Inasmuch as we have died to sin in the death of Christ, deliverance from sin should be manifested in our lives. Do we think that now that we are Christians we can sin and do as we please? Not so. If we love the Lord, we will try to please the One who died for us and set us free. We should walk in newness of life. If we are identified with the death of Christ, we shall also be identified with Him in His resurrection. What a blessed hope and encouragement this is!
The promise of living with Christ will enable us to live in separation from that which dishonors God in this sinful world. If we look to Him for daily strength and grace, we will reckon ourselves to be dead to sin and alive to God. Our bodies have many members and each of them is under our control. We don’t have to go to evil places or say bad things. We are to guard our eyes, ears, lips, hands and feet. The members of our body are to be yielded to God as instruments of righteousness. What a noble purpose for life — to know that we can please the Lord in all that we say and do!
We all like to receive wages for our labor. But do you know that sin has a wage that is earned? It is death. But God also has a gift to offer to those who will receive it. Do you know what it is? It is offered through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1. What is Paul’s emphatic answer to the horrible suggestion that we should continue in sin so that grace may abound? __________ Romans 6:___
2. If we are dead with Christ, what do we also believe will happen? __________ Romans 6:___
3. We are to reckon (or, count) ourselves dead to sin but alive unto what? __________ Romans 6:___
4. To what purpose are we to yield the members of our body to God? __________ Romans 6:___
5. What are the wages of sin and the gift of God? __________ Romans 6:___