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Overview of Romans

I. Intro. + Theme 1:1-17 II. Condemnation 1:18-3:20 III. Justification 3:21-5:11 IV. Sanctification 5:12-8:39 V. Illustration 9:1-11:36 VI. Application 12:1-15:13VII. Epilogue 15:14-16:27

Last week…Paul introduces the idea of our new identity

providing the basis of change for the believer.

Last week…Change for believers, as every Christian knows, is not automatic, as some have

claimed.

Romans 6:5-6Paul is explaining our “walk in newness of

life”.

Romans 6:5-6“United in the likeness…we shall also be

united…”Not a discussion of our future resurrection.

Romans 6:5-6“United in the likeness…we shall also be

united…”A discussion of our new life as a result of

our union with Christ.

Romans 6:5-6“Likeness”

“A state of having common experiences”BDAG p. 707

Romans 6:5-6“United in the likeness…we shall also be

united…”We can expect to live as Christ lives!

Romans 6:5-6But, why should we expect that?

Romans 6:5-6Because of something we know about our

union with Christ.

Romans 6:5-6Our “old self” died with Christ.

Romans 6:5-6It has been replaced by our new self.

Eph. 4:20-24

Romans 6:5-6This occurs when we believe.

Romans 6:5-6We are born again or regenerated and are

baptized by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 6:5-6That gives us a new inner person and unites us to the Body of Christ; in His death, burial,

and resurrection.

Romans 6:5-6That whole “body of work”, body of sins we committed through our physical bodies, is in

our past and it’s rule over us has been broken.

Col. 2:11-15

Romans 6:5-6The goal is that we should no longer be

enslaved to it.

Romans 6:7We are freed from sin in that it no longer has

a claim to us in our inner self.

Romans 6:8-9Death with Christ leads to life with Christ.

Romans 6:8-9Our future experience with Christ in glory can

become our present experience!

Romans 6:8-9Our future experience with Christ in glory can

become our present experience!1 Thess. 5:10; Rom. 8:11

Romans 6:8-9Our death with Christ leads to our life with

Him!

Romans 6:8-9It is critical that we know this fundamental

truth:“Christ, having been raised from the dead,

dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.”

Romans 6:8-9The life we share with Him is eternal life!

Romans 6:8-9This eternal life is the life we experience

through our union with Him!Rom. 5:17; Gal. 2:20

Romans 6:8-9Death’s authority is broken.

“Death reigned from Adam through Moses…”

However…

Romans 5:20b-21“…Where sin abounded grace abounded

much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through

righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”.

Romans 6:10-11Christ no longer needs to deal with sin as He

did on the cross.

Romans 6:10-11Christ no longer needs to deal with sin as He

did on the cross.

It has been permanently dealt with.

Romans 6:10-11Christ lives His life now “fully oriented to

God”.(Hodges)

Romans 6:10-11That’s how ours should be!

Romans 6:10-11We are to live our lives with this Identification

Truth that begins in 6:3.

Romans 6:10-11This is one of the first major actions believers

need to make.

Romans 6:10-11The reality is that we are united to Jesus

Christ, dead to sin and alive to God.

Romans 6:10-11Satan will go to great lengths to blur this

reality and gets cooperation from our flesh and the world!

Romans 6:10-11“Consider”

Same word as God “imputing” righteousness earlier (4:3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24).

Romans 6:10-11We are to live our lives regarding ourselves

the way God does; according to reality.

Romans 6:10-11But, the further reality is that we don’t have

to live according to that reality.

Romans 6:10-11Anyone who says believers can’t and don’t live contrary to their new lives is not being honest with their own lives and the reality

we all observe.

Romans 6:10-11Nothing could be farther from the truth than that godly living is automatic for

believers.

Romans 6:10-11This problem is not solved by inserting ideas

of godly living like “lifestyle” that are not, and cannot be, defined.

Romans 6:10-11Practically, this theology leads only to

frustration and/or self-delusion.

Romans 6:10-11However, the reality is that, with the proper

understanding, Christians can enjoy the victory Christ has brought!

Romans 6:12-14When we “consider” this spiritual reality

true, it should result in behavior consistent with that reality!

Romans 6:12-14Before believing, we allowed sin to rule our

lives by giving members of our body to a lifestyle consistent with it.

Romans 6:12-14Now, we should give those same members to the goals and activities consistent with

godly living.

Romans 6:12-14“Present” or “turn over” = To “put at one’s disposal”.

Romans 6:12-14“Present” or “turn over” =

Something made available for a purpose.

Romans 6:12-14Our commitment to new life should be

intentional!

Romans 6:12-14Our bodies were made available for sin and now they should be made available to God

and His purposes.

Romans 6:12-14In other words, our actions should match our

new attitudes.

Romans 6:12-14Sin no longer has the ability to rule over us.

Romans 6:14The idea is expressed well by the Anchor Bible,

“You must not allow sin to rule you”.(Fitzmyer, Romans, p. 447)

Romans 6:14The Mosaic Law is not effective in helping us

grow.

Romans 6:14When taken as a whole, vv. 12-14 teach us

that it is only the rule of grace that can free us from sin.

Romans 6:14The reality is that all believers know that sin

can overwhelm us.

Romans 6:14But, when Paul’s teachings are understood and followed, we can be assured that sin’s

dominion will not win out.

Romans 6:14Like our risen Lord, we can experience

freedom from sin!