Because of Adam, we were born into sin
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Because of Adam, we were born into sin
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world,
and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned:
Because of Christ, we were born into righteousness
Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much
more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
God’s grace erased death & gave life
Romans 5:19 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 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in
sin, that grace may abound?
or
“If we are covered by the grace of Jesus, than
isn’t that just license for us to sin knowing
that Jesus “has us covered”.”
Hebrews 9:13 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?
KEY POINT #1
Salvation is not a get out of hell free card.
God demands righteous living.
KEY POINT #2
Salvation was not earned so it can’t be lost
(Rom 8:38-39). BUT God still demands
righteous living
If it’s everlasting, then you can’t lose it…
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
So the question, “is it cool if we live sinfully
since Christ’s grace saved us from sin?”
Paul’s response is 2 God forbid.
Justification not only means “just as if I never sinned”,
Justification also means “just as if I died and rose with
Jesus”.
2b…..How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer
therein?
Our justification identifies us with death. We are dead.
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into
his death?
Paul is using the word baptism figuratively to imply the
shared experience of Christ’s death. Ex.1 Cor. 10:1-3
KEY POINT #3
We defeated sin eternally through death at
the cross. We defeat sin daily through death
at the cross. Rom 12:1,2
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.
Example of Lazarus – John 11
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which
I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of
God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 2:21 I do
not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come
by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of
his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection:
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of
his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection:
What God is telling us is that he counts us equal
participants in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus
Christ.
Romans 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with
Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be
also glorified together.
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.
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.
Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was
weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the
things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the
things of the Spirit.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed
unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
Reckon means to determine.
Determination is not necessarily a feeling that you
conjure as much as a discipline you cultivate
KEY POINT #4
If we don’t daily reckon ourselves dead to
sin and alive to Christ then we risk
frustrating God’s grace.
The only way to cultivate a discipline is to
study, to examine, to exercise it, to take
account for it as it impacts your life daily life.
Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which
are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also
appear with him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;
Are you dead with Christ?
Are you risen with him?