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Dying to Live
Romans 6
Chapter 5
• Extremes: legalism & license
– Paul explained justification & sanctification
– Pau’s three instructions concerning victory
over sin: know, reckon, & yield
– Know (6:1-10)
• Repetition in 6:3. 6, & 9
• Basic truth: the believer’s identification with
Christ in death, burial, and resurrection
– Identified with Christ in righteousness & justification
» From sins to sin
» From action to principle
» From fruit to root
– Romans 3:21-5:21
* Romans 6-8
Substitution: He died for us
* Identification: I died with Him
He died for my sin
* He died unto sin
Justification : righteousness
* Sanctification : righteousness
• Justification is a legal matter as well as a living
relationship (“a justification which brings life” : Rom
5:8)
• The believer is dead to sin (2-5)
• Baptism: literal – to immerse; figurative – to be
identified with (I Cor 10:2)
– “Baptized into Jesus Christ” – “For by one Spirit are
we all baptized into one body” (I Cor 12:13)
– Mode of baptism – immersion
» Pictures the believer’s identification with Christ
in death, burial, and resurrection
– Into Jesus Christ was accomplished by the Spirit
when they believed
– Believer’s new relationship to sin
» “I am crucified with Christ” (Gal 2:20)
» No longer wanting to continue in sin
» Alive in Christ & newness of life
– Lazarus
» Ephesians 2:1-10
» Betweeners
» Between Egypt & Canaan
» Between Good Friday & Easter
– “Set you hearts on things above …” (Col 1: 1, 3)
• The believer should not serve sin (6-10)
– Sin is a terrible master
– The body is not sinful, but neutral
» Controlled by sin or God
– “For I know that in me (that is, my flesh) dwelleth no
good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to
perform that which is good I find not” (7:8)
– The old man (the old ego, self, flesh) was crucified
with Christ so the body need not be controlled by sin
» “Destroyed” (6:6) – not annihilated; rendered
inactive, mode of no effort
» “Loosed” (7:2) – woman is free to marry again
when her husband dies
» Sin wants to be the master
» “He that is dead is freed from sin” (6:7)
» Sin & death no more dominion over Christ & us
– Reckon (6:11)
• To think or guess
• In Greek to take into account, to calculate, to
estimate, impute, count
• 19 times in Romans alone
• 41 times in N.T.
• Literal translation – to put in one’s account
• To believe what God says in His Word is really
true in your life
• Not to feel or understand, but to act on God’s
Word
• God doesn’t command us to be dead to sin, but
tells us that we are dead to sin & alive unto God
He commands us to act on it.
– Yield (6:12-23)
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“Know” centered in the mind
“Reckon” centered in the heart
“Yield” centered in the will
“Yield: 5 times in this section
Yield – to place at one’s disposal; to present; to
offer as a sacrifice
– Romans 12:1 – “a living sacrifice”
• How are we to yield (12-13)
– An act of will based on the knowledge we have of what
Christ has done for us
– The final & complete surrender of the body to Jesus
Christ
» Daily surrender afresh to Him
– Why God want our body?
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God’s temple (I Cor 6: 19-20)
God’s tool & weapon (6:13)
Fulfilling His Purposes
Moses’s hand holding a rod
David’s hands using the sling
Prophets’ mouths
Paul’s feet
John’s eyes, ears, & fingers on revelation
Members for sinful purposes
David’s eyes, mind, & hand
Ps 51: whole body affected by sin
Eyes (Ps 51:3)
Mind (Ps 51:6)
Ears (Ps 51:8)
Heart (Ps 51:10)
Lips & mouth (Ps 51:14-15)
Thorough cleansing (Ps 51:2)
• Why are we to yield? (14-23)
– Favor (14-15)
» God’s grace gives us a reason to obey, not an
excuse to sin
– Freedom (16-29)
» Illustration of master & servant
» Before salvation a slave of sin
» After salvation a servant for Christ
» Prodigal Son
– Fruit (21-23)
» Sin pays wages: death; God pays wages: holiness &
everlasting life
» Romans 6:23: a warning for both unsaved and
Christians
» Samson
» Danger of being disciplined by the Father (Heb
12: 5-11)
» Death is possible (I Cor 11:30)
• Know they you have been crucified with
Christ and are dead to sin
• Reckon this fact to be true in your life
• Yield your body to the Lord to be used
for His glory