Romans
6:15-19
You
Have Been Made Free from Sin
Rom 6:15 What
then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God
forbid.
Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that
to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Rom 6:17 But God be thanked,
that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form
of doctrine which was delivered you.
Rom 6:18 Being then made
free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Rom
6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of
the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to
uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members
servants to righteousness unto holiness.
1. Is
Freedom from the Law a License to Sin? – vs. 15*
a. Absolutely
not! It is through grace and forgiveness that we conquer sin and truly follow
the spirit of the law through the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
i.
John
8:36
ii.
Ezekiel
36:26-27
2. Christianity
is Not Simply Accepting a New Ethic or Morality. It is the Recognition of a New
Master. – vs. 16*
a. The
word yield means, prepared to serve. Just like a slave is standing by his
master ready at a moment’s notice to serve his master’s every wish. When we
were slaves of sin, this described our relationship to it. If sin beckoned, we
obeyed it without question or argument. Now that we are in Christ and He is our
master we must learn to have the same relationship with Him.
i.
1 Peter
1:18-25
3. How
Do I Know that Christ is My Master and that I Am No Longer Under Sin’s Brutal
Slavery? – vs. 17*
a. Paul
gives us, in a few short sentences, what it means to be a Christian in verse
17.
i.
A Christian receives the forgiveness and
grace of God with thanksgiving
1.
Titus
3:4-7
ii.
A Christian admits that they were once a
slave of sin, blindly following its mastery without question.
1.
Romans
3:10-12
iii.
A Christian is submitted to the doctrine
of grace, which is redemption and forgiveness of sin through the completed work
of Christ on the cross.
1.
Hebrews
9:12-14
4. Through
the Completed Work of Christ, We are Now No Longer Slaves to Sin, but in Fact
Slaves to Righteousness. – vs. 18*
a. Paul
is not talking about someday. He is defining your position in Christ NOW.
i.
Psalm
116:16
ii.
Psalm
119:32
iii.
Psalm
119:45
iv.
John
8:31-32
5. Paul
Purposely Uses the Illustration of a Slave to Show Us the Process of
Sanctification and the Work of the Holy Spirit in Our Lives. – vs. 19*
a. When
you were not saved, you sinned because you were a sinner. Just like an apple
tree produces apples. Every time you yielded to sin it led to more sin which
increased in frequency and magnitude.
i.
Ephesians
2:2-3
b. The
process of sanctification works very similarly. Now that you are defined by the
nature of Christ, all you have to do is yield to Christ and He takes over
growing you into the likeness of Himself. Just like sin grows with every act,
grace grows the same way. Every time you yield to Christ’s work in your life,
your spiritual walk grows in strength and power.
i.
James
4:5-6
c. When
you choose to yield your body to righteousness, God can begin to build holiness
in your life which produces sanctification.
i.
Colossians
3:9-12
