Every Word – Slaves?
Imagine being described like that! “And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” – Romans 6:18
Imagine being described like that! “And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” – Romans 6:18
Are you just going through the motions? “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.” – Romans 6:17
Did you see that? “But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” – Romans 6:17-18
There are almost 8 billion of them in the world. “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” – Romans 6:16
We’re going to go back in time to a remarkable scene on the plains of Dura right near ancient Babylon. An enormous statue of King Nebuchadnezzar had been set up, and thousands of representatives from his empire were invited to pay homage to it in a splendid ceremony. But when the vast assembly on the…
What does that knowledge do for you? “What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!” – Romans 6:15
We both know better than that… “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” – Romans 6:14
No one wants to be defeated. “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead.” – Romans 6:13
Sin doesn’t have to rule you. “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.” – Romans 6:12
There’s an obvious thing many people don’t do… “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” – Romans 6:11
“There are far, far better things ahead…” “He that is dead is freed from sin.” – Romans 6:7
A red octagonal sign with white letters… “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” – Romans 6:6
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