A TRANSFORMING LETTER 10 – Should Saints Sin? Romans 6: 1-23
There are 3 aberrations from biblical teaching on justification that still dominate the church today. This passage deals with the first century equivalent of ‘_______ _______’.
Saints’ relationship to _______
o _________
- Man’s effort without God
- Sanctification without justification
o _________
- Application of rules
- Imposition of disciplines
o Cheap ______
- If grace abounds where sin abounds …
- Let’s keep grace flowing by sinning more
o None of the above! – ‘We died to sin’
Saints’ relationship to _______
o Baptism ____ Christ [v. 3]
- Gentile proselyte to Judaism
- Jewish/Gentile convert to Christ
- ________ sign of internal grace
- Termination of the ___
- Initiation of the ___
- Identification with Christ
o With Christ in _______ and resurrection [vv. 3-5]
- ___ Christ died and rose again
- __, united to Him, ______ His death and resurrection
o Christ ____ to sin, ____ to live anew [vv. 6-11]
- In His _____ He dealt thoroughly with sin ·
- He fully paid its penalty ·
- He totally overthrew its power – death
- In His ___________ He lived again free
o We died and live again in Him
- One who has died is _____ [justified] from sin [v. 7]
- Old ____ was crucified [v. 6]
- Body of ___ rendered powerless
- No longer _____
- Now obligated to new living
Saint’s relationship to __________
o Temptation continues, failure still possible, but:
o Reckoning is _________ [v. 11]
- Dead to sin
- Alive to God
o Denying is _________ [v. 12]
- Recognize evil desires
- Say ‘no’
o Yielding is __________ [v. 13]
- Recognize righteousness
- Say ‘yes’
Saints’ relationship to ___________
o The old slavery to sin and its fruits has ____
o The new slavery to righteousness and its fruits has _____