Romans 6:20-23

Romans 6:20-23

You are Now a Slave of God

Rom 6:20  For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 

Rom 6:21  What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 

Rom 6:22  But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

Rom 6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

1.      The Unbeliever is a Slave to Sin – vs. 20

a.       Those that are slaves to sin are free from righteousness. The righteous unbeliever or the moral atheist is a myth. There is no righteousness apart from Christ. While an unbeliever may appear to be a good person on the outward, they are only a whitewashed tomb that is inwardly full of nasty death.

                                                              i.      All of man’s righteousness amounts to nothing, his best is only useless.

1.      The Pharisees were probably the most outwardly righteous people ever, but in in actuality were hypocrites.

a.       Luke 16:14-15 

2.      Paul counts all of his righteousness apart from Christ as dung

a.       Philippians 3:4-8 

3.      Despite all that Solomon was able to attain he new he was dismally a failure before the righteousness of God

a.       Ecclesiastes 1:3 

b.      Ecclesiastes 2:11 

c.       Ecclesiastes 3:9 

d.      Ecclesiastes 5:15-16 

2.      The Fruit of that Slavery is Death – vs. 21

a.       All of man’s best efforts are useless and, in the end, earn him only death

                                                              i.      Ezekiel 18:4 

                                                            ii.      Romans 1:32 

                                                          iii.      Romans 5:12 

                                                          iv.      Romans 8:2 

                                                            v.      Romans 8:6 

                                                          vi.      Romans 8:10 

                                                        vii.      Romans 8:13 

3.      The Believer is Free from Sin – vs. 22

a.       Now that you are free from sin and a slave to God, because of the atonement of Christ, wouldn’t you want to begin to produce fruits of righteousness?

                                                              i.      2 Peter 1:3-8 

4.      The Wages of Sin is Death, but Eternal Life is a Free Gift of God Given to Us by the Sacrifice of Christ – vs. 23

a.       Death means separation from God. Whether that is a non-believer that goes to eternal hell or believer that is in need of chastisement. If a believer lives in sin he will suffer, in this life, the consequences of sin which is always death.

                                                              i.      Romans 8:5-10