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c. Being united with Christ in His death?
c. Dead to sin?
2. Paul makes it very clear: when we are baptized!
a. Writing to Christians who had died to sin - Ro 6:1-2
b. Reminding them concerning their baptism into Christ...
1) They were baptized into His death - Ro 6:3
2) They were buried with Him through baptism into death - Ro 6:4
3) Their old man was crucified with Him - Ro 6:6
4) Their death freed them from sin, enabling them to live with Christ - Ro 6:7-8
5) They should therefore consider themselves dead to sin - Ro 6:11
-- If we have not yet been baptized into Christ, then we have not yet died to sin!
Mark A. Copeland
B. ARE YOU LIVING FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS...?
1. That is why you died to sin - cf. 1 Pe 2:24
a. That you might be alive to God - Ro 6:11
b. That you might not let sin reign anymore - Ro 6:12
c. That you might present your members as instruments of righteousness - Ro 6:13
d. That you might become slaves of righteousness - Ro 6:16-18
2. Having died to sin, we are to mortify (kill) the flesh
a. Aided by the Spirit of God - Ro 8:13; cf. Ep 3:16
b. Seeking to bring the flesh under subjection - 1 Co 9:27
c. Abstaining from fleshly lusts - 1 Pe 2:11
d. Putting to death (i.e., putting off) the sinful deeds of the flesh - Co 3:5-9
3. Having died to sin, we are to live for righteousness
a. Putting on the new man, renewed in the image of Christ - Co 3:10-14; Ep 4:22-32
b. Growing in the true knowledge of Christ - cf. 2 Pe 1:5-9
4. How serious are we in this effort? As evidenced by:
a. Our willingness to learn and grow in the knowledge of Christ? - 2 Pe 3:18
b. Our efforts to put off sin and put on Christ in our lives? - Ro 13:13-14
-- If we are not diligent in putting off sin and putting on Christ, then His death for us
was in vain!
CONCLUSION
1. When we consider the death of Jesus on the cross...
a. We should not just think of His death as an atonement for our sins
b. But also providing the means whereby we might die to sin and live for righteousness
2. The grace of God in Jesus is not complete until we are living as we should...
a. Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, living soberly, righteously, and godly - Ti 2:11-12
b. Redeemed from every lawless deed, purified and zealous for good works - Ti 2:13-14
Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh (Ga 5:24; cf. Ro 6:6). Are you Christ’s...?
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