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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