WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.099 If you want to open up your Bibles, your pew Bibles, to 1,120, we're going to be in Romans 6, 1-14. 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:13.939 Do you ever wonder this question as a Christian? 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:17.000 Why do I still sin? 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:22.300 Why do Christians sin? 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:28.920 Why do Christians sin in refined ways and in spectacular ways? 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.899 I mean, we've declared righteous in God's sight. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:36.179 We learned that last week, justification, right? 00:00:37.480 --> 00:00:40.519 We are in right standing with God legally. 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:41.480 Why do we sin? 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:42.640 Why do we still sin? 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:44.299 What's up with that? 00:00:45.579 --> 00:00:46.640 Here's the reality. 00:00:47.140 --> 00:00:55.260 Every Christian in the room, you're going to be tempted today to sin, to do something that's grievous to God in His sight. 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:59.480 And some of us in the room, hey, we're growing in our sanctification. 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:04.859 The process of being less and less ruled by sin and more and more like Christ. 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:05.840 We're growing. 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.640 We've got some wins under our belt. 00:01:12.659 --> 00:01:20.099 But there's other of us who, man, we feel like we're fighting a losing battle with sin. 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:22.979 That sin's got your number. 00:01:24.140 --> 00:01:26.179 You can't beat sin, is what you think. 00:01:26.180 --> 00:01:32.700 And so when a Christian has experienced regular defeats in terms of their fight with sin, 00:01:33.700 --> 00:01:35.540 you know what a Christian's tempted to do? 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:43.560 Well, if I can't beat sin, I might as well join sin and wallow in the mire. 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:54.060 We as Christians experience regular defeat instead of victory. 00:01:55.180 --> 00:01:56.799 And it can be very discouraging. 00:01:57.140 --> 00:02:00.020 You can start asking questions whether you've actually been saved. 00:02:00.620 --> 00:02:03.939 Or you can even start going kind of a question like this. 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:05.560 Is this Christianity thing true? 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:13.180 Why can't I stop having anxious thoughts? 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:21.060 Why can't I stop being more afraid of what people think about me than what God thinks about me? 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.920 Why can't I stop gossiping, spreading rumors? 00:02:25.340 --> 00:02:28.439 Why can't I stop clicking on porn sites? 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:32.360 Why can't I stop blowing up in anger at the people I love? 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:35.120 Why can't I stop being bitter? 00:02:37.700 --> 00:02:39.800 And it comes out in the worst ways. 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:45.320 Why can't I stop sinning? 00:02:46.440 --> 00:02:47.700 How do I change? 00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:50.060 Am I really a Christian? 00:02:50.900 --> 00:02:52.020 Or am I fake? 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:58.920 How can I become less and less ruled by my sin and more and more like Jesus? 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:00.120 Have you been there? 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:00.140 Have you been there? 00:03:00.139 --> 00:03:04.599 Are you there now? 00:03:08.219 --> 00:03:15.559 The process of becoming less and less ruled by sin and more and more like Jesus Christ is called sanctification. 00:03:16.699 --> 00:03:20.779 And in Romans 6, we can see it talked about in verse 4. 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:22.779 It doesn't use the word sanctification. 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:24.099 It uses a different phrase. 00:03:24.099 --> 00:03:30.759 When we were buried therefore with him by baptism and death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:32.699 we too might walk in newness of life. 00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:34.319 He's talking about sanctification. 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:37.500 If you go down to verse 13, you read, 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.740 Do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, 00:03:40.819 --> 00:03:44.560 but present yourselves to God as those who've been brought from death to life, 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:47.299 and your members to God as instruments of righteousness. 00:03:47.459 --> 00:03:50.699 That putting off and putting on is sanctification. 00:03:50.699 --> 00:03:51.180 Right? 00:03:54.099 --> 00:04:02.740 You see the word sanctification in a sermon I'll be preaching next week in verse 19 and in verse 22. 00:04:02.740 --> 00:04:09.180 It's the process of being less and less ruled by sin within and more and more like Jesus. 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.659 Two weeks ago I preached from Romans 1 and 2, 1 through 3, 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:20.139 and we saw the terrible unrighteousness problem that we were in. 00:04:21.400 --> 00:04:25.939 Whether you are an hedonist or whether you are a moralist, 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:31.199 we are all under God's wrath and without excuse. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:41.019 And then, in Romans 3, 21, Paul turns the corner and starts bringing the gospel to bear, 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:43.019 and it was beautiful news. 00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:47.840 Run, John, run, the law demands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:50.259 Far better news the gospel brings. 00:04:50.379 --> 00:04:52.259 It bids us fly and gives us wings. 00:04:52.259 --> 00:04:57.620 We learn about propitiation. 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:03.039 Jesus shed his blood to bear God's wrath for you and me. 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:04.500 We learn about redemption. 00:05:04.980 --> 00:05:09.039 Jesus shed his blood to ransom you out of slavery to sin. 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:10.740 And Jesus shed his blood. 00:05:11.779 --> 00:05:15.740 He died and was raised so that you could be justified. 00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:22.500 That your unrighteousness could be imputed to him and his righteousness imputed to you, 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:26.500 and God sees you and declares you now as righteous in his sight. 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:31.340 Last week, I devoted the whole sermon to the doctrine of justification. 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:33.280 Remember, doctrine defined. 00:05:34.699 --> 00:05:39.579 Justification is the one-time legal act by which God declares an unrighteous sinner, 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:42.800 righteous in his sight, based on the finished work of Christ. 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:48.259 And then we unpack that with doctrine supported out of Romans 4 and 5. 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:49.360 We did a tour de force. 00:05:50.579 --> 00:05:53.020 Biblical precedent, the promise of Abraham. 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:57.600 We now have peace with God, and we are under a new proxy. 00:05:58.080 --> 00:05:59.000 We're no longer in Adam. 00:05:59.420 --> 00:06:01.400 We are in Jesus Christ. 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:02.680 And then we applied it. 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:03.620 Remember belaying? 00:06:04.060 --> 00:06:04.639 Belay on. 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:07.960 I've been walking in the morning, and I'm like, belay on, Jesus. 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:14.799 And I hear God saying to me, if God is for you, Mike, who can be against you? 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:17.579 Belay on. 00:06:18.799 --> 00:06:22.039 This doctrine of justification is battle, ballast for us. 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:23.199 It's a battle cry. 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:31.419 Your justification is the basis for your sanctification. 00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:31.620 Sanctification. 00:06:32.420 --> 00:06:36.879 And so this morning, we're going to do, again, doctrine defined. 00:06:37.060 --> 00:06:37.900 What is sanctification? 00:06:38.500 --> 00:06:43.379 But we're going to compare it to justification because there's a lot of confusion out here. 00:06:43.620 --> 00:06:44.860 That's what the whiteboard's for. 00:06:47.180 --> 00:06:51.639 And then we're going to look to Romans 6, 1 through 14 for the doctrinal support. 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:54.219 And I want you to see three things. 00:06:54.560 --> 00:07:01.740 Your new position in Christ, your new power in Christ, and this new practice we've been called to in Christ. 00:07:03.419 --> 00:07:04.839 And then we're going to apply it. 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:10.959 Brother, sister in Christ, did you come in here feeling stuck in your sin? 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:13.339 Feeling defeated? 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:16.259 Without hope, ready to give in? 00:07:16.939 --> 00:07:18.539 Can't beat sin, might as well join it. 00:07:18.540 --> 00:07:23.280 Welcome the doctrine of sanctification. 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:27.200 Let's look at this doctrine defined and compared. 00:07:27.960 --> 00:07:29.420 So, doctrine. 00:07:30.080 --> 00:07:31.340 Maybe you hear that word. 00:07:31.460 --> 00:07:32.800 We joked about it last week. 00:07:33.140 --> 00:07:36.340 Some people hear the word doctrine and it's instant lights out. 00:07:39.700 --> 00:07:42.259 Doctrine should not be a word that puts you off. 00:07:43.900 --> 00:07:45.840 Doctrine just simply means teaching. 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:53.639 And in Titus 1, 9, elders must be able to give instruction in sound doctrine. 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:56.719 And that word sound means healthy. 00:07:57.019 --> 00:07:58.000 It's good for you. 00:07:58.639 --> 00:07:59.539 It's good for Christians. 00:07:59.739 --> 00:08:02.479 Biblical doctrine is health for a Christian. 00:08:02.939 --> 00:08:10.519 And unfortunately, there is a lot of confusion and ill health when it comes to the doctrine of sanctification. 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:13.979 So, here's what we're going to do. 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:18.780 We're going to make a comparison between justification. 00:08:20.020 --> 00:08:22.700 Some of you oldies around here, do you remember Donahue? 00:08:22.819 --> 00:08:25.160 I just felt like Donahue walking through the audience. 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:30.780 Thank you, Steve. 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:33.840 We're going to use this. 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:39.560 And if you are a note taker, you're going to want to take notes on this. 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:41.240 Uh-oh. 00:08:41.540 --> 00:08:42.060 Almost. 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:42.860 Almost. 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:44.420 Got it. 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:48.300 Thank you, Steve. 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:50.740 Okay. 00:08:51.259 --> 00:08:52.440 So, here's what we're going to do. 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:57.700 I'm going to redefine justification and then walk through these five traits about it. 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:04.340 And then we're going to also define sanctification and then list out five traits about sanctification. 00:09:04.700 --> 00:09:15.000 I want you to see them side by side because seeing them side by side will help bring clarity to your mind of what these doctrines are and how they relate to one another. 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:16.039 You ready? 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:18.220 Okay. 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:25.279 Justification is that doctrine we've been talking about, this teaching from our Bibles that says, 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:32.940 God in a one-time legal act declares an unrighteous sinner righteous in his sight based upon the finished work of Christ. 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:40.320 An unrighteous sinner believes in the finished work of Christ and God's response is to declare that sinner righteous in his sight. 00:09:40.539 --> 00:09:42.000 It's a change of legal status. 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:48.580 And so, when we talk about justification, we're talking about an imputed righteousness. 00:09:50.220 --> 00:09:51.700 Now, come back to the chairs. 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:56.740 2 Corinthians 5.21, where Les started us off. 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:00.200 This is the doctrine of double imputation, the great exchange. 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:11.759 A sinner, you, when you first believe in what Christ has done, God thinks of you, your unrighteousness, as being placed on Christ. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:20.840 In all of God's wrath that you stored up for your unrighteousness, he pours out on Jesus at the cross in full so there's no more wrath. 00:10:21.620 --> 00:10:24.480 No more of judgment. 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:31.840 But then, God also considers Christ's righteousness as 33 years of perfect living, and now imputed you. 00:10:32.139 --> 00:10:33.700 He thinks of it that way. 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:35.899 And now you're a righteous in his sight. 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:46.200 So, in that one act, God gives you of all your sin and completely accepts you as his own based upon the work of Christ. 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:47.539 That's good news. 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:47.960 Do I have an amen? 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:48.080 Amen. 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:49.639 Amen. 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:55.860 And so, this imputed righteousness is what justification is all about. 00:10:56.259 --> 00:11:01.060 Now, when we get to sanctification, we're no longer talking about imputed righteousness. 00:11:01.540 --> 00:11:05.440 We're talking about experiential righteousness. 00:11:06.820 --> 00:11:10.100 I don't think I spelled experiential right, but you get the point. 00:11:10.100 --> 00:11:20.700 This is the righteousness we grow in day in and day out in our thinking, in our seeing, in how we conduct ourselves. 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:23.659 It's this is in the day in, day out of life. 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:31.300 Now, I was making a mistake earlier this week because I was saying, okay, there's the legal righteousness of God, and then there's the real righteousness. 00:11:31.299 --> 00:11:34.019 Both of these are real. 00:11:35.219 --> 00:11:38.079 This is the real righteousness of Christ imputed to you. 00:11:38.439 --> 00:11:39.579 It's legal status. 00:11:40.659 --> 00:11:45.279 And now, this is the real day in and day out of your changed life because of what Christ has done. 00:11:46.319 --> 00:11:47.639 Okay, this is sanctification. 00:11:48.819 --> 00:11:54.299 Now, we know that justification is an imputed righteousness that God declares. 00:11:54.839 --> 00:11:56.399 For by grace, you've been saved through faith. 00:11:56.479 --> 00:11:57.379 It's not your own doing. 00:11:57.419 --> 00:11:58.199 It's the gift of God. 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:00.319 It's his work. 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:02.360 We don't bring our works to this. 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:05.760 There's nothing that we could do to make us righteous in his sight. 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:07.540 So, this is a work of God alone. 00:12:07.760 --> 00:12:11.360 But when it comes to sanctification, now we've got a holy co-op. 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:21.400 It's God and the justified sinner, a.k.a. a saint. 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:27.860 And so, what this means now is that our works, which we couldn't bring into our justification, 00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:30.659 are now essential to our sanctification. 00:12:31.439 --> 00:12:32.860 For by grace, you've been saved through faith. 00:12:32.959 --> 00:12:33.799 It's not your own doing. 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:35.059 It's the gift of God. 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.379 Not by works, so that no one could boast. 00:12:38.220 --> 00:12:39.459 That's Ephesians 2.8.9. 00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:45.300 2.10 says, we were created in Christ Jesus for good works. 00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:52.839 And so, we're not saved by our good works, but we're saved for, to do good works. 00:12:53.939 --> 00:12:58.039 And so, this is justification, imputed righteousness, God alone. 00:12:58.199 --> 00:12:58.899 It's immediate. 00:12:59.699 --> 00:13:02.439 Sanctification is ongoing. 00:13:03.699 --> 00:13:05.679 It's complete justification. 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:10.099 Sanctification, you get all of Christ's righteousness the moment you believe. 00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:11.799 It's all done. 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:18.659 But when it comes to your sanctification, your experiential righteousness, it's incomplete. 00:13:22.079 --> 00:13:25.199 Anybody in the room expect to be perfect by the time you breathe your last? 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:28.599 Not experientially. 00:13:30.319 --> 00:13:31.199 Legally, yes. 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:33.819 Experientially, no. 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:37.559 You see how this is setting your expectations? 00:13:39.299 --> 00:13:42.120 Finally, justification is unchanging. 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:43.779 It's static. 00:13:44.659 --> 00:13:48.659 Once you are justified by the righteousness of Christ, you are fully justified. 00:13:49.179 --> 00:13:50.179 It doesn't change. 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:55.179 But when it comes to sanctification, it is changing. 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:58.719 It's dynamic. 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:06.360 Can you imagine seeing the Dow Jones Industrial Average over 30 years in your mind? 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:12.220 And so, it starts, let's say, in year, I don't know, 1981. 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:15.180 And all the way through 23, is that 40 years? 00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:17.820 40, thanks. 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:25.300 And what you're going to look over those 30, 40 years is this progression of the Dow Jones. 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:32.159 But if you look close, within a year, you're going to just see ups and downs, ups and downs, maybe a spike up and a spike down. 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:34.419 But it's a progression over time. 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:37.779 And so, what sanctification is, it's progressive. 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:44.019 And the difference is very important. 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:52.959 Your Bible is very clear in saying you are justified first by God's grace, a work of Him alone. 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:56.899 And out of that justification, we work out our salvation. 00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:59.059 We work out our sanctification. 00:15:00.019 --> 00:15:01.100 Does this make sense to everybody? 00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:03.459 Let me ask you. 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:06.899 What happens when a Christian confuses the two? 00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:11.539 They now think that their justification depends upon their sanctification. 00:15:12.339 --> 00:15:13.500 Do you know what's going to happen? 00:15:14.839 --> 00:15:16.059 You're going to be miserable. 00:15:17.319 --> 00:15:22.039 Because you're going to be thinking that your right standing with God actually depends upon your obedience. 00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:25.019 And that is not the biblical gospel. 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:34.879 The biblical gospel says, because of what Christ has done, His work, His obedience, you are in right standing with God, period. 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:42.879 And it's out of that in which we now put sin to death and bring to life the things that are pleasing to God. 00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:46.439 Our standing with God doesn't depend on it. 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:50.320 We're working out our right standing with God. 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:51.159 Does this make sense? 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:59.339 When I was a young Christian, I confused these two because I was biblically ignorant and I was miserable. 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:05.299 And when somebody finally sat me down with the Bible and said, Mike, here's what the scriptures have to say. 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.879 I was like, no way. 00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:10.319 Taught me two things. 00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:14.519 God's salvation is incredible and I need to know what the Bible says. 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:44.500 God's salvation is incredible and I need to know what the Bible says. 00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:49.980 And might I add, you're not walking in the truth of God's ways. 00:16:53.939 --> 00:16:59.480 So when we talk about the doctrine of sanctification and what it is, 00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:04.240 justification is the legal declaration of imputed righteousness to a sinner. 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:14.620 Sanctification is the process of becoming like Christ, experiential righteousness in your day-to-day living. 00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:17.380 That's the difference. 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:20.720 Compared and contrasted. 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:27.940 Now let's look at this doctrine supported from Romans chapter 6, 1 through 14. 00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:34.259 In Romans chapter 6, verse 1, Paul starts with a question. 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.120 It's rhetorical. 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.920 What shall we say then? 00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:39.100 Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:44.420 Flip over to Romans chapter 5, verse 20 and 21. 00:17:44.420 --> 00:17:48.740 He's talking about being in the new proxy of Jesus. 00:17:49.300 --> 00:17:50.820 You're no longer under Adam. 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.860 You're under Christ. 00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:53.640 You're no longer ruled by sin. 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.800 You're ruled by grace. 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:55.960 And he says, 00:17:55.960 --> 00:18:01.019 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more. 00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:08.259 So that as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness, leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:13.340 And some of the believing Jews of the Roman church congregation would have thought this. 00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:14.400 Huh. 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:17.860 Well, that just sounds like a free ticket to sin. 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:20.920 Justified. 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:26.800 Where the law increased, sin increased, but grace abounded more. 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:29.460 Man, it'd be great to be justified. 00:18:29.620 --> 00:18:30.800 I can go sin all that I want. 00:18:32.300 --> 00:18:35.900 God's grace is like this blank check signed by God and saying, 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.460 Go sin however you wish. 00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:40.180 Paul anticipates that. 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:42.440 And so he's asking the question, 00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:45.120 Do we continue in sin that grace may abound? 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.500 Continue in it. 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:48.240 Keep intentionally sinning. 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:51.140 And Paul says in verse 2, 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:55.799 By no means, which the Mike Salvati translation would be, 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.059 Seriously? 00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.000 No way. 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:05.620 And then he says something at the end of verse 2 that you've just got to see. 00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:11.359 It's the thrust of his argument that he's about to make. 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.880 By no means, he says. 00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.940 We're not going to continue in sin. 00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.400 No way. 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:18.080 Then he asks another rhetorical question. 00:19:18.320 --> 00:19:20.300 How can we who died to sin still live in it? 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.500 Do you know what he's saying? 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:25.660 We don't continue in sin, brothers and sisters, 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:28.240 Because it's not who we are anymore. 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:33.480 He's making an argument from your very nature now. 00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:35.920 What God has done in you. 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:38.019 You're no longer dead. 00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:40.120 You're alive to God. 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:42.519 So we don't continue in sin. 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:47.339 And then so for the remainder of, you know, verses 3 through 14, 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.480 He develops this argument. 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.740 Let's track it. 00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:53.619 We start off by talking about our new position. 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:57.059 Our new position in Christ. 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:02.619 In verse 2, he starts talking about dying to sin. 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:04.379 And then verse 3, he says, 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:08.700 All of us who've been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death. 