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4. Redemption in Romans Contents 1 Paul and RomeHistorical Background 2 Jew and GentileTheological Background 3 All Have SinnedChapters 1-3A 4 Justified by FaithChapter 3B 5 Justification and the LawChapter 4 6 Expounding the FaithChapter 5 7 Victory Over SinChapter 6 8 The Man of RomansChapter 7 9 Freedom in ChristChapter 8 10 Redemption for Jew and GentileChapter 9 11 The Election of GraceChapters 10, 11 12 Love and LawChapters 12, 13 13 All the Rest Is CommentaryChapters 14-16

5. It was light from the book of Romans that scattered the darkness, light that revealed not only the great truth of Christ pardoning sinners but also the power of Christ to cleanse from sin. And it’s light from these pages that we, this quarter, will seek to uncover for ourselves as we study the great theme of salvation by faith alone as revealed in the book of Romans. Redemption in Romans Our Goal {5}

6. Redemption in Romans Lesson 7, August 14 Redemption in Romans Lesson 7, August 14 Victory Over Sin

7. Key Text Romans 6:14 NKJV “ For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”

8. Victory Over Sin Initial Words {85} Chapter 6 deals with what commonly is understood as “sanctification,” the process by which we overcome sin and more and more reflect the character of Christ. In the Bible “to sanctify” means “to dedicate,” usually to God. Thus, to be sanctified is often presented as a past completed act. “Sanctify” in no way denies the fact that sanctification is the work of a lifetime.

9. Victory Over Sin Quick Look 1. Sin Reigns as King (Romans 6:12, 14) 2. Sin’s Opposing King (Romans (16-18) 3. Grace From King Jesus (Romans 6:23)

10. Victory Over Sin 1. Sin Reigns as King Romans 6:12, 14 NIV “Therefore, do not sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its evil desires. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.”

11. 1.Sin Reigns as King Sin Personified {88} The word reign shows that “sin” is here represented as a king. “Reign” means, literally, “to be a king” or “to function as a king.” Sin assumes the kingship of our mortal bodies and dictate our behavior. The justified person can choose to prevent sin’s setting itself up as king in his or her life. This is where the action of the will comes in.

12. 1.Sin Reigns as King Steps to Christ 47 {88} “What you need to understand is the true force of the will. This is the governing power in the nature of man, the power of decision, or of choice. Everything depends on the right action of the will. The power of choice God has given to men; it is theirs to exercise. You cannot change your heart, you cannot of yourself give to God its affections;

13. 1.Sin Reigns as King Steps to Christ 47 {88} but you can choose to serve Him. You can give Him your will; He will then work in you to will and to do according to His good pleasure. Thus your whole nature will be brought under the control of the Spirit of Christ; your affections will be centered upon Him, your thoughts will be in harmony with Him.”

14. 1.Sin Reigns as King Under the Law? {90} The person living “under the law” will be ruled by sin. In contrast, a person living under grace will have victory over sin. “Under grace” means that through the grace of God as revealed in Jesus, the condemnation that the law inevitably brings to sinners has been removed. Thus, now free from this condemnation of death brought by the law, we live in “newness of life.”

15. Victory Over Sin 2. Sin’s Opposing King Romans 6:16 NKJV “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin to death or of obedience to righteousness?

16. 2. Sin’s Opposing King Two Contending Masters {92} A person has a choice of masters. He can serve sin, which leads to death, or he can serve righteousness, which leads to eternal life. Paul doesn’t leave us any middle ground here or any room for compromise. It’s one or the other because, in the end, we face either eternal life or eternal death.

17. Obedience is linked to correct doctrine. “Doctrine” here means “teaching.” The Roman Christians had been taught the principles of the Christian faith, which they now obeyed. Thus, correct doctrine, correct teaching, when obeyed “from the heart,” led to the Romans becoming “servants of righteousness” (vs. 18). 2. Sin’s Opposing King Two Contending Masters {92}

18. Romans 6:23 NKJV “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Victory Over Sin 3. Grace From King Jesus

19. Grace Abounding {86} In Romans 5:20, “But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” No matter how much sin there is or how terrible the results of sin are, God’s grace is sufficient to deal with it. Though sin has led to death, God’s grace through Jesus has defeated death and can give us eternal life.

20. 3. Grace From King Jesus Baptism and Sin {86} Immersion in the waters of baptism represents burial. What is buried? The “old man” of sin—that is, the body committing sin, the body dominated or ruled by sin. As a result, this “body of sin” is destroyed, sin’s mastery over it ceases. The one who rises from the watery grave comes up a new person who no longer serves sin. He or she now walks in newness of life.

21. 3. Grace From King Jesus Baptism and Sin {86} Of course, sin doesn’t just automatically disappear from our lives once we come up out of the water. Not being ruled by sin isn’t the same as not having to struggle with it. We have a daily, moment-by-moment battle to keep reckoning ourselves dead to sin and alive unto Christ. We always must remember, too, that God’s grace abounds, even when we sin.

22. 3. Grace From King Jesus Grace Abounding {94} Romans 6:23 show that the penalty for sin— that is, the transgression of the law—is death. But in addition, sin is a master dominating his servants, duping them by paying them off with the wages of death. The service of one master means freedom from the service of the other. We are no longer dominated by sin.

23. Victory Over Sin Final Words {94} Those who serve righteousness do things that are upright and praiseworthy, not with the idea of thus earning their salvation, but as a fruit of their new experience. If they act in an attempt to earn salvation, they miss the whole point of the gospel, the whole point of what salvation is, and the whole point of why they need Jesus.