Lesson 7 for November 18, 2017

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Romans 6:14

““Sin shall not have dominion over

you: for ye are not under the law, but

under grace”

How does grace abound MUCH MORE when

sin abounds?

Grace is enough to forgive

every sin.

Grace solves the terrible

results of sin.

Grace defeats death and gives

us eternal life through Jesus.

Grace can transform us.

WHERE SIN ABOUNDED“Moreover the law entered that the offense

might abound. But where sin abounded, grace

abounded much more.” (Romans 5:20)

“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism

into death: that like as Christ was raised up from

the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we

also should walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4)

According to Romans 6:1-11,

Christians die to sin through

baptism. How is that possible?

JESUS

• He died to sin once and forever

• He rose from the dead and will never die again

• He lives for God

THROUGH BAPTISM...

• The old self dies (our sinful desires) and we are free from sin

• The new self is raised from the dead (we no longer serve sin)

• We live for God

WHERE SIN

ABOUNDED

If a believer dies to sin through baptism, could

he sin again?

• Yes, he could, but he is able to choose

whether he wants to be ruled by sin or not.

• The old man DESIRES to live for sin.

• The new man DESIRES to live for God,

although he still might fall into sin.

• We cannot overcome sin by ourselves. Only

by faith and trust in God’s promises we can

overcome sin.

• Let’s remember that God’s grace always

abounds, even if we sin.

WHEN SIN REIGNS “Therefore do not let sin reign in

your mortal body so that you obey

its evil desires.” (Romans 6:12 NIV)

What does ‘not to be under law,

but under grace’ involve?

To be ‘under the law’ means to obey the law as a

means to salvation.

“The law shows the sin (Romans 3:20), the law

enlarges the transgression because the sinful way

of man (Romans 5:20). The Law cannot forgive sins

nor can law give any power to defeat them. If a

sinner who tries to be saved under the law, he will

find only be tied stronger to his sin.” (SDA Bible

Commentary, vol. 6, ed. 1980,on Romans 6:14)

NOT UNDER THE LAW BUT UNDER GRACE

“For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but

under grace.” (Romans 6:14 NIV)

What does ‘not to be under law,

but under grace’ involve?

NOT UNDER THE LAW BUT UNDER GRACE

“For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but

under grace.” (Romans 6:14 NIV)

To be ‘under grace’ means to seek God’s grace as a

means to salvation.

“A Christian admits that has transgressed the

divine law, and he, that he deserves to be under its

condemnation, and but he surrenders to God’s

grace and mercy through faith. Then, by his sinful

past is forgiven through God’s grace and he

receives divine power to walk in a new life.” (SDA

Bible Commentary, vol. 6, ed. 1980, on Romans 6:14)

If we are no longer under the law, why must we keep it?

(Romans 6:15)

“To be under grace doesn’t mean that a believer is free to

disobey God’s moral law with total impunity; to say that is to

distort the purpose of God’s plan. God, in his love, offered

grace to the sinner because he violated the divine law; man

is free from sin’s control only by God’s grace. Therefore,

how could be right or reasonable to stand deliberately under

the old slavery? Disobeying God’s law involves becoming

slave to sin again, since disobeying the divine law is sin (1

John 3:4) and anyone who perseveres with sin is slave to sin

(John 8:34). To keep sinning after accepting God’s grace –

that forgives and transforms – is to deny the purpose of that

grace. Anyone who refuses to be lead to obedience to God’s

law by His grace is rejecting that grace; he is rejecting God’s

freedom and salvation.” (SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, on Romans 6:15)

Are you a slave to sin or to obedience? (Romans 6:16)

Slaves to sin Slaves to obedience

How can we become slaves to obedience

[“become slaves to righteousness” (Romans 6:18 NIV)]?

The right doctrine or teaching helps us to become “slaves to righteousness.”

Death Righteousness

SIN OR OBEDIENCE?

“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. Being then made free

from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.” (Romans 6:17,18)

“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? “

What happens when we are free from sin?

1. We are made slaves to God.

2. We have the fruit of holiness.

3. We have eternal life in Jesus Christ, our Lord.

FREE

FROM SIN6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of

the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded

your members servants to uncleanness and to

iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your

members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye

were free from righteousness.

6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things

whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of

those things is death.

6:22 But now being made free from sin, and

become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto

holiness, and the end everlasting life.

6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of

God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:19-23