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Romans 6:11-14 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Well, good morning. Let me invite you to take your copy of God's Word and join me in Romans chapter 6.
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Our text for today is Romans chapter 6, verses 11 through 14.
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And this morning's text is the application of the previous 10 verses, which we will review and consider to help us understand verses 11 through 14.
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But this morning, I would like to begin with a reading of our text and a presentation of the outline for our study.
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And then we'll back up and get to the text itself.
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So Romans chapter 6, this is 11 through 14.
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Let me remind you before I read it, beloved, that this is God's Word to us.
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It was written for His glory and for our good.
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And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.
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Paul writes,
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Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to make you obey its passions.
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Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness,
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but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life,
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and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
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For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law, but under grace.
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This text presents to us four exhortations toward holy living.
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These four exhortations or urges to do something will serve as our outline for today.
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So the outline is as follows.
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Four points.
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Number one, no.
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Number two, consider.
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Number three, do not present your members to sin.
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And number four, present yourself to God and your members to God.
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So if you want to shorten that, you can say, no, consider, do not present, and present.
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So number one, no.
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The very beginning of verse 11, Paul says, so you also.
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So the first exhortation is implied.
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You can find the words, consider, and present for the other three exhortations.
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But you will not note the word no.
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But I assure you that it is there.
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As Paul begins verse 11 with the phrase, so you also.
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This phrase is similar to a therefore.
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Therefore, in light of what I have just said, you should.
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So we must begin with what we ought to know if we are to live holy lives.
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What is it that Paul would have us know?
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Let's spend a bit of time looking at the previous ten verses of chapter 6 to find out.
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And this will be very brief because last week we addressed it at greater length.
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Throughout the letter thus far, Paul has been making the case that we are justified or declared righteous.
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Morally perfect is what that word means.
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I hope that phrase is not growing tired for you.
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It is the gospel justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
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In the previous chapter, Paul explains how the first Adam, as a representative of all humanity, brought sin into the world.
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And humanity inherits his sin nature.
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And then he goes on to talk about how the second Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ, if we are in him, serves as our representative before God, as our federal head.
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At every step of Paul's writing, he is anticipating objections.
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He asks questions and he gives answers, which is what we find him doing at the beginning of chapter 6.
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So let's read those first ten verses.
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What shall we say then?
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Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
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By no means.
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How can we who died to sin still live in it?
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Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
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We were buried, therefore, with him by baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
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For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
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We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
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For one who has died has been set free from sin.
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Now, if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
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We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again.
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Death no longer has dominion over him.
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For the death he died, he died to sin once for all.
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But the life he lives, he lives to God.
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So at the beginning of chapter 6, Paul anticipates a question that may be reworded something like this.
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If Christ has paid the penalty for my sin and given to me his perfection, then can't I live any way I want to?
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And he responds emphatically, absolutely not.
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Then he proceeds to tell us why.
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Having been justified before God by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone,
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we have been baptized into Jesus' death and resurrection,
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which means that we identify with him and have been set free from the power of sin.
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So this is what Paul would have us know for the sake of holy living.
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If you are in Christ, have believed in his person and his work for the salvation of his soul,
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you have been fundamentally changed.
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This is the doctrine of regeneration.
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You went from dark to light.
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You were dead and now you are alive.
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You have changed in kind.
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You are a new creation.
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Your old nature has been replaced with a new nature.
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Before the fall, Adam and Eve were both able not to sin and able to sin.
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The Latin phrase for this, which I just really like,
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I don't share Latin to sound smart.
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It helps us remember things, I think.
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And I want you to read people who use Latin,
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so maybe it won't be strange to you if I introduce it to you.
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But the Latin phrase for Adam and Eve's state before the fall was
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passe non pecare, able to sin, and passe pecare, able to sin.
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Passe non pecare, able not to sin, and passe pecare, able to sin.
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After the fall, the nature of humanity changed fundamentally,
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and mankind became passe pecare, able to sin, only able to sin,
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apart from the intervening work of God.
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But now, having been given a new nature, by grace alone, through faith alone,
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in the personal work of Jesus Christ alone, right?
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This is not a new nature that we have earned.
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It's a new nature that's been granted to us.
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Christians are now passe non pecare, able not to sin,
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and still passe pecare, able to sin.
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And this is the state in which we live until one day
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we'll be entirely liberated from sin,
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and then we will be, at that point, only passe non pecare.
