Dead Or Alive

DEAD OR ALIVE?

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Romans 6:1-6:23

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Water Baptism, DEATH-LIFE

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DEAD AND ALIVE
ROMANS 6
FOCAL POINT: TO IDENTIFY THREE THINGS THAT SHOULD MATTER TO A BELIEVER.
I. INTRODUCTION
A. BECOMING A CHRISTIAN IS A MATTER OF DEATH AND LIFE.
B. THIS STUDY IDENTIFIES THREE MATTERS OF A BELIEVER THAT MUST TAKE PRIORITY.
II. THE CHALLENGE-THREE KEY MATTERS
A. ROMANS 6: 1-11
1. BEING A CHRISTIAN IS A MATTER OF DEATH AND LIFE.
2. THOSE THAT TRULY IDENTIFY WITH CHRIST MUST INDENTIFY IN HIS SPIRIT WITH HIS PERSONAL DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION TO A NEW LIFE. THIS IS PICTURED IN WATER BAPTISM.
3. THE OLD SINFULL MAN IS BURIED. LET IT BE SO WITH EVERY BELIEVER AND REIGN IN NEW LIFE THAT CHRIST GIVES YOU. THAT IS ACHIEVABLE!
B. ROMANS 6: 12-22
A. BEING A CHRISTIAN IS A MATTER OF BONDAGE OR FREEDOM.
1. IS YOUR MASTER JESUS CHRIST OR THE OLD MAN? DOES THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST RULE YOU OR THE OLD CARNAL MAN? ROMANS 8:7 “THE CARNAL MIND IS AT ENMITY AGAINST GOD.”
2. YOU MUST CHOOSE WHICH WILL RULE YOUR LIFE. WILL IT BE THE CARNAL MAN OR THE SPIRITUAL MAN IN CHRIST?
3. YIELD TO THE LORD. THE REWARDS ARE ETERNAL.
C. ROMANS 6: 23
1. THIS VERSE WAS WRITTEN TO THE BELIEVERS IN THE CHURCH AT ROME. WE SOMETIMES USE IT WHEN WITNESSING.
2. ALTHOUGH GOD FORGIVES THOSE WHO ASK FORGIVENESS OF THEIR SINS, IT MAY NOT STOP THE PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES OF THAT SIN!
D. THE ACCOUNT OF LAZARUS IN JOHN 11 DEPICTS WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO A BELIEVER: JESUS RAISED LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD. LAZARUS STRIPPED OFF HIS GRAVE CLOTHING AND EMERGED FROM THE BURIAL TOMB. HE BEGAN A “NEW LIFE”. DEATH TO LIFE!
E. CHURCH ARISE FROM YOUR SPIRITUAL DEATH, SHED THE BURIAL CLOTHING AND WALK AS WE WERE INTENDED TO BE, “A NEW MAN IN CHRIST”.
REF: “WITH THE WORD” BY WARREN WIERSBE, THOMPSON CHAIN REFERENCE BIBLE