Many immigrants who come to live here and become citizens desire to maintain some of their heritage from their former country. They become hyphenated Canadians

THE REAL YOUMany immigrants who come to live here and become citizens

desire to maintain some of their heritage from their former country. They become hyphenated Canadians or hyphenated Americans and consider how good certain things were in their old country. We have French-Canadians, Chinese-Canadians, Muslim-Canadians, etc.

It is the same with believers. We don’t want to totally give up our former citizenship in Adam. We still like some of the features of the old realm.

We can’t hold onto that which is dead. It is no longer of any value.

Ellis Island Immigrants

FINDING YOUR TRUE IDENTITY

IMAGE OF GOD Objective: Foundation #1 – To understand man as created

INSIDE OUT

Objective: Foundation #2 – To understand man after the fall and after the new birth

IDENTITY RECOVERED Objective: How to recover your stolen identity

IDENTITY TESTED Objective: A test to determine if your lost identity has been recovered

INCREDIBLE TREASURE Objective: To know the power of God available to you

INHERITANCE OF GOD

Objective: To know the completeness and greatness of Christ’s sacrifice for you

IN CHRIST Objective: To provide the key to consistent living for the believer

THE REAL YOU

Part 3Recovering Your Stolen identity

“knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;” Romans 6:6

The Bad News (Romans 1:18 to 3:20)(The Good News about the Bad News)

THE GOSPEL – The Bad News

REPROBATE MORALIST

RELIGIOUS

The Good News – Part 1 (Romans 3:21 to 5:12)Justification (just – if – I’d – never sinned)

past present and future sins forgiven (put away)

THE GOOD NEWS - Part 1

SALVATION (Justification)By Christ’s shed bloodPenalty paid in fullDeclared righteousSins forgivenBy Faith

SAVED

THE REAL YOU

Questions, questions???As a born again believer do you ever sin? Why is that?Do you struggle with some recurring sin in your life?Do you long for victory over some problem?Why doesn’t your new birth affect your everyday life?You may ask - What’s wrong with me?

You probably realize that you still sin because you are a sinner!Did not Christ’s cross work fix that also?Is it up to me to deal with that?

The Good News – Part 2 (Romans 6 to 8)Identification


The Good News Part 2 is yes – He dealt with that problem also!!

But how?

Getting to the rootof the problem

Gershwin

“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24)


Romans 6:1-14Two things to understand about the text1. The shift from sins to sin (actually at 5:12)

Chapters 1 to 5:11 have been dealing with sins plural

All have sinned (our many sins)The penalty for our sins has been paid


SINS

SINChapters 5:12 to 8 :10 deal with sin singularChapter 6:1-14 – sin singular 10 times in 14 versesThese chapters deal with the root causeThe principle of sin sometimes called our sin nature

Romans 6:1-14Two things to understand about the text2. The Greek verb tense aorist

Momentary past tense – a past happening at a moment in time

Always used in connection with a person being saved

The moment when God wrote your name in His life book

Throughout John’s gospel of those who believed

Throughout Pauline writingsHere in these 14 verses 15 times


Three key words in Romans 6:1-141. Something to Know (verse 6)2. Something to Believe (verse 11)3. Something to Present (verse 13)

Both as to Position and ConditionPosition as God sees youCondition as you see yourself



Know What? (verse 6)Only known by revelationYour old sin nature was crucified with Christ (aorist tense)A past completed momentary actionNot only crucified, but buried, raised, and seated with

Christ(all aorist tense at the same time)


When did this happen?Literally – “with Christ” = 2000 years ago

(your old man was there with Him)Realized at the moment of your new birth

Crucified with Christ2000 years ago

ImplicationsThis is your true position before God – He sees you in

ChristThis death is the full remedy applied by God (verse 8 –

died with Him)This death cuts us off from our old nature (verse 7 –

freed)The old nature is not annihilated but deactivated


The CrossThe place of crucifixion - the place of the curseWe were under the curse of the law and our Adamic nature (Gal.3:10)Christ became a curse for us – He took our curse upon Himself (Gal.3:13)

In the same way that he gave us His righteousness for our sin, He gave us freedom and blessing for our curse

What are we to do?1. Know it (verse 6)2. Believe it (verse 11)

You enter into part 2 in the same way as part 1 – by faithConsider yourself truly to be dead to the old nature (verse 11)As a man thinks, so is he (Proverbs 23:7)


3. Present your new life to God (verse 13)This word is an action word meaning – hand over Greek usage as in sacrifices – hand over, present to

death (BAGD)It is not a consecrating of the old nature – it was

crucified/deadIt is taking an attitude in accordance with the facts

(Newell)Henceforth I consider my whole life as now belonging

to the Lord (Nee)

Raised up and owned by God

Condition versus positionPositionally this is a fact in the sight of GodThis is how God views you – in His SonYour condition is realized through daily reckoning on this

truth


Jesus said - Take up your cross daily (Luke 9:23,24)This is not some sickness or infirmity you have to bearThe believers cross is the cross of CalvaryThe cross upon which Jesus was crucifiedAnd where you were crucified with HimKnow it, believe it, and daily give yourself to HimLet Him be the source, security, and sustenance of your life

SUMMARY

SALVATION Romans 3:21 to 5:11

The Blood Justified by God Penalty of sins paid Sins forgiven Declared righteous By Faith

DELIVERANCE Romans 5:12 to 8:10

The Cross Identified with Christ Power of sin broken Sin nature crucified Declared blessed/free By Faith

“If the difference between ‘Christ dying for us,’ and ‘our dying with Him,’ has not been recognized, acknowledged, and applied, it may safely be affirmed that the self is still the dominating factor in the life”J. Penn-Lewis

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Many immigrants who come to live here and become citizens desire to maintain some of their heritage from their former country. They become hyphenated Canadians