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This is a thing to look forward to, a glorious future for us.
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But now, living in that in-between, sin no longer has power over us.
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We are able not to sin.
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Until our terrestrial lives are concluded, however,
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we're going to find that our old nature still tugs at us from the past.
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Temptation begins with forgetful unbelief.
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And if this temptation is not met with the truth,
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it will give way to sin.
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So, we can't emphasize this enough.
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Knowing who you are in Christ
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is the very first step in living a holy life.
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If you have sinned,
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when you find yourself wrestling with sin,
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it's because you've forgotten who you are.
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You're in the midst of an identity crisis.
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You have suddenly begun to think
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that sin now has power over you
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when it does, in fact, have no power over you.
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You've been buried with Christ,
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and your old nature is dead,
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and you now have a new nature.
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This is the thing we're supposed to know,
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and it brings us to our second exhortation,
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is that we are to consider this knowledge.
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Paul says, continuing in verse 11,
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must consider.
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So, you also must consider yourselves dead to sin
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and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
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There is a distinct difference
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between knowing something to be true,
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giving some measure of mental assent to it,
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just saying, yeah, I believe that that's true,
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and actually understanding that thing to be true.
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This exhortation to consider means
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that we will continually think on this truth
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and affirm it to be true,
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regardless of whether or not we experience it
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to be true.
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We could be such fickle people
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pushed around by our emotions,
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and the response to that
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is not to ignore emotions altogether.
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They can be helpful,
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but to see if those emotions line up with the truth
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and to let the truth reign in our lives.
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John MacArthur does a really good job at this point,
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and I often read things,
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and I think, I need to say that in other words
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and just go, I should just say it in their words.
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So, I'm going to read to you something brief
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from MacArthur's commentary on this passage,
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where he says,
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to help us consider,
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it is advantageous to note
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that there are a number of reasons
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believers often find it difficult
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to comprehend
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that they are now free from sin's bondage.
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Many of them do not realize
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that marvelous truth
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simply because they have never heard of it.
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They assume,
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or perhaps they've been wrongly taught,
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that salvation brings
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only transactional holiness.
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That because of their trust in Christ,
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God now regards them as holy,
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but that their basic relationship to sin
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is the same as it always was,
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and that it will not be changed
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until they go to be with Christ.
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That view of salvation
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often includes the idea that,
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although trust in Christ
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brings the believer a new nature,
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the old nature remains fully operative,
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and that the Christian life
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is essentially a battle
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between his two resident natures.
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This makes salvation addition
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rather than transformation.
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A second reason Christians often find
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it hard to believe
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they are actually free
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from the tyranny of sin
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is that Satan does not want them
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to believe it.
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If the enemy of our souls
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and the accuser of the brethren
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can make us think
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he still dominates
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our earthly lives,
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he weakens our resolve
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to live righteously
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by making it appear hopeless.
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A third reason Christians
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often find it difficult to believe
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they are free from sin's compulsion
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is that the reality
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of the new birth in Christ
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is not experiential.
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It is not physically observable
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or verifiable.
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Redemption is a divine
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spiritual transaction
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that may or not be accompanied
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by physical or emotional experiences.
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A believer cannot perceive
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or experience
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in any humanly verifiable way
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the moment of his dying
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and resurrection with Christ.
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A fourth and perhaps
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the most common reason
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why Christians find it hard
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to believe they are freed
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from sin's tyranny
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while they are still on earth
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is that their continued
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battle with sin
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seems almost constantly
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to contradict that truth.
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If they have a new
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holy disposition
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and sin's control
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has been truly broken,
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they wonder
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why are they still
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so strongly tempted
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and why do they
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so often succumb?
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But all of that
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doesn't negate
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the truth
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that if you are
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in Christ
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then you have
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been set free
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from sin.
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It's an accomplished
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reality,
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a once for all thing
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that Jesus has done
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for all those
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who believe
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in him.
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And so we not only
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need to know it
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to be true
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but we need to be
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considering it
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to be true
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and considering it
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to be true
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again and again
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and again
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and again
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because we are
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slow learners
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and we are quick
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to forget.
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The Christian life
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is a mindful
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life.
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You do not have
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to be educated
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to be a follower
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of Jesus.
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Praise God.
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But you will find
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that being a follower
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of Jesus
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will require
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your mental
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faculty.
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He asks of us
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to engage
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our brains
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that we might
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live
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holy.
