Romans 6:1 – 7:6 “The Risks of Justifying Grace”.

Romans 6:1 – 7:6“The Risks of Justifying Grace”

Romans 6:1 – 7:6Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ – Chapter 61“What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin — because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey —whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

An Illustration From Marriage – Chapter 71 Do you not know, brothers — for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man.So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Sin that leads to death


Salvation unto Righteousness



like Adam like Jesus Christ



like Adam like Jesus Christ?



like Adam like Jesus Christ?

Grace & Faith

3 aspects of Grace

3 aspects of Salvation

What is our Christian understanding of Salvation ?

Jesus has come to give us salvation in our Spirit, Soul and Body.

Soul = Mind, Emotions, Will

The process of Salvation :

Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification.

The process of Salvation : Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification

Justification : my spirit has been saved –

Romans 3:24-28, 4:25, 5:15-19, 8:30-33, 10:10, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Galatians 2:16-17, Titus 3:7.


Justification : My spirit has been saved

Sanctification – my soul (mind, emotions, will) is being saved –

John 17:19, Acts 20:32, Acts 26:18, Romans 15:16, 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, Hebrews 10:29.


Justification : My spirit has been saved

Sanctification – My soul (mind, emotions, will) is being saved

Glorification – my body will be saved –

Matthew 22:31, Luke 14:14, 20:36, John 11:25, 12:16, Acts 4:2, 17:32, Romans 6:5, 8:30, 1 Corinthians 15, Hebrews 6:2, Revelation 20:5-6.


“I have been saved, I am being saved and I will be saved.”




I have been saved.

I am being saved.

I will be saved.

Justifying Grace (by Believing Faith)

Romans 5:2 – “… gained access by faith into this grace …” : that means grace is given by God but received by faith




I have been saved.

I am being saved.

I will be saved.


Sanctifying Grace (through Action Faith)

Glorifying Grace (because of Faithfulness)



Glorifying Grace (because of

Faithfulness)

Satisfies the Penalty of Sin

Overcomes the Power of Sin

Negates the Presence of Sin




Faithfulness)

S atisfies the Penalty of Sin

O vercomes the Power of Sin

N egates the Presence of Sin

Romans 10:8-10 – “8But what does it say? “The word is near

you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

9That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

We have faith when we believe

• what God says in the Bible is true • Jesus Christ is the Son of God• That He became a man, just like us, so

that we can know Him • For our sins, He died on the Cross • But on the 3rd day, God raised Him up

from the dead • God wants to give us the gift of

salvation, and we receive it, repenting of our sins, trusting that henceforth we are children of God.




Faithfulness)




The power of Sin presents 2 risks for those who are confident they have been justified by Grace through faith.

Romans 6:1“1But What shall we say, then? Shall we go on

sinning so that grace may increase?”

1. “Let me sin more so that God has to give me more grace” (I sin to make God look good). [Romans 6:1]

2. “I can keep on sinning because God’s grace is more powerful than sin” (as long as I say I am sorry after I sin, God will forgive me). [Romans 6:15]

2 risks of Justifying Grace




Faithfulness)






Action Faith Works leading to Salvation

Action Faith = Means of Grace = Spiritual Disciplines

1. Baptism – Romans 6:4 (3-10)

2. Hearing and obeying God’s Word – Romans 6:17 (16-18)

3. Belonging to the Body of Christ – Romans 7:4

Acts of Faith / Means of Sanctifying Grace

V1 : Endangering our Faith 1 – “let us sin so that God will give us

more grace.”

V2 : Exclamation – NO WAY !!! Reason : we have already died to

sin.

V3-10 : Elaboration – Significance of Baptism in us Dying to Sin.

V11-14 : Exhortation – Therefore we should not sin !!

Romans 6:1–14

2 Important Events @ Baptism

1. We Died with Christ

2. We Rise with Christ



2 Important Events @ Baptism

Romans 6:3-4a“Or don’t you know that all of us who were

baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death …”

Hebrews 7 – “”1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, 2and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. …

4Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! 5Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people — that is, their brothers—even though their brothers are descended from Abraham. …

9One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.”

Hebrews 7 – “”1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, 2and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. …

4Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! 5Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people — that is, their brothers—even though their brothers are descended from Abraham. …

9One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.”

Therefore Levi in Abraham paid the tithe to Melchizedek.

Therefore Aaron / *put your name* IN Jesus Christ has already been justly punished for his sins.

“After this, I think it is time for you to get married.”



2 Important Spiritual Milestones @ Baptism

Romans 6:4b-5, 8 “… just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. … 8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.”

1. Baptism – Romans 6:4 (3-10)

2. Hearing and obeying God’s Word – Romans 6:17 (16-18)

3. Belonging to the Body of Christ – Romans 7:4

Acts of Faith / Means of Sanctifying Grace

• Why do we even need Sanctifying grace ?

• Why do we need to act in faith ?

• Why can’t we be justified and do whatever we want ?

• Why must we go towards holiness ?

Romans 3:21-22 – “But now a righteousness from God,

apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. …”

– Romans 3:21-22

Romans 3:______ – “But now a ___________ from God,

apart from __, has been made known, to which ___________________ testify. This righteousness from God _______________ in Jesus Christ to all who _______. …”

– Romans 3:21-22

Romans 6:1 – 7:6 “The Risks of Justifying Grace”.

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