background notes
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doctrinal / teaching points
- As to practice, a believer should not yield
to sin.
- In practice, a believer should yield to righteousness.
practical application
Let’s make Good Friday and Easter Sunday
personal.
questions
- What does the word, “sanctification,” mean?
- What is the duration of the process of sanctification?
- What is the Christian’s part in the process
of sanctification?
- Is it possible for a Christian not to sin?
- Is there a time coming when Christians will
not sin?
- Is it possible that a Christian can keep sin
from having dominion over him? If so, how?
answers
- Sanctification means to be made holy.
- The process is going on all the time in a believer’s
life. See Philippians 1:6.
- He is to take time to realize and reckon his
spiritual position before God (He sees us in
Christ). Therefore, the Christian is to reckon
himself to be dead to sin, but alive in Christ.
- No. As long as we are alive on this earth,
we will sin. See 1 John 1:8. However, we are
not to let sin reign.
- Yes. When Christians receive their resurrected
bodies.
- Yes. As a Christian, under grace, we have new
life empowered by the Holy Spirit. You don’t
have to commit sin. Christians are not sinless,
but they should sin less by availing ourselves
of the power of the Holy Spirit. Just say “No” to
temptations, and walk away from them. Yield to
righteousness.
discuss / consider
- Review Romans 6:12-13. “Reign” is
the key word here. It doesn’t say that
a Christian does not sin, but we are not to let
sin reign in our bodies. R&R your position
in Christ, and stop reading and watching things
that incite sinful thoughts.
- How do you yield your members to righteousness?
Remember that you, as a believer, are free from
the law of sin and death, free to serve the Lord.
challenge
On Good Friday, we remember the death of Christ;
on Easter Sunday, we remember the resurrection
of Christ. These are foundational truths of the
Christian life. How do you personalize these truths?
memorize
- ?? “Do not let sin reign in your mortal
body; do not present your members as instruments
of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves
to God as being alive from the dead, and your
members as instruments of righteousness to God.” Romans
6:12-13??
- ??”Sin shall not have dominion over you,
for you are not under law but under grace.” Romans
6:14??