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Let me give you
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a couple of other
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examples from this
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from the book
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of Romans
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which we will
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look at in greater
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detail in the future.
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Paul writes in
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Romans chapter 8
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verse 5 and 6
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For those who live
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according to the flesh
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set their minds
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on the things
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of the flesh.
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There is this mental
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activity
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on the things
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of the flesh.
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But those
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who live according
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to the spirit
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set their minds
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on the things
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of the spirit.
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For to set the mind
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on the flesh
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is death
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but to set the mind
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on the spirit
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is life
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and peace.
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And without
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robbing a bunch
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of attention
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from that text
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when we get
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to it
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if we think
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about the types
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of things
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we should be
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setting our minds
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on the things
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of the spirit
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I just want to
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draw your attention
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to John 16
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13
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where the spirit
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is called
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the spirit
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of truth.
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So this text
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these 66 books
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that we have
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canonized
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these are the
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things of the spirit
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and
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in Philippians 1
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19
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and many other places
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the spirit
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is called
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the spirit
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of
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Jesus
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Christ.
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So as this text
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illuminates for us
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the person
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and work
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of Jesus
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these are the things
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we are meant
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to be occupying
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our minds with
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considering
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who we are
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in Jesus
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dead to sin
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and alive
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to God
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in Christ
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Jesus.
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One other place
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in the book of
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Romans
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chapter 12
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and verse 2
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here Paul says
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do not be
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conformed
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to this world
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don't be looking
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like this world
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but
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be transformed
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and he doesn't
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insert there
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by
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your emotions
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by experience
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he says
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by the renewal
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of your mind
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the engagement
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of your mind
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considering
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the truths
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of God
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so we are
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to consider
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and consider
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and consider
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to continually
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apply
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these gospel
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truths
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in our life
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that we might
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give ourselves
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to God
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and Paul
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summarizes
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the first
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ten verses
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of chapter 6
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by saying
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this
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we are to
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consider
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ourselves
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dead
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to sin
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and alive
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to God
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in Christ
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Jesus
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dead to sin
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alive to God
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if you are not
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in Christ
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then you are
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alive to sin
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it is the only
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thing you can
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do
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and you are
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dead to God
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but if you are
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in Christ
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Jesus
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then you are
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dead to sin
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and alive
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to God
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fundamentally
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changed
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an entirely
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different nature
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all together
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so
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having known
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and having
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considered
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he goes on
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to exhort
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us
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so thirdly
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do not present
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your members
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to sin
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verse 12 and 13
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he says
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let not sin
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therefore reign
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in your mortal
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body
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to make you
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obey
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its passions
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do not present
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your members
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to sin
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as instruments
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for unrighteousness
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now the word
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present
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can also be
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translated
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yield
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or
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offer
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think
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don't
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offer
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your members
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to sin
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in verses
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12 and 13
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Paul seems
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to personify
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sin
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as a ruler
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on a throne
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that desires
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to control
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you
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but cannot
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unless
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you offer
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yourself
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to its
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service
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you notice
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that
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let not
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sin
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that was a name
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there
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reign
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in your
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body
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do not present
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your members
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to sin
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do not offer
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yourself
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to sin
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as an instrument
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as a tool
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to be wielded
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for unrighteousness
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!
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for the believer
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sin
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is a
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dethroned
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ruler
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but it is a ruler
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that still has
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power
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if
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and only if
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power is granted
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to it
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you see that distinction?
