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Wednesday Mar 30, 2016
ROMANS 6:6-10 WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE SLAVES OF SIN
Wednesday Mar 30, 2016
Wednesday Mar 30, 2016
Romans
6:6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin
might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9
knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no
longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin
once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
V6 crucified with Him,
Galatians 5:24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Eph 4:22 that
you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts,
Col 3:9-10 Do
not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10
and have put on the new man who is
renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
that the body of sin might
be done away with…the body is the instrument used for carrying out sin What is
it that has those desires? When you
fulfill a desire it is the body that gets the pleasure.
John MacArthur says that
Paul uses the terms body and flesh to refer to sinful tendencies that are
tangled up with physical weakness and pleasures. We have one new nature that is
incarcerated in unredeemed flesh.
Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you
therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which
is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect
will of God.
V7 no longer slaves of sin, but freed
from sin
John 8:36 "Therefore
if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
There are times when knowing a few facts can
have great impact on our decisions and our actions. Most of us have “gone off
half-cocked,” only to discover later that we acted without some very important
information. In our text, Paul is pointing out to his Roman readers some very
important facts they must know, which will serve as the basis for their
lifestyle.
Dead to sin, they are now free to live as
instruments of righteousness for God (8-14).
1Thess
4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should
abstain from fornication:
Phil 1:6 Being confident of this very thing,
that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of
Jesus Christ: {perform: or, finish}
In verses 8-14 we will see 2 keys to victory
Paul
says that we need to know some things about our life in Christ to become like
Christ
6:3 Do
you not know
6:6
Knowing this
6:8 We
believe
6:9
Knowing that
B. DEAD TO SIN, ALIVE TO GOD (8-14)
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Know
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We need to become in practice, what we
are already positionally
v8
Having died with Christ, we may live with Him
Rev 1:18 "I am
He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I
have the keys of Hades and of Death.
1Corinth 15:17-26
v9 Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no
more. Death no longer has dominion
Hebrews 10:10 By
that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all.
Col 3:1 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor
uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor
free, but Christ is all and in all.
v10
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth
unto God.
He
died, to the penalty of sin forever
breaking its dominion
2Corinth 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be
sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Heb 7:26-27 26 For such an high priest became us,
who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than
the heavens; 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up
sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did
once, when he offered up himself.
Heb 9:12-14 Neither by the
blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the
holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of
bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God,
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? {spot: or,
fault}
Heb 9:28 So Christ was
once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he
appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
1Peter
3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He
might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the
Spirit,
He
also died, to the power of sin forever breaking its dominion
Hebrews
2:14-15 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He
Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him
who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Consumed by Their Own
Lust
Radio
personality Paul Harvey tells the story of how an Eskimo kills a wolf. The
account is grisly, yet it offers fresh insight into the consuming,
self-destructive nature of sin.
First,
the Eskimo coats his knife blade with animal blood and allows it to freeze.
Then he adds another layer of blood, and another, until the blade is completely
concealed by frozen blood.
Next,
the hunter fixes his knife in the ground with the blade up. When a wolf follows
his sensitive nose to the source of the scent and discovers the bait, he licks
it, tasting the fresh frozen blood. He begins to lick faster, more and more
vigorously, lapping the blade until the keen edge is bare. Feverishly now,
harder and harder the wolf licks the blade in the arctic night. So great
becomes his craving for blood that the wolf does not notice the razor-sharp
sting of the naked blade on his own tongue, nor does he recognize the instant
at which his insatiable thirst is being satisfied by his OWN warm blood. His
carnivorous appetite just craves more—until the dawn finds him dead in the
snow!”
Dr. George Sweeting wrote in
Special Sermons For Special Days It is a fearful thing that people can be
“consumed by their own lusts.” Only God’s grace keeps us from the wolf’s fate.
Wednesday Mar 23, 2016
ROMANS 6:3-5 WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF BAPTISM TO SALVATION
Wednesday Mar 23, 2016
Wednesday Mar 23, 2016
Romans
6:3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into His death? 4
Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as
Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united together in the
likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His
resurrection,
V3 Do you not know……..Mark 2:25 But He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was
in need and hungry, he and those with him:
In baptism we were baptized into
Christ's death
Baptized
into Christ
1Co 12:13 For
by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body——whether Jews or Greeks,
whether slaves or free——and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 1:30
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from
God——and righteousness and sanctification and redemption
Romans 8:10 And if Christ is in you, the body is
dead because of sin, but the Spirit is
life because of righteousness.
2Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test
yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? ——unless
indeed you are disqualified.
Water baptism is a symbol of the
reality of salvation, not the means of it
1Co 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
1Corinth
6:17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one
spirit with Him.
Gal
3:27 For as many of you as were baptized
into Christ have put on Christ.
Eph 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just
as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in
you all.
We have died to the power of sin
Jn
8:34-36 Jesus answered them, "Most
assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 "And a
slave does not abide in the house forever, but
a son abides forever. 36 "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall
be free indeed.
