STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 26

FREED FROM SIN

Romans 6:15-18 (KJV)

¹⁵ What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. ¹⁶ Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? ¹⁷ But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. ¹⁸ Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Romans 6:15-18 (CEB)

¹⁵ So what? Should we sin because we aren’t under Law but under grace? Absolutely not! ¹⁶ Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, that you are slaves of the one whom you obey? That’s true whether you serve as slaves of sin, which leads to death, or as slaves of the kind of obedience that leads to righteousness. ¹⁷ But thank God that although you used to be slaves of sin, you gave wholehearted obedience to the teaching that was handed down to you, which provides a pattern. ¹⁸ Now that you have been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.

1.    WHAT THEN? v.15

Ø  Should we sin? If free (and we are) and under grace, why sin?

Ø  Apostle says “God forbid” or (CEB) “Absolutely not!”

2.    SERVANTS OF WHOM? V.16-17

Ø  Understand – whomever you serve that is your master

Ø  Sin – satan or righteousness – God

Ø  You WERE the servants of sin, but now serve righteousness

3.    NOW! V.18

Ø  We have been set free from sin so serve righteousness as faithfully as you served sin

SET FREE TO SERVE FREELY!

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STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 25

SHOULD WE SIN TO BRING MORE GRACE?

Romans 6:8-14 (KJV)

⁸ Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: ⁹ Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. ¹⁰ For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. ¹¹ Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. ¹² Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. ¹³ Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. ¹⁴ For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:8-14 (CEB)

⁸ But if we died with Christ, we have faith that we will also live with him. ⁹ We know that Christ has been raised from the dead and he will never die again. Death no longer has power over him. ¹⁰ He died to sin once and for all with his death, but he lives for God with his life. ¹¹ In the same way, you also should consider yourselves dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus. ¹² So then, don’t let sin rule your body, so that you do what it wants. ¹³ Don’t offer parts of your body to sin, to be used as weapons to do wrong. Instead, present yourselves to God as people who have been brought back to life from the dead, and offer all the parts of your body to God to be used as weapons to do right. ¹⁴ Sin will have no power over you, because you aren’t under Law but under grace.

1.    ALIVE IN CHRIST v.8

Ø  if we died in Christ – we also live in Christ

2.    WHAT WE KNOW v.9-10

Ø  Death has no  more power over Christ because he rose from the dead

Ø  He died once, but lives twice and now unto God

3.    WHAT WE SHOULD DO v. 11-13

Ø  Consider yourself dead to sin (as if you are actually dead)

Ø  Don’t let sin rule in your body

Ø  Present yourself to God as people resurrected to new life

Ø  Live in your body as instruments of God and offer all the parts of your body to be used as weapons to do right

4.    SIN HAS LOST ITS POWER v. 14

Ø  Why? Because you aren’t under Law but under Grace

IN CHRIST WE ARE FREE FROM SIN AND ITS POWER!

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STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 24

SHOULD WE SIN TO BRING MORE GRACE?

Romans 6:1-7 (KJV)

6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? ² God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? ³ Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? ⁴ Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up 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 planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: ⁶ Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. ⁷ For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Romans 6:1-7 (CEB)

6 So what are we going to say? Should we continue sinning so grace will multiply? ² Absolutely not! All of us died to sin. How can we still live in it? ³ Or don’t you know that all who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ Therefore, we were buried together with him through baptism into his death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too can walk in newness of life. ⁵ If we were united together in a death like his, we will also be united together in a resurrection like his. ⁶ This is what we know: the person that we used to be was crucified with him in order to get rid of the corpse that had been controlled by sin. That way we wouldn’t be slaves to sin anymore, ⁷ because a person who has died has been freed from sin’s power.

1.   MORE SIN = MORE GRACE? V.1

Ø  It does not follow that sinning more brings more grace

2.   GOD FORBID V.2

Ø  CEB – Absolutely not! Dead can’t ‘live’ in sin

3.   BAPTISM OF DEATH RAISED TO LIFE v.3-4

Ø  Water baptism pictures dying to sin (submersion)

Ø  It also pictures rising to new life (this is where we should live)

Ø  Just like Jesus Christ was raised by the Father to a new life

Ø  So we will be united in the likeness of His resurrection

4.   OLD MAN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST v.5-6

Ø  Body of sin (sinful way of living) dead

Ø  That we from this time forward should not serve sin

5.   DEAD MEN DON’T SIN v.7

Ø  Freed from sin’s power – don’t have to sin anymore!

PRAISE GOD, WE ARE FREE!  WE DON’T HAVE TO SIN.

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STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 23

OBEDIENCE CANCELS DISOBEDIENCE

Romans 5:18-21 (KJV)

¹⁸ Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. ¹⁹ For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. ²⁰ Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: ²¹ That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 5:18-21 (CEB)

¹⁸ So now the righteous requirements necessary for life are met for everyone through the righteous act of one person, just as judgment fell on everyone through the failure of one person. ¹⁹ Many people were made righteous through the obedience of one person, just as many people were made sinners through the disobedience of one person. ²⁰ The Law stepped in to amplify the failure, but where sin increased, grace multiplied even more. ²¹ The result is that grace will rule through God’s righteousness, leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, just as sin ruled in death.

1.    THE CONTRAST - GOOD VS. EVIL v.18

Ø  Offence = judgment

Ø  Righteousness = free gift (justification)

2.    OPPOSITE DEEDS = OPPOSITE RESULTS v.19

Ø  Disobedience = sinners

Ø  Obedience = righteous persons

3.    LAW & GRACE v.20

Ø  Law = amplify the failure

Ø  Grace = amplifies redemption

4.    RESULT OF CHOOSING GRACE v.21

Ø  Grace (God’s favor) rules through God’s righteousness

Ø  Grace leads to eternal life – just as disobedience led to death

Ø  All this is through Jesus Christ our Lord

LET US CHOOSE GRACE AND ETERNAL LIFE.

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