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sin no longer sits
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on that
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figurative
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throne
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it has been
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dethroned
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in the life
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we've been set free
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from the tyranny
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of sin
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but we at times
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and quite too often
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grant power
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back
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to
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this personified
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sin
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to reign
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over us
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Peter makes a
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similar
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exhortation
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in 1st Peter
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chapter 2
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verse 9
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and following
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there he says
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you
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hear the
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fundamental
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difference
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set apart
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difference
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are a chosen
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race
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a royal
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priesthood
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a holy
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nation
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a people
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for his
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own
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possession
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that you may
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proclaim the
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excellence of him
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who called you
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out of darkness
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into his
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marvelous light
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then verse 10
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once you were
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not a people
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but now you
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are God's people
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different
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fundamentally
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changed
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once you had
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not received
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mercy
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but now you
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have
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received
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mercy
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fundamentally
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changed
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different
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and then verse 11
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he starts with
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beloved
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those loved
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by God
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beloved
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I urge you
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as sojourners
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and exiles
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to abstain
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from the passions
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of the flesh
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which wage
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war
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against your soul
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similar exhortation
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rooted in
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who we
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are
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we then are
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to
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resist
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abstain
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from the
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passion
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of the
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flesh
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we are
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no longer
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subjects
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of this
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cruel
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ruler
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so
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we should
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not present
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our members
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to sin
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as instruments
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for unrighteousness
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if we rightly
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recognize
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to whom we
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belong
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and we have
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been set
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free
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from sin
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then it
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follows
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that we
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will not
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offer up
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our feet
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our hands
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our eyes
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our mouths
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our minds
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or hearts
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as tools
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or weapons
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for unrighteousness
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and this is
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going to be
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an activity
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in your life
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in the negative
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do not offer
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it up
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but in the positive
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we're to do
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something else
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number four
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present yourself
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rather than
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instead
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present yourself
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to God
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and your
21:20
members
21:20
to God
21:22
notice verse 13
21:24
and 14
21:25
the last half of verse 13
21:27
and 14
21:27
but
21:28
rather
21:30
present yourselves
21:31
to God
21:31
as those who have been brought
21:32
from death to life
21:34
and your members to God
21:35
as instruments
21:36
for righteousness
21:37
for sin
21:38
will have no
21:39
dominion
21:40
over you
21:41
since you are not
21:41
under law
21:42
but under grace
21:44
so adversely
21:46
we are to
21:47
yield
21:48
or
21:48
offer ourselves
21:50
all of us
21:51
to God
21:52
as tools
21:54
or weapons
21:55
in his hand
21:56
for
21:56
righteousness
21:58
presenting yourself
22:00
and your members
22:01
to God
22:01
for righteous
22:02
purposes
22:03
takes
22:04
work
22:05
and hear that
22:06
it takes
22:07
some effort
22:08
on our part
22:09
but I want to be clear
22:11
it is
22:12
a
22:12
rested
22:13
work
22:15
I had a helpful
22:16
conversation with my father
22:18
about this
22:18
yesterday
22:19
it is a
22:21
rested work
22:22
it's a work
22:23
that comes from
22:24
and is fueled
22:25
by
22:26
the rest
22:27
that we have
22:28
in the gospel
22:29
accomplished
22:31
truth
22:32
on our
22:33
behalf
22:34
let's be
22:35
absolutely sure
22:36
to get this
22:37
order
22:38
right
22:39
we do not
22:41
present ourselves
22:42
to God
22:42
and our
22:43
members
22:43
to God
22:44
as instruments
22:44
for righteousness
22:45
hoping that God
22:47
will accept
22:48
our sacrifice
22:49
this is not what
22:50
Paul is talking
22:51
about here
22:52
but we do
22:53
this activity
22:54
as those
