New Life inChrist

Jason Klebes

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Buried in Baptism, Raised to new life

Romans 6:1–11 CSB

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply? Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be rendered powerless so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, since a person who has died is freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him, because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will not die again. Death no longer rules over him. For the death he died, he died to sin once for all time; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Exegetical Idea: Identifying with Christ’s death and resurrection, leads to living a life that glorifies God

Homiletical Idea: Believers identify with Christ in His death, resurrection, and New life alive to God and dead to sin.

Illustrations for Biblical Preaching Freedom, Consequences of

When a man decides to exercise his freedom to break God’s laws, he is like a person who ascends to the top of a tall building and jumps off. For the first several stories he feels great. There are no restraints, no restrictions, no hang-ups. But suppose, ten stories from the ground, he realizes that a sudden stop awaits him and that he doesn’t want to endure its consequences. Can he reverse the falling process? Can you or he stop the fall? Of course not. Thus, in the final ten stories, our tragic character will examine his definition of freedom and realize—too late—that it was wrong.

Apathy is the enemy to the Christian life. Apathy is the what Paul brings to light in the believers thinking when he asks

Romans 6:1–3 CSB

How can we die to sin and yet continue in it? How can you identify with the works of Christ yet not with the fruit or the result of the work?

“By no means”- (Rom 6:2) - Paul denies the idea that someone can claim to believe the gospel while planning to continue in sin-

The point of the gospel was never to find an excuse to sin, but to find freedom from sin.

Paul introduces us to the new term “Died to sin.”

In the legal sense- we died in the sense of God’s judgement.

in the baptismal sense- we were buried and have died with Christ.

in the resurrection sense- we exchanged our sinful life for Christ’s resurrection life.

The Believers relationship with Christ:

We were buried with Christ (Rom 6:4)

United with Christ in the likeness of His death. (Rom 6:5)

The Old-self has been crucified with Christ (Rom 6:6)

When we died with Christ we died to sin. (Rom 6:11)

The old self, “the old man”- the person we were before we trusted in Christ, was ruled by sin, and even in hostility toward God- (Rom 5:10)

English Standard Version Chapter 6

the body of sin might be brought to nothing

Being Crucified with Christ has destroyed the old sinful nature

the old nature is no more, and now God’s nature lives through us- resulting in us no longer slave to sin

Romans Sin’s Power is Broken / 6:1-14

History records instances where slaves who were set free continued to live as if they were slaves. Either they could not believe they were free, or they were so conditioned to slavery that they could not imagine freedom. Likewise, until we accept our emancipation through Christ, we will remain slaves. But once we have accepted God’s gracious gift of emancipation, we will be able to participate fully in a new life of obedience. As slaves to sin, we are set free by Christ before we can begin to live free.

Death to Sin brought freedom and new life in Christ

We are untied in the Likeness of His resurrection (Rom 6:5)

Resurrection has immediate by-products in our lives-

It is more then just a guarantee of eternal life in the future

It brings a New life in Christ- We are already living resurrected. (Col 3:1)

Romans Sin’s Power is Broken / 6:1-14

The old life has been exchanged for the new life; old habits and patterns must also be exchanged for new habits and patterns.

New life is not Just in the life to come, but we live a new life now in Christ-

Romans Sin’s Power is Broken / 6:1-14

NEW LIFE

Because of Christ’s death and resurrection, his followers need never fear death. Allowing this truth to permeate our being will change the way we live. We know that we will live with Christ in eternity, but we also live with him today. That assurance frees us to enjoy fellowship with him and to do his will. This will affect all our activities—work and worship, play, Bible study, quiet times, and times of caring for others. When we know that we don’t have to fear death, we experience a new vigor in life.

We have New Life- our Sinful nature is destroyed and we have a new live

We are connected to the source of power that enables us to live for God.

Practical Illustrations: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians 9-279: Resurrection Power Needed to Live the Christian Life (Power)

How much of the power needed to live the Christian life do you attempt to provide? Even when you get creative and give it your best shot, failure is inevitable.

In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push.

After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had them push his car off. As he made his rounds, he would either park on a hill or leave his car running. He used this ingenious procedure for two years.

Ill health forced the Jackson family to leave, and a new missionary came to that station. When Jackson proudly began to explain his arrangement for getting the car started, the new man began looking under the hood. Before the explanation was complete, the new missionary interrupted, “Why Dr. Jackson, I believe the only trouble is this loose cable.” He gave the cable a twist, stepped into the car, pushed the switch, and to Jackson’s astonishment, the engine roared to life.

For two years needless trouble had become routine. The power was there all the time. Only a loose connection kept Jackson from putting the power to work.

J.B. Phillips paraphrases Ephes. 1:19–20, “How tremendous is the power available to us who believe in God.” When we make firm our connection with God, His life and power flow through us.97

We have been raised to new Life that

Conclusion:

The result: We are untied with Christ Both now and all the way into eternity.

Illustrations for Biblical Preaching Baptism

A minister was seeking to explain the significance of baptism to a new convert. He was gesturing as he talked and noticed that as he was using his hand its shadow fell on the ground. So he said to the convert, “Do you see the shadow of my hand on the sand? Now this is just a shadow. The hand is the real thing. And when you came to Jesus, when you believed in Jesus, that was the real baptism. You were joined to him, and what happened to him also happened to you. Jesus was alive, then he died and was buried, and then he rose from the dead. That is what happened to you when you believed in him.” He pointed to the shadow on the sand and said, “When you go down in the water and are raised up again, that is a picture of what has already happened.” Water baptism is a picture, a symbol to teach us what happened to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus.