Romans Chapter 6
As you read this chapter today let it be a moment of thankfulness and celebration for what Christ Jesus has done for you. You are a new person. You have new life in Him. You no longer are a slave to sin and to death. Praise the Lord!
If you are reading this and you do not understand this, please message me so that I can share the plan of salvation with you or answer any questions you might have. You can be free from sin, and I want you to have the blessing of new life as well.
Let's Reflect
1. Paul has established well in the previous chapters that our salvation is a free gift. There is nothing we can do to earn salvation. It is free because of the grace of God. Grace is God’s unmerited favor poured out on us. I am so grateful for the unmerited favor of God poured out on my life. Thank you Jesus! In light of God’s great grace, Paul asks the question, should we just go on sinning since we have been given so much grace?
2. Obviously, it makes no sense that we would go on sinning as we did before we were baptized into Jesus (saved by His redemption). According to verse 4 what happened to our old sinful life?
3. Our new life, being raised from the dead with Christ, brings glory to whom?
4. Our new life after salvation is a picture of what?
5. But it is more powerful than just being a picture of Christ’s resurrected life; it is so much more that we have been given. Paul wants us to understand the freedom that we have in Christ. Through the death of Jesus our sins were crucified with Him. Therefore, we are no longer ______________ to sin. We are free!
6. What does verse 9 tell us about Jesus’ death?
7. Since we believe in Him, we too have victory over death. Not only have we been freed from sin we have been given new life. Yes, we may die physically from this life, but we will be resurrected to eternal life with Jesus. Which brings us to the conclusion of the power of salvation. The answer to Paul’s question in verse one is answered in verse 11. What is the answer?
8. Paul gets to the meat of his message in verse 12-14. Since we are no longer slaves to sin and to evil, we must not allow sin to reign in our mortal bodies. Paul said do not give the parts of your body over to sin. Don’t let your hands and your feet take you where you should not go as a saved believer. We are instead to present our bodies to Christ as instruments of righteousness. You might be asking how does one do this? First, we need to continually confess our sins to God. Secondly, we need to recognize that sin no longer has power over us. And thirdly, we need to declare bold statements of faith over our life. What bold statement is given in verse 14 to speak over our life?
9. We all have a choice while we are in these mortal bodies. We can choose to be obedient to sin or obedient to righteousness. Paul assumes that in light of being a receiver of God’s great gift that we will do what? See verse 18.
10. When we choose to not sin, (remember we are now free not to sin), then we are acting in righteousness which leads to sanctification. Some Bible theologians call this progressive sanctification which simply means we are becoming or growing to be more like Christ. A person who chooses to become more like Christ by obeying righteousness will produce good what?
11. A beautiful thing happens when we become a believer and live our lives trying to please Him; we produce fruit and we are more sanctified which then leads to its end. What does Paul mean by sanctification’s end? See the last part of verse 23.
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