1John
3:9-10 Whoever has been born of God does
not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been
born of God. 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are
manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
Romans 6:14
Words free from sin occur 3 times in
Chapter 6:7,18, 22
Gal 2:20
2Corinthians 5:15
V4
Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death
Colossians 2:12 buried with
Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the
dead.
That just as Christ was raised from the
dead by the glory of the Father,
We should walk in newness of life,
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone
is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all
things have become new.
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus
neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 18:31 A new
heart and a new spirit
Psalm 40:3 He
has put a new song in my mouth
Rev 2:17 And
I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one
knows except him who receives it."‘
2Cor 5:17 a new creation
Gal 6:15 For
in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision,
but a new creature.
Eph 4:24 and
that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true
righteousness and holiness.
V5 having been united together in the
likeness of His death,
certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His
resurrection,
Ro 5:10 For
if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son,
much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Wednesday Mar 16, 2016
ROMANS 6:1-2 HOW SHALL WE WHO DIED TO SIN LIVE ANY LONGER IN IT?
Wednesday Mar 16, 2016
Wednesday Mar 16, 2016
Romans
6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2
Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
In
the first 5 chapters Paul has only spoken of salvation and our security, but
has said little or nothing about Christian life, growth, or discipleship. So far he has exposed himself to the critics
who misquote him (Rom 3:8) And why
not say, "Let us do evil that
good may come"? ——as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that
we say. Their condemnation is just. But
now he is going to disprove their slander.
So
what do we have to say about once saved always saved or as I like to call it
the Eternal Security of the Believer.
Some
were saying that the idea of “free grace” ( it cost God everything) actually
encouraged sin as it promised sinners the best of both worlds since it
supposedly allowed a man to indulge himself freely in sin in this world without
forfeiting heaven
In
Chapters 6-8 Paul moves from the doctrine of Justification (God
declaring a man righteous based on Belief) to Sanctification (God producing
actual righteousness in the believer).
1.
Justification
is an act; Sanctification is a process
2.
Justification
is for us; Sanctification is in us
3.
Justification
is a transaction; Sanctification is a transformation
4.
Justification
is the means; Sanctification is the end
5.
Justification
declares the sinner righteous; Sanctification makes the sinner righteous
6.
Justification
removes the guilt and penalty of sin; Sanctification removes the growth and
power of sin
7.
Justification
is the straight gate through which we enter the narrow way of Holiness;
Sanctification is the way of holiness
1Corinth
6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?
Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will
inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed,
but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus
and by the Spirit of our God. 12 All things are lawful for me, but all things
are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under
the power of any.
1Tim
1:12-13 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He
counted me faithful, putting me into
the ministry, 13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an
insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
In
chapter five, Paul made the statement "where sin abounded, grace abounded
much more" (5:20). Aware that some readers might misconstrue
what he said, Paul quickly points out that grace is no excuse to sin since
through grace they have died to sin (1-2). To emphasize this, he reminds them of their
baptism into Christ, in which they experienced a burial into the death of
Christ and rose to walk in newness of life, having died to sin (3-7).
God
delivered the Jews out of Egypt which is a picture of sin.
Jude
1:5 But I want to remind you, though you
once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of
Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
Moses
was a type of Jesus who was to lead them out of sin and into the promised land
which is a type of heaven.
1Corinthians
10:2 all were baptized into Moses in the
cloud and in the sea,
Heb
3:11 So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’"
1Corinthians
10:5 But with most of them God was not
well pleased, for their bodies were
scattered in the wilderness. 6 Now these things became our examples, to the
intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
When
we are delivered out of Egypt, shall we talk of going back to it again? And go back to the cruel slavemaster of sin.
I.
WE ARE DEAD TO SIN, ALIVE TO GOD (1-14)
Christ
died for Sin, we die to sin
1.
V1
Shall we sin, that grace may abound? Ro 5:20
Antinomians anti means against, nomos means law …so it
means against the law
Jude
4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for
this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and
deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rasputin
said being an ordinary sinner does not give God an opportunity to show His
glory so be an extroardinary sinner
2.
V2
No, we died to sin! We ought to even be ashamed to ask such a question
Jesus
came to deliver us from all unrighteousness, so how can continuing in Sin
glorify a God who came to deliver us from it?
Romans 5:6-8
9
times in this chapter it says we died to sin, v2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13,
Heb
2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the
suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God,
might taste death for everyone. 14
Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself
likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had
the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear
of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Death
for the Christian is like the shadow of a truck rather than being hit by it
What
does it mean when Paul says we have died to sin
Ro
6:12, 6:13, 8:13
Galatians
5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and
you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Gal
2:17-21 "But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves
also are found sinners, is Christ
therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! 18 "For if I build again those
things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 19 "For I through
the law died to the law that I might live to God. 20 "I have been
crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and
the life which I now live in the
flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
21 "I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died
in vain."
Col
2:20 Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world,
why, as though living in the world,
do you subject yourselves to regulations——
Col
3:1-5
1Peter
2:24-25 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having
died to sins, might live for righteousness——by whose stripes you were healed.
25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd
and Overseer of your souls.
Died
is in the past or aorist tense which speaks of something that was done once for
all in the past. Just as in Romans 5:1
Having been justified.
It
was done when Jesus died on the cross
Romans
5:21 reign of sin in death,
Grace
might reign through righteousness to eternal life
Col
1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His
love,
Acts
26:18 ‘to open their eyes, in order
to turn them from darkness to light,
and from the power of Satan to God,
that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who
are sanctified by faith in Me.’
Lessons
1.
It
is impossible to separate Justification from Sanctification Salvation is not
only a transaction to make you legally righteous, but is a transformation
Once
we are saved God makes you into a new creation and because of that you will
begin to change, it is impossible that it cannot happen
Dr.
Donald Grey Barnhouse wrote, “Holiness starts where justification finishes, and
if holiness does not start, we have the right to suspect that justification
never started either” (Romans, vol. 3
[Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961], 2:12).[1]
2.
It
is possible to slow down the sanctification process – Do we willfully sin
because we know that God will forgive us since 1John 1:9 says If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
2Pe
3:18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Wednesday Mar 09, 2016
Wednesday Mar 09, 2016
Romans
5:15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense
many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man,
Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And
the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the
judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free
gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the
one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive
abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through
the One, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment
came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous
act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For
as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's
obedience many will be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered that the
offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so
that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness
to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
V15-21 Contrasts Adam's condemning acts and
the redeeming act or gift of Christ
In this section Paul uses the word much more
3 times to describe Christ's works.
V15 Christ's one act of redemption was so
much greater than Adams one act of Condemnation ---much more
It has been said that the fact that one
single misdeed should be answered by judgement, this is perfectly
understandable: That the accumulated sins and guilt of all the ages should be
answered by God's free gift, this is the miracle of miracles, totally beyond
human understanding.
V16 one offense by Adam resulted in the
condemnation
Christ's free gift resulted in
justification-- to be declared righteous
V17 one offense death reigned-- Adam
Adam thought he would be like God knowing
good and evil like the devil said, but exactly the opposite happened. That one
act separated him from God.
Ge 2:17 "but of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it
you shall surely die."
Christ --much more those who receive
abundance or the super abundance will reign in life
V18 one offense came judgement
Christ-- one's righteous act came the free
gift
V19 disobedience --made sinners
Christ's -Obedience made righteous
V20 Sin-- abounded because of the Law the law was a tutor
Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is
perfect,
converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Grace super abounded
V21 death or condemnation--through sin
Grace or Eternal life through righteousness
of Jesus Christ
Decision of death or life
1st Adam
Last Adam--Christ
1Corinthians 15:53-58
Rev 1:5-6
Wednesday Mar 02, 2016
ROMANS 5:12-14 THROUGH ONE MAN SIN ENTERED THE WORLD, AND DEATH THROUGH SIN
Wednesday Mar 02, 2016
Wednesday Mar 02, 2016
Romans
5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death
through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned-- 13 (For
until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no
law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had
not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a
type of Him who was to come.
Romans 5:12-21 shows us Man's Ruin and Christ's
Redemption
3 times Paul uses the words free gift and twice he uses
the word gift in this section.
Paul talks about original sin in this passage
Put in one sentence: By the sin of Adam all men became
sinners and were alienated from God; by the righteousness of Jesus Christ men
have the opportunity become righteous and be restored to a right relationship
with God
Sin originated with the devil, but
V12 Through one-man sin entered the world the word Adam
means mankind
1Cor 15:21-22, 45 For since by man came death, by Man also came
the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all
shall be made alive. 45 And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a
living being." The last Adam became
a life-giving spirit.
Acts 17:26 And He has made from one blood every nation
of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their
preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And
in sin my mother conceived me.
We were all in the loins of Adam or his
seed. Remember Jesus Christ was born of a woman, but could not have a man's
seed mixed with hers or else the man Jesus could not be perfect. The seed had
to come from the Holy Spirit.
1. Idea of solidarity --- Jews are a clan or
a nation
Achan - Joshua 7:1, He sinned, and Israel lost what should
have been an easy battle at Ai
His whole family was killed because of his
sin
Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a
trespass regarding the accursed things, for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of
Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so
the anger of the LORD burned against the children of Israel. 11 "Israel
has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them.
For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and
deceived; and they have also put it
among their own stuff. 12 "Therefore the children of Israel could not
stand before their enemies, but
turned their backs before their
enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with
you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you. 20 And Achan
answered Joshua and said, "Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of
Israel, and this is what I have done: 21 "When I saw among the spoils a
beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of
gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are,
hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it." 25
And Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? The LORD will trouble you this
day." So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire
after they had stoned them with stones.
A person does not become a sinner because he
sins; he sins because he is a sinner
2. Death is a direct consequence of sin:
The devil said in Genesis 3:5 "For God knows that
in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil."
God gave a direct commandment not to eat of
the fruit of the tree
V13 sin not imputed or accounted Specific acts of sin were not charged to men
until the law came
V14 but death came because of Adam's sin
Luther put it this way: As Adam caused death
to his descendants even though they did not eat of the forbidden fruit, so
Christ has become the Dispenser of righteousness to those who are of Him even
though they have not earned any righteousness