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Romans 6:1-23
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!! The Path of Progress”
! /Introduction/
*“The Normal Christian Life”* -Watchman Nee
The normal Christian life is quite different than the life of the average Christian.
The life God has designed for us to live revolves around, builds on three concepts.
I.
*Know * (3,6,9)
“Christian living depends on Christian learning.
Duty is always founded on doctrine.”
If our adversary can keep us ignorant, he can keep us impotent (at being able to live the Christian life.)
This instruction focuses on the mind.
The next one focuses on the heart
II.
*Reckon* (11)
41 times in the NT (19 times in Romans)
“to put to one’s account”
“Reckoning is a matter of faith that issues in action.
Reckoning is not claiming a promise, but acting upon a fact.
God does not command us to become dead to sin.
He tells us that we are dead to sin and alive unto God, and then commands us to act upon it.”
– Warren Wiersbe, (p.67)
!!! Mind, heart (accepting and acting on a fact) and now, will…
III. *Yield * (12-23)
Five times in this passage (13,16,19) -
-“to place at one’s disposal” “to present” “to offer as a sacrifice”
ill.
Rom.
12:1 “I beg you therefore, my brothers in light of the mercies of God, that you present…”
This is an act of the will based on the knowledge we have of what Christ has done for us.
Not only is this the path here in Romans 6, but throughout the Christian life.
Know Reckon and Yield
For example, take prayer:
Know- God who hears and has revealed that He moves in answer to prayer
Reckon – (act on a fact) – pray and keep praying
Yield - desire®discipline®delight
Witnessing:
Know – God has commanded us to be…
Reckon – move into action to fulfill that command: expecting God to use you, to work through you, you seek to live in such a way
Yield – time, life, emotions, mind (heart,soul, mind and strength) to this high calling in life
In verses 1-14 Paul asked and answered the thinking- "Can I continue in a life-style of sin, just as though nothing had really happened to me, except that I will go to heaven when I die?"
ans.- "Absolutely not!"
If you go on in a lifestyle of sin, you prove that you never really participated in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
v.
15 raises the question again in a slightly different way:
Paul raises the thought...'Why can't I as a Christian sin occasionally and enjoy the momentary pleasure?'
-God won't reject me because of it
-the Law does not condemn me any longer
-I'll not go to hell because of it
-I can be forgiven because of God's grace
-and, it's fun ("delicious temptation")
ans.-
"May it never be!" “God forbid” “Perish the thought” - me genoito
If I, as a Christian, go on sinning deliberately, even if it is only occasionally, I must face the full results of what sin will do to me.
I.
sin makes you a slave (16-19)
II.
sin will shame you (20,21)
III.
sin will spread death throughout your whole existence (22,23)
read vss.
15-23)
*I.
Sin makes you a slave (v.
16-19)*
ill.)
Bob Dylan's "Ya Gotta Serve Somebody: it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, but you’ve got to serve somebody.
-when he made a profession of faith – It appears that it was nothing other than a profession.
®Most of us don’t appreciate this profound psychological fact, but, "We are made to be mastered"
-This is part of what it means to be a 'creature'
-We are created to serve and to be subordinate to forces beyond us.
-We like to think we are sovereign creatures with an absolutely free reign; but we are not.
Paul says that before we were Christians we were slaves to sin.
Sin held our wills captive
So that even our best moments are tainted with selfishness
-when we become Christians, we are free to sin or not sin
-we try to believe this sin issue is not serious (little thing)
Paul says, (Understand this basic principle of life) When you yield yourself to sin, you become the slave of sin.
John 8:34 Jesus said "Truly, Truly, I say unto you 'He that commits sin is the slave of sin.'"
In practice:
#1 ill.) white lie
- we can't tell just one lie.
We are not in control of the events.
We have to cover our lie.
Proverbs 28:13- "He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion."
The only way to break the slavery to sin is to yield to righteousness.
Some never break the slavery- (truth is not the concern) chronic, pathological liars
manipulation of words- cover our tracks
#2 ill.)
Anger
- cut a person just a little
- put a little sharpness in my voice.
what happens?
they respond in kind
So I cut a little deeper... before I know it there is a blistering argument
Why can't we sin occasionally?
– tolerate small sins - Sin is not static; it moves and progresses- it is cancerous.
It permeates your thinking (Jude – “eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin…”)
Sow a thought, reap a pattern
Sow a pattern, reap a habit
!!!! Sow a habit, reap a character
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