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| Rev. Canon George Sinclair |
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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, January 3rd, 2016)
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Broadcast Notes:
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The following is a
shortened version of a Sermon I preached at Church of the Messiah. It was part
of a sermon series on the Book of Romans called "Grace Shaped Life".
‘When Death Lies Behind Us’
Dead to Sin, Alive to God
6 What shall we say then? Are
we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How
can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that
all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his
death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into
death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of
the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
5 For
if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be
united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that our
old self[a] was crucified with him in order that
the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be
enslaved to sin. 7 For one who has died has been set free[b] from sin. 8 Now if we
have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We
know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no
longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died
to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So
you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Let
not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 Do
not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present
yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your
members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin
will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
Footnotes:
- Romans 6:6 Greek man
- Romans 6:7 Greek has been justified
1. The Bible does not teach that being baptized means you go to
Heaven.
2. When I put my faith in Jesus, I am immersed, to the point of
death, in Jesus and His death.
A - How shall we then live, when death lies behind us and resurrection waits ahead of us?
3. When Jesus becomes my Covenant Head, I am with Him as He enters
death and dies
A - How shall we then live, when death lies behind us and resurrection waits ahead of us?
4. In conversion, we do not merely have bad things taken away - we
are also given the gift of undying life and freedom in Jesus.
A - How shall we then live, when death lies behind us and resurrection waits ahead of us?
5. In conversion, I am taken from
"I-want-to-be-as-god-land" and am brought as a refugee to be a
citizen in "God's-Grace-Land".
A - How shall we then live, when death lies behind us and resurrection waits ahead of us?
6. Every day, every human being shows up at a job site. Whose job
site are you showing up at?
A - How shall we then live, when death lies behind us and resurrection waits ahead of us?
PRAYER
Lord, thank You for the gift of this new day. I
come to You, ready to work for You and under Your direction. I bring the best
of who I am and all of who I am. I bring my mind, body, time, money,
creativity, sexuality, influence, job and life. I am here to work for You.
Please guide, direct and strengthen me to do what You would have me do. Please
free me so I work for Your glory and not my own. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Rev.
Canon George Sinclair
Church of the Messiah
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