Sharing is Caring

Slaves to obedience           [Romans 6:15-23]     Last week, during a wedding service for a couple in our church's English ministry, I gave three recommendations under the title of the sermon titled “By Faith,” centered on Hebrews 11:23-26.   One of those three exhortations was to have higher values by faith, refuse to enjoy the sinful pleasures of the world, but choose to be mistreated and to suffer for Jesus Christ.   I took Moses as an example.   What did Moses do with faith?   He made the right choice “by faith”.   Moses made the right choice with faith in the choice between to be called the son of Pharaoh's princess (v. 24) or to be called the son of God, to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a short time (v. 25) or to suffer with the people of God (v. 25), to choose all the treasures of Egypt or suffering disgrace for the sake of Christ (v. 26).   In this way, faith makes the right choice on the path o...

‘The result is eternal life’         [Romans 6:19-22]                    “Those things result in death!” (Rom. 6:21)    In other words, the end of the slavery of sin is death.                   First, the slave of sin yields his own members to impurity and to lawlessness (v. 19).   Here, impurity refers to being morally unclean, and lawlessness refers to disobeying and breaking God's law.   Second, the life of a slave to sin is freedom in regard to righteousness (v. 20).   Third, the slaves of sin produce shameful fruits (v. 21).   Fourth, the end of the slave to sin is death (v. 21).   Here, death means three things: (1) Spiritual death: The slave of sin is already spiritually dead.   The reason is because the slave of sin has been cut off with the life, the...