SLAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (19 OF 26)
Scripture: Romans 6:15-23
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Slaves of Righteousness (19 of 26)
Series: Romans:The Gospel of God
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 6:15-23
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life (v. 22).
OH REALLY?
What is freedom? Some people think that being free is to be autonomous (i.e., free to make one's own decisions). Maybe you've heard someone brag, ''Nobody tells me what to do! I do whatever I want to do!''
''Non-Christians often pride themselves on being free, in contrast to Christians, who in their estimation have lost their human autonomy by bowing the knee to Christ.'' But this ''freedom'' is an illusion. No one is really autonomous-even the person who says, ''Nobody tells me what to do!'' According to the apostle Paul, everyone is a slave.
ARE WE FREE TO SIN?
In verse 15 Paul brings up a question similar to the question found in verse 1: ''What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace?'' ''In both vv. 1 and 15 Paul asks whether the grace of God should lead to sin. However, in 6:1 it is a question of sinning in order to gain more grace, while in 6:15 it is a question of sinning because of grace.''
Paul's answer to both questions is the same: ''By no means!'' We have been given freedom from sin, not freedom to sin. God's grace has changed our hearts. We don't want to be free to sin; we want to be free to obey God's commands.
WHOSE SLAVE ARE YOU?
Paul writes, ''Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?'' (v. 16). ''Either people are under the power of sin, or they are under the power of God. The question is not, then, whether one will have a master, but which master one will serve.'' Everyone is a slave-either a slave of sin or a slave of God.
What does it mean to be a slave of sin? Si ...
Series: Romans:The Gospel of God
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 6:15-23
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life (v. 22).
OH REALLY?
What is freedom? Some people think that being free is to be autonomous (i.e., free to make one's own decisions). Maybe you've heard someone brag, ''Nobody tells me what to do! I do whatever I want to do!''
''Non-Christians often pride themselves on being free, in contrast to Christians, who in their estimation have lost their human autonomy by bowing the knee to Christ.'' But this ''freedom'' is an illusion. No one is really autonomous-even the person who says, ''Nobody tells me what to do!'' According to the apostle Paul, everyone is a slave.
ARE WE FREE TO SIN?
In verse 15 Paul brings up a question similar to the question found in verse 1: ''What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace?'' ''In both vv. 1 and 15 Paul asks whether the grace of God should lead to sin. However, in 6:1 it is a question of sinning in order to gain more grace, while in 6:15 it is a question of sinning because of grace.''
Paul's answer to both questions is the same: ''By no means!'' We have been given freedom from sin, not freedom to sin. God's grace has changed our hearts. We don't want to be free to sin; we want to be free to obey God's commands.
WHOSE SLAVE ARE YOU?
Paul writes, ''Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?'' (v. 16). ''Either people are under the power of sin, or they are under the power of God. The question is not, then, whether one will have a master, but which master one will serve.'' Everyone is a slave-either a slave of sin or a slave of God.
What does it mean to be a slave of sin? Si ...
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