22:56
who have
22:57
been brought
22:57
from death
22:58
to life
22:59
he roots it
23:01
in that very
23:01
identity
23:02
Paul is so
23:02
careful here
23:03
he's already
23:04
said it
23:04
at the beginning
23:05
of chapter 6
23:06
but he does
23:06
not want us
23:07
to forget
23:08
the order
23:08
in which
23:09
this
23:09
happens
23:10
right
23:11
we present
23:11
ourselves
23:12
we present
23:13
our members
23:14
as those
23:15
who have
23:15
been already
23:17
brought
23:18
from death
23:19
to life
23:20
already
23:21
have been
23:22
made new
23:23
by
23:24
God
23:25
our
23:26
natures
23:27
changed
23:28
by God
23:29
we already
23:30
belong to him
23:31
because when we
23:32
were dead
23:32
he made us
23:33
alive
23:35
so because
23:36
we belong
23:38
to him
23:39
because this
23:40
is true
23:40
we should
23:42
willingly
23:43
gratefully
23:45
present ourselves
23:46
to him
23:46
and our lives
23:48
to his service
23:49
we see this
23:51
as a great
23:52
good
23:53
and it's when
23:54
we don't realize
23:55
who we are
23:56
when we start
23:56
to flip the order
23:57
around
23:58
that we
23:58
are given
23:59
to sin
24:00
on this side
24:02
of glory
24:03
we will not
24:04
arrive at
24:05
sinlessness
24:06
but we are
24:08
by the power
24:09
that God
24:09
provides
24:10
to strive
24:11
for it
24:12
and we will
24:13
find that
24:13
incrementally
24:14
from one degree
24:15
of glory
24:15
to another
24:16
2 Corinthians
24:17
3.18
24:18
we will
24:19
look more
24:20
like
24:21
Jesus Christ
24:22
we're being
24:23
conformed
24:24
into his
24:25
image
24:26
bit
24:26
by bit
24:27
by bit
24:29
and this will
24:30
find its
24:30
full completion
24:31
in glory
24:32
Paul says
24:34
in Philippians
24:34
I'm confident
24:35
of this
24:35
he who began
24:36
a good work
24:36
in you
24:37
will bring
24:37
it to
24:38
completion
24:38
at the day
24:39
of Christ
24:40
who's at
24:42
labor
24:42
in that text
24:43
God
24:46
himself
24:46
is at labor
24:47
he will
24:48
bring it
24:48
to pass
24:50
beloved
24:51
this work
24:52
ought not
24:54
be
24:54
laborious
24:55
it ought to be
24:57
fueled by
24:58
joy
24:58
because
24:59
of the
25:00
status
25:00
that we
25:01
have
25:01
because
25:02
of the
25:02
completed
25:02
work
25:03
of Christ
25:04
on our
25:05
behalf
25:05
let's
25:07
remember
25:07
Jesus'
25:08
words
25:08
from
25:08
Matthew
25:08
chapter
25:09
11
25:09
verse
25:10
28
25:10
and
25:10
following
25:11
come to
25:12
me
25:12
all who
25:14
labor
25:14
and are
25:15
heavy laden
25:16
and I
25:17
will give
25:17
you
25:18
rest
25:19
take my
25:20
yoke upon
25:21
you and
25:21
learn from
25:22
me for
25:22
I am
25:23
gentle
25:23
and lowly
25:24
in heart
25:25
and you
25:25
will find
25:26
rest
25:26
for your
25:27
souls
25:27
for my
25:28
yoke
25:29
is easy
25:29
and my
25:31
burden
25:31
is light
25:33
the Bible
25:34
has lots
25:35
of language
25:35
for those
25:36
who are
25:36
wicked
25:36
never
25:37
finding
25:38
rest
25:39
but those
25:40
who are
25:40
in Christ
25:41
are at
25:42
rest
25:43
and the
25:44
work we
25:45
do
25:45
comes from
25:46
it proceeds
25:47
from that
25:47
settled
25:48
position
25:49
in him
25:50
no longer
25:51
working for
25:52
our salvation
25:53
but rather
25:54
working because
25:55
we are
25:56
saved
25:58
this is an
26:00
incredibly
26:00
important thing
26:01
to have
26:02
clear and
26:02
right
26:03
in your
26:04
mind
26:04
for
26:07
verse 14
26:08
sin
26:10
will have
26:12
no
26:12
dominion
26:13
over you
26:14
since you
26:15
are not
26:16
under law
26:16
but under
26:18
grace
26:19
look again
26:21
that the
26:21
re-emphasis
26:22
of this
26:23
right
26:24
sin
26:25
has no
26:26
dominion
26:27
over you
26:28
it does
26:28
not reign
26:29
over
26:30
you
26:31
if you
26:31
are
26:32
in Christ
26:33
because you're
26:35
not under
26:36
law
26:37
but under
26:38
grace
26:40
and I think
26:41
I think
26:42
that we could
26:43
see
26:43
under the
26:44
reign of
26:46
law
26:46
or under
26:47
the reign
26:48
of grace
26:49
you see this
26:50
the submissive
26:51
position
26:51
being under
26:52
law
26:52
and contextually
26:53
I think
26:54
this is a
26:54
fair
26:54
assumption
26:55
to make
26:56
that what
26:57
he's trying
26:58
to communicate
26:58
to us
26:58
is that we're
26:59
not under
26:59
the reign
27:00
of the
27:00
law
27:01
that exists
27:02
to point
27:02
out our
27:03
sin
27:03
but we're
27:04
rather under
27:05
the reign
27:06
of grace
27:07
right
27:08
this accomplished
27:09
work having
27:10
been done
27:10
for us
27:11
who did
27:11
not deserve
27:12
it
27:13
but it has
27:14
been done
27:14
nonetheless
27:15
right
27:16
because God
27:17
is gracious
27:18
toward us
27:19
we're under
27:20
the reign
27:21
of
27:21
grace
27:23
and so
27:24
we willingly
27:25
gratefully
27:27
with joy
27:29
seek to
27:30
obey
27:30
his commands
27:32
now I want
27:33
to take a
27:34
brief glimpse
27:34
at Paul's
27:36
struggle against
27:36
sin to get
27:37
some idea
27:38
of how
27:38
our rested
27:39
work
27:40
should be
27:41
characterized
27:42
so turn with
27:42
me just
27:43
slightly to
27:44
Romans chapter
27:45
7
27:46
it'll take
27:50
us some
27:51
weeks to
27:51
get to
27:51
this text
27:52
but remember
27:52
it really
27:53
comes on
27:53
the heels
27:54
of what
27:54
he's saying
27:55
here
27:56
in verses
27:57
11 through
27:57
14 of
27:58
chapter 6
27:59
Romans 7
28:01
beginning in
28:01
verse 21
28:03
he says
28:04
so I
