Romans 6:15-23 15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!

Romans 6:15-23 16Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Romans 6:15-23 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

Romans 6:15-23 19I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.

Romans 6:15-23 20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!

Romans 6:15-23 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

A Simple Sermon On SIN Romans 6:15-23 Larry Cline | Hardin Valley Church Of Christ | 7-19-2015

Sin – What is it? it’s a Problem Why?

Because of what it does… it Separates Isaiah 59:1-2 1Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. 2But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

Because of what it does… it Separates it Kills Isaiah 59:1-2 Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. John 10:10a The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;

Because of what it does… it Separates it Kills it Destroys! Isaiah 55:1-2 Romans 6:23 John 10:10a Inch – mile Second – lifetime Word – book Thought - personality

Identify it - Breaking God’s law (I John 3:4) Not doing what you know is good (James 4:17)

What to do with it… NEVER hide it Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. (Proverbs 28:13)

Destroy it! Faith destroys the love of sin Repentance the practice of sin Baptism the state of sin Forgiveness the guilt of sin The Holy Spirit the power of sin

Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

This is a day to REJOICE!