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“Those things result in death!”         [Romans 6:19-21]                        Romans 6 begins with ‘sin’ (v. 1) and ends with “sin” (v. 23).   It starts with “the grace” (v. 1) and ends with “the gift” (grace) (v. 23).   Romans 6 is a chapter where grace increases all the more where sin increases (5:20).   Look at Romans 6:19-21: “I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.   When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.   What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!”   In Romans 6, the last part, verses 19-21, is divided into three parts...

The result of resurrection with Christ       [Romans 6:1-14]                          Look at Romans 6:12-14: “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.   For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”   Here, the word “you” (v. 12) occurs seven times in Romans 6:1-14.   Here, “you” refers to those who were baptized with Jesus, died and were resurrected with Jesus.   Here, we can think of those who were baptized into four categories: (1) Those who were baptized with the Holy Spirit and then water baptized, (2) Those who were baptized with water and then baptized ...

The result of justification (12): Rejoice in God     “Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” (Romans 5:11)                        The Apostle Paul already said in Romans 5:2, “… And we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”   He also said in verse 3, “… we also rejoice in our sufferings ….”   And in verse 11, Paul again said, “… we also rejoice in God.”   When we fell short of the glory of God because of our sins (3:23), we were justified by faith through our Lord Jesus Christ (5:1-2).   Although we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (v. 10), and we have peace with God (v. 1).   Through our Lord Jesus Christ (vv. 1, 2) we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand (v. 2). ...

The result of justification (11): Receiving future salvation     “For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!” (Romans 5:10)                        The Bible says there was a time when we were God’s enemies (Rom.5:10).   How have we become God’s enemies?   In Genesis, after God created the heavens and the earth and created Adam, the first man, He allowed Adam to eat from all kinds of trees in the Garden of Eden .   B ut he commanded, “You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”   God said, “You will surely die” on the day you eat the fruit (Gen. 2:16-17).   However, Adam fell into the temptation of the crafty serpent (Satan), disobeyed God's command, and ate the frit of the tree of the knowledge of good a...