28:05
find it
28:06
to be
28:06
a law
28:07
that when
28:08
I want
28:08
to do
28:09
right
28:09
evil
28:10
lies
28:11
close
28:11
at hand
28:12
for I
28:13
delight
28:14
in the
28:14
law of
28:14
God
28:15
in my
28:15
inner
28:15
being
28:16
but I
28:17
see in
28:18
my
28:18
members
28:18
another
28:19
law
28:19
waging
28:20
war
28:20
against
28:21
the
28:21
law
28:21
of
28:22
my
28:22
mind
28:22
and
28:22
making
28:23
me
28:23
captive
28:23
to
28:23
the
28:24
law
28:24
of
28:24
sin
28:24
that
28:25
dwells
28:25
in
28:26
my
28:26
members
28:27
wretched
28:29
man
28:29
that I
28:30
am
28:30
who
28:32
will
28:32
deliver
28:32
me
28:33
from
28:33
this
28:33
body
28:34
of
28:35
death
28:35
now
28:36
there
28:36
are
28:36
varied
28:37
views
28:37
on
28:37
what
28:38
this
28:38
text
28:38
means
28:39
and
28:39
I
28:39
just
28:39
want
28:39
to
28:39
in
28:39
brief
28:40
we'll
28:40
get
28:40
to
28:41
it
28:41
later
28:41
but
28:41
I
28:41
want
28:41
to
28:41
say
28:41
to
28:42
you
28:42
I
28:42
think
28:42
this
28:43
is
28:43
his
28:43
post
28:44
conversion
28:44
experience
28:45
walking
28:46
in
28:47
this
28:47
life
28:47
and
28:47
still
28:48
committing
28:48
sin
28:49
having
28:49
been
28:50
set
28:50
free
28:50
from
28:51
it
28:51
I
28:51
think
28:52
it's
28:52
in
28:52
that
28:52
state
28:53
that
28:53
he
28:53
says
28:53
wretched
28:54
man
28:54
that I
28:54
am
28:55
who
28:55
will
28:55
deliver
28:55
me
28:55
from
28:56
this
28:56
body
28:56
of
28:56
death
28:56
who
28:57
will
28:57
finally
28:57
and
28:58
fully
28:58
set
28:59
me
28:59
free
28:59
where
29:00
sin
29:01
is
29:01
no
29:01
longer
29:02
an
29:02
encumbrance
29:02
on my
29:03
life
29:03
anymore
29:04
and
29:05
he
29:05
says
29:05
verse
29:05
25
29:06
thanks
29:07
be
29:07
to
29:07
God
29:08
through
29:08
Jesus
29:08
Christ
29:09
our
29:10
Lord
29:10
so
29:11
then
29:12
I
29:12
myself
29:12
serve
29:13
the
29:13
law
29:13
of
29:13
God
29:13
with
29:13
my
29:13
mind
29:14
but
29:14
with
29:14
my
29:14
flesh
29:15
I
29:15
serve
29:16
the
29:16
law
29:16
of
29:17
sin
29:17
and
29:17
then
29:18
these
29:18
uninspired
29:19
chapter
29:20
breaks
29:20
don't
29:21
help us
29:21
at this
29:21
point
29:22
I
29:22
don't
29:22
think
29:22
into
29:23
chapter
29:24
8
29:24
he
29:25
says
29:25
verse
29:25
1
29:25
there
29:26
is
29:26
therefore
29:26
now
29:27
no
29:28
condemnation
29:28
for
29:28
those
29:29
who
29:29
are
29:29
in
29:29
Christ
29:30
Jesus
29:31
right
29:31
so
29:32
so
29:32
even
29:33
when
29:33
we
29:33
sin
29:34
we
29:34
recognize
29:34
that
29:34
we've
29:34
been
29:35
set
29:35
free
29:36
from
29:36
the
29:36
penalty
29:36
of
29:37
that
29:37
sin
29:37
and
29:37
the
29:38
power
29:38
of
29:38
it
29:38
and
29:38
so
29:39
we
29:39
keep
29:40
on
29:40
with
29:41
joy
29:41
and
29:42
gratitude
29:43
and
29:43
levity
29:44
because
29:44
we
29:44
can
29:45
keep
29:45
on
29:46
because
29:46
there
29:46
is
29:46
no
29:47
eternal
29:47
condemnation
29:48
because
29:49
of
29:49
our
29:50
sin
29:50
verse
29:51
2
29:51
of
29:51
chapter
29:52
8
29:52
for
29:52
the
29:52
law
29:53
of
29:53
the
29:53
spirit
29:54
of
29:54
life
29:55
has
29:55
set
29:56
you
29:56
free
29:56
in
29:57
Christ
29:57
Jesus
29:57
from
29:58
the
29:58
law
29:58
of
30:02
so
30:03
grateful
30:03
motivation
30:05
overflowing
30:06
joy
30:07
because
30:07
of
30:08
who
30:08
we
30:09
are
30:10
in
30:10
Jesus
30:10
we
30:11
identify
30:11
with
30:12
him
30:12
if
30:13
we
30:13
have
30:13
been
30:14
buried
30:14
with
30:14
him
30:15
and
30:15
raised
30:16
with
30:16
him
30:16
we
30:17
have
30:17
been
30:17
set
30:18
free
30:18
from
30:19
the
30:19
power
30:19
of
30:20
sin
30:20
and
30:20
we
30:20
are
30:21
now
30:21
liberated
30:22
to
30:23
live
30:23
lives
30:23
that
30:24
are
30:24
pleasing
30:24
to
30:25
our
30:25
God
30:25
and
30:27
so
30:27
we
30:28
press
30:29
on
30:29
so
30:30
we
30:30
press
30:30
on
30:31
we
30:31
work
30:31
out
30:32
our
30:32
salvation
30:32
with
30:32
fear
30:32
and
30:32
trembling
30:33
for
30:33
it's
30:33
God
30:33
who
30:33
works
30:33
in
30:34
us
30:34
both
30:34
to
30:34
work
30:34
for
30:34
his
30:35
good
30:35
pleasure
30:36
we
30:37
seek
30:37
to
30:38
honor
30:38
him
30:38
with
30:39
our
30:39
lives
30:39
but
30:40
not
30:40
to
30:41
earn
30:41
his
30:42
favor
30:42
because
30:43
it
30:43
is
30:43
ours
30:44
in
30:45
Jesus
30:45
so
30:46
let me
30:47
read
30:47
the text
30:47
to you
30:48
one more
30:48
time
30:48
and I'll
30:49
close
30:49
in
30:49
prayer
30:50
so
30:50
you
30:51
also
30:51
must
30:52
!
30:52
consider
30:53
yourselves
30:53
dead
30:54
to sin
30:54
and alive
30:55
to God
30:56
in
30:56
Christ
30:56
Jesus
30:57
let
30:58
not
30:58
sin
30:58
therefore
30:59
reign
30:59
in
30:59
your
30:59
mortal
31:00
body
31:00
to
31:00
make
31:00
you
31:01
obey
31:01
its
31:01
passions
31:01
do
31:02
not
31:03
present
31:03
your
31:03
members
31:03
to
31:04
sin
31:04
as
31:04
instruments
31:05
for
31:05
unrighteousness
31:06
but
31:07
present
31:07
yourselves
31:07
to
31:07
God
31:08
as
31:08
those
31:08
who
31:08
have
31:08
been
31:09
brought
31:09
from
31:09
death
31:09
to
31:10
life
31:10
and
31:11
your
31:11
members
31:11
to
31:12
God
31:12
as
31:12
instruments
31:13
for
31:13
righteousness
31:14
for
31:15
sin
31:15
will
31:16
have
31:16
no
31:16
dominion
31:17
over
31:17
you
31:17
since
31:18
you
31:18
are
31:18
not
31:18
under
31:19
law
31:19
but
31:20
under
31:20
grace
31:21
let's
31:22
pray
31:22
together