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:10.220 And then in verse 4, 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:12.519 We were buried, therefore, with him by baptism into death, 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:15.759 In order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, 00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:17.500 We too might walk in a newness of life. 00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:19.080 And so here's what Paul is doing. 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.080 He's going to start talking about the death and life of Jesus, 00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:25.220 And how a Christian is uniquely connected to that. 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:28.660 As part of his argument as to why we don't continue in sin. 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:32.279 And so he starts off by talking about the death of Jesus, 00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:34.960 And he starts off talking about the resurrection of Jesus. 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.299 Do you know what that is? 00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:38.700 That's the historic gospel. 00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.839 That's the finished work of Christ. 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:46.819 This is God's power for salvation to all who believe. 00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:51.240 And he's linking your sanctification to it. 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:54.879 And so what he's saying is this. 00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:57.799 When you believed, 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.859 You used to be an Adam, 00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:03.539 And now you've been brought into a new head. 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.399 Jesus Christ. 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.200 Your new proxy. 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:08.259 And as a result of that, 00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:11.900 You've been united to Christ in his death and resurrection. 00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:13.960 The Holy Spirit, 00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.680 The moment you believe, 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:18.279 Unites you to Christ, 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.539 Specifically, 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:22.340 Christ's death and resurrection. 00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.720 That's your new position, 00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.900 Being in Christ. 00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:34.940 You've been powerfully linked to Christ in his death and his resurrection. 00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.259 Now, 00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:37.500 Did you notice all the baptism language? 00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.660 Last Sunday, 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.420 We baptized, 00:21:42.060 --> 00:21:42.320 Zeke, 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:45.019 It was a joy. 00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:48.120 And when I would put them down in the water, 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.080 They would hear me say, 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.080 Maybe you did too. 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:53.100 United with Christ in his death. 00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:56.279 And as I brought them out by the water, 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:58.699 Raised with Christ to newness of life. 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:03.379 Baptism is a symbol. 00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:05.459 It's a claim. 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:08.740 It's an announcement that this human being, 00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:10.219 Who used to be an Adam, 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.719 Is now in Christ, 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:14.119 And united to Christ in his death and resurrection. 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:16.739 Here's the deal. 00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.559 This is our new identity, 00:22:19.699 --> 00:22:20.359 Brothers and sisters. 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.639 It's who you are. 00:22:26.699 --> 00:22:28.079 Every Christian in this room, 00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:29.500 Has been by God's grace, 00:22:30.739 --> 00:22:32.539 United to Christ's death and resurrection. 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:35.019 The question is, 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.579 Is it true? 00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:39.119 And you may be saying, 00:22:39.199 --> 00:22:39.279 Well, 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.679 I don't feel united, 00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:42.639 To Christ's death and resurrection. 00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:45.199 It's not about how you feel. 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.859 It's whether it's true. 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:51.099 Have you been bound, 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.399 By the living God, 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.960 To the resurrection and death of Jesus? 00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:58.199 Your new position in Christ, 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:00.599 Radically changes your relationship to sin. 00:23:01.199 --> 00:23:02.759 And now we get to ask the question, 00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:02.959 Well, 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.879 How does that work? 00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:07.179 And that's verses 6 through 11, 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:09.759 Our new power. 00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:12.819 It's actually a power mindset. 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:16.000 In verses 6 and 11, 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.619 Let me read it. 00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:19.480 We know that our old self was crucified with him, 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:21.899 In order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:23.899 So that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:27.139 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 00:23:27.219 --> 00:23:27.399 Now, 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.819 If we have died with Christ, 00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:30.779 We believe that we will also live with him. 00:23:31.179 --> 00:23:32.159 We know that Christ, 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.099 Being raised from the dead, 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:34.099 Will never die again. 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.819 Death no longer has dominion over him. 00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.879 For the death he died, 00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:38.179 He died to sin once for all, 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.000 But the life he lives, 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.759 He lives to God. 00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.039 Verse 11, 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.259 So you, 00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.599 Christian, 00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:49.039 You also must consider yourselves 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:51.279 Dead to sin and alive to God 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:53.379 In Christ Jesus. 00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.859 Here's Paul's argument. 00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:58.559 You've been united with Christ, 00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.559 In his death and resurrection. 00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:02.039 And in verses 6 and 11, 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.919 He's going to say, 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:05.859 And that operationalizes, 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:12.159 That makes functional Christ's power on the cross, 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.500 In his resurrection, 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:15.200 Available to you. 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:21.200 The power of Christ's death to defeat sin 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:24.160 Is now operational for you. 00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:27.259 The power of Christ's resurrection 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.519 To now live for God 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.759 And walk in newness of life, 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:33.420 Is now fully available to you, 00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:33.840 Christian. 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:37.680 The gospel power to die to sin 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.559 And to live to God, 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:41.660 We've now been connected to 00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:43.160 By being united to Christ. 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:46.160 In verses 6 and 7, 00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:48.700 The apostle Paul focuses on 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.779 The death of Christ 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.380 And what it's accomplished. 00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:54.519 When you read verse 6, 00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.960 We know that our old self 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.140 Was crucified with him. 00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.620 Do you know what he's talking about? 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:01.020 He's talking about 00:25:01.020 --> 00:25:02.240 Who you were 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:04.700 Before you were converted. 00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:09.280 Before you were brought under Christ. 00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.860 Before you were brought into, 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.540 You were outside of Christ, 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.360 In Adam, 00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:15.300 Ruled by your sin, 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.000 Condemned, 00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:18.440 Facing judgment, 00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.700 Under God's wrath. 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:21.420 That's your old self. 00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:23.100 And what Jesus, 00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:24.680 Or what Paul is saying here, 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.560 Is that, 00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.600 That old self, 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:30.539 Was crucified with Christ. 00:25:31.300 --> 00:25:32.580 It's dead now. 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.779 There's no power, 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:36.060 Authority in your life. 00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:40.300 And what that means is, 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.640 It's, 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:43.300 We don't continue living for sin. 00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:47.200 We've been crucified. 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:49.180 That old man crucified. 00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.779 And the purpose is, 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.820 To bring the body of sin, 00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.420 Brought to nothing. 00:25:56.060 --> 00:25:57.360 What that means is this. 00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:59.900 Sin no longer rules over you. 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.680 Grace does. 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.539 And so your body, 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.740 All of who you are physically, 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.940 Now, 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:08.539 You no longer offer your body to sin. 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.600 You offer your body to God. 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:16.240 Sin no longer has the power 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.519 To call the shots in your life. 00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.600 That's what we're getting at. 00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:23.340 And what we read, 00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:26.300 So that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:29.440 Maybe you came in here feeling like, 00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.660 Man, 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.580 I just can't shake sin. 00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:32.019 Like, 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.680 It just dictates my life. 00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:37.279 If you're a follower of Jesus, 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.580 Hey, 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:40.620 It doesn't have to be that way. 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:44.000 Because according to this, 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:47.560 You're no longer enslaved to sin. 00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:54.060 And when you're no longer enslaved to sin, 00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:56.640 You're no longer under sin's tyranny. 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.140 Verse 7, 00:26:58.259 --> 00:27:01.759 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.900 Verses 6 and 7 is talking about 00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:06.000 How we've been united 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:08.800 To Christ's sin-defeating death. 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.539 And then, 00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.700 Verse 8 and 9 00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:13.220 Focus on the resurrection of Jesus. 00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:15.400 And our ability now 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:17.820 To no longer be under the dominion of death, 00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.860 But to live for God. 00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:22.459 Now, 00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.699 If we have died with Christ, 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:25.619 We believe that we will also live with Him. 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:28.199 And that's verse 4 kind of living. 00:27:28.459 --> 00:27:30.759 Walking in newness of life. 00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.359 We know that Christ, 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.319 Being raised from the dead, 00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.259 Will never die again. 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.979 Death no longer has dominion over Him. 00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:37.579 So, 00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:40.019 Christ's death and resurrection 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:42.740 Has freed us from the dominion of sin and death. 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.279 You've got to believe this, 00:27:45.459 --> 00:27:46.119 Brothers and sisters. 00:27:46.199 --> 00:27:47.659 It's either true or it's not. 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:51.180 You're either going to live in the reality of this 00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.259 Or you're going to ignore it. 00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:54.140 And you're going to ignore it 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:56.340 To great difficulty. 00:27:58.820 --> 00:28:00.380 When we get to verse 10, 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:02.600 Paul starts summarizing things. 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.040 He says, 00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.880 For the death He died, 00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:06.820 He died to sin once for all. 00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:09.580 He died to your sin. 00:28:10.320 --> 00:28:11.500 And the life He lives, 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.620 He lives to God. 00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:14.860 So that we too could live lives to God. 00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:17.259 And then verse 11 is the crux. 00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.500 It brings it all together. 00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.339 He says, 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.059 So, 00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:23.779 You also must consider. 00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:26.979 You must think yourselves. 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.679 Because it's true. 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:32.240 Dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.519 And that little phrase, 00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.599 In Christ Jesus, 00:28:35.199 --> 00:28:38.099 It carries the freight of what He's talking about. 00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:39.980 Because you've been united to Christ 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:41.019 In His death and resurrection. 00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:45.399 You've got to believe this. 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:48.419 Because this is how God sees you. 00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:51.319 He united you to Christ 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.379 In His death and resurrection. 00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.539 He set you free. 00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:57.779 The principle here is this. 00:28:58.899 --> 00:29:00.199 Who you are 00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:02.299 Determines how you live. 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.719 That's the principle. 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:06.920 And if you are now in Christ, 00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.940 You live differently. 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:10.519 We don't continue in sin 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:12.059 Because it's not who we are. 00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.839 The question is, 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.539 Is this true? 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:22.240 Have you been united to Christ 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.500 In His death and resurrection? 00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.799 God says, 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:27.880 If you put your faith in Christ, 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.160 Yes. 00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:33.160 Are you believing that? 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:37.339 What will it take 00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:39.600 To start believing this more? 00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:42.100 Not just agreeing with it in theory, 00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:45.460 But seeing yourself 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:47.720 As one who's been 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:49.299 United to Christ 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.640 In His death and resurrection. 00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.940 Now, you may be asking, 00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:53.600 Well, what does this have to do with sanctification? 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:55.420 It's got everything to do with sanctification. 00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.980 Because the case Paul is making 00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.600 Is that when you're tempted to sin, 00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:02.319 Our response is this. 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:04.659 That's not who I am anymore. 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:07.259 Because I've been united to Christ 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.279 In His death and resurrection. 00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:11.259 What we tend to do is think, 00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:12.279 Okay, tempted to sin, 00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:13.539 What do I have to do right now? 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:16.139 Do I have got the stuff in me to say no? 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.599 Where we should be saying, 00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:20.879 No, you've got no mastery over me 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:23.419 Because Jesus kicked you in the can. 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:30.160 This is our new power source. 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:33.400 There's one other piece of this. 00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.640 In Romans 8, 00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:38.640 It's the Holy Spirit 00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:40.140 Who is actively in our lives 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:42.380 Bringing this power to bear 00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.320 Day in and day out. 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.500 I'll come back to that in a sec. 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.440 Our new practice. 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:52.299 This is in verses 12 through 14. 00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.200 For the sake of time, 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.539 I'm just going to set this up 00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:57.080 Because I'm going to come back to this next week 00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:59.220 When we're looking at the second half 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.920 Of Romans chapter 6. 00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:04.080 In verses 1 through 5, 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.940 Our new position. 00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:06.440 In verses 6 through 11, 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.720 Our new power, 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.460 A mindset. 00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:11.180 We must think a new way about ourselves. 00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:12.640 Because it's true now. 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:15.560 And in verses 12 through 14, 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.100 Specifically in verse 13, 00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:18.900 We have a new practice. 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.500 Look at verse 13. 00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:24.160 Do not present your members to sin 00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:26.200 As instruments for righteousness. 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.259 The members he's talking about 00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.500 Is the members of your body. 00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.759 Your hands, your body, 00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:34.100 Your eyes, your ears, 00:31:34.560 --> 00:31:35.540 Your sexual organs, 00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.980 Your mind, 00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.680 All of who you are. 00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.900 He's saying, 00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:42.920 Don't present them 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:45.340 To sin 00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:48.759 As instruments of unrighteousness. 00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:50.580 Because when you present them to sin, 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:52.640 When you offer them up to sin, 00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:56.320 Your body becomes tools. 00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:59.200 A tool for unrighteousness. 00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.380 It's not who you are. 00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:05.880 That's the first dimension 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:07.600 To sanctification. 00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:10.340 Is the stop sinning. 00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:12.740 Because it's not who you are anymore. 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.440 And the second aspect 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.920 Of sanctification 00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:19.220 Is to start godliness. 00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.320 And we see that 00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:22.600 In the second half of verse 13. 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:24.340 But present yourselves to God 00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:25.340 As those who've been brought 00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:26.540 From death to life. 00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:29.900 As those who've been made new. 00:32:30.540 --> 00:32:32.000 As those who've been united to Christ 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.000 In his death and resurrection. 00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:35.400 And your members to God 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:37.519 As instruments for righteousness. 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:39.420 So what Paul is saying is this. 00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:39.960 Hey, 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:41.619 In order for you to stop 00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:43.420 Living for sin, 00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:45.720 You need to stop 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:47.480 Offering your body 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.160 To sin. 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:50.460 And you need to start 00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.859 Offering all of who you are 00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.379 To God. 00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:56.000 Because you've been united to Christ 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.299 In his death and his resurrection. 00:32:57.299 --> 00:33:01.559 This do not present 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:03.579 And this do present 00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:05.859 Is shot through your Bible. 00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:07.500 If you're familiar with 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.500 Ephesians chapter 4 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.940 Or Colossians chapter 3