Jesus the Lord