DO NOT CONTINUE IN SIN-RM. 6:1-13
I. INT.
A. IN THESE VERSES THE BIBLE SEVERAL REASONS
WHY WE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE IN SIN
B. WHAT IS SIN?
1. “Sin is lawlessness”-I Jn. 3:4
2. “All unrighteousness is sin”-I Jn. 5:17
3. To him that knoweth to do good”-Jam. 4:17
C. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN
1. “Wages of sin is death”-Rm. 6:23
2. “These shall go away”-Mt. 25:46
D. ROMANS 6 GIVES SEVERAL REASONS WHY WE
SHOULD NOT CONTINUE IN SIN
II. BECAUSE WE HAVE DIED TO SIN AND CANNOT
LIVE IN IT ANY LONGER-RM. 6:1-2
A. WHEN ONE DIES PHYSICALLY HE NO LONGER LIVES
THE LIFE HE PRIVIOUSLY LIVED
1. When one dies to sin he no longer lives the life he previously
lived
2. When one becomes a Christian, a sinner dies
B. I JN. 3:9
1. “Does not sin”-the tense is “present active endictive”
a. literally it means-one “does not keep on sinning” “does not
habitually sin
2. Why?-“seed remains in him”-has made its home in him
a. This is how the “not sinning” is accomplished-Psa. 119:11
3. “He cannot sin”
a. Does this mean one cannot commit a single sin?
b. Peter did-Gal. 2:11-21
c. John says-I Jn. 1:8-10
d. Children of God do commit momentary acts of sin, but they
CAN not live, lives of sin
d. There are many instances recorded of children of God who
became involved in sin-I Cor. 5; Acts 8; 2 Tim. 4:10
1. Some of these repented
4. Further, many passages stress that it is possible for a child of
God to so sin as to lose God’s favor-I Cor. 10:12; I Tim. 4:1;
Gal. 5:4; Jas. 5:19-20
5. What does “this passage” mean?-It means if one has truly been
born of God, it is not his inclination or desire to sin
III. BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED-RM. 6:3-5
A. 1ST, PAUL STRESSES GOD’S TRUTH ON BAPTISM
1. The action of baptism is immersion-Rm. 6:4
a. The passage doesn’t make sense unless you think of baptism
as a burial in water
b. We don’t bury people by sprinkling or pouring a little dust
over them
c. The Greek word here means “to entomb”-One is entomb
in Baptism
2. 2nd, We notice the design or purpose of baptism-Rm. 6:3-4
a. What is found in death?-The blood was shed-Mt. 26:28
b. “Baptized into Christ”-This clearly shows that one enters
Christ in the act of baptism-Gal. 3:26-27
1) What were these people?-Sons of God
2) How did they get “into Christ?”-Gal. 3:27, 29
3. 3rd, This is not Holy Spirit Baptism-for there is no resurrection in H.S. Baptism but there is in water
baptism-Rm. 6:4-5
B. 2nd, WE ARE RAISED TO A NEW LIFE-Rm. 6:4
1. Jesus-died-buried-arose
2. We-died-was buried-Arose (new life)
3. “We should walk in newness of life”
a. The obligation to “walk in newness of life” emphasizes
that Christians are not to continue in sin
4. The Greek word translated “newness” means of a “different
nature”
a. It is a life that has never existed before
b. The new life is not the same as the old sinful life
c. It is new in quality
d. The old wicked man lied,stole,drank,lusted
e. But the Christian is new in Character-He does not continue in those previous sins
IV. 3RD, DEAD TO IT-RM. 6:6-7
A. IF WE HAVE BEEN UNITED WITH CHRIST, WE
UNDERSTAND THAT SEVERAL THINGS HAVE
HAPPENED
1. We understand that our old man was crucified with Christ
Rm.6:6; Gal. 2:20-In what sense?-Col. 3:5-6
2. “that the body of sin might be done away with”-Rm. 6:6;
Col. 2:11-13
3. He goes on to say “henceforth we should not serve sin”-Rm.
6:6
V. 4TH, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN FREED FROM SIN-RM. 6:7
A. BECAUSE WE WERE FORGIVEN OF ALL SIN
1. Listen to this list of sins, the Corinthians had been forgiven
Of-I Cor. 6:9-11
VI. 5TH, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SOME DAY LIVING WITH HIM-RM. 6:8-11
A. WE ALL KNOW THAT SOME DAY OUR BODIES WILL
LAY SILENT IN THE GRAVE
B. WE SHALL LIVE WITH HIM IN ETERNITY IF WE ARE
RAISED TO THE NEW LIFE AND ARE WALKING IN IT
C. NOTICE THE EXHORTATION IN VS. 11-13
VI. 6TH, PAUL STRESSES THAT IN BECOMING A CHRISTIAN ONE IS RAISED TO “WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE”-THE N.T.
HAS MUCH TO SAY WITH REGARD TO H0W CHRISTIANS
ARE TO WALK
A. LUKE 1:6-WALK “BLAMELESS” IN ALL THE
COMMANDMENTS & ORDIANCES OF THE LORD
B. ACTS 9:31-“WALKING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD &
COMFORT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT”
C. RM. 4:12-WALK IN THE STEPS OF ABRAHAM
D. RM. 6:4-WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE
E. 2 COR. 4:2-MUST NOT WALK IN CRAFTINESS, NOR IN
DECEIT
F. GAL. 5:16,25-WALK ACCORDING TO DIRECTION OF THESPIRIT-THE SPIRIT DIRECTS US BY THE WORD
G. EPH. 5:2-WALK IN LOVE
H. EPH. 5:8-WALK AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT
I. EPH. 5:15-BE CAREFULY HOW WE WALK
J. COL. 4:5-WALK IN WISDOM
K. PH. 3:16-WALK BY THE SAME RULE
L. COL. 2:6-WE MUST WALK IN CHRIST
M. I TH. 4:1-WE MUST WALK SEEKING TO PLEASE GOD
N. 2 PET. 3:3-WE MUST NOT WALK IN LUST
O. I JN. 2:6-WE MUST WALK IN TRUTH
VII. CONCLUSION:
A. THIS LESSON HAS BEEN PREPARED PRIMARILY TO
HELP US AS SAINTS OF GOD TO KEEP FROM SINNING
BUT IT IS ALSO OF BENEFIT TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT
CHRISTIANS
B. WE ARE HOPING AND PRAYING THESE THINGS WILL
INCREASE YOUR DESIRE TO OBEY GOD
1. TO BE BAPTIZED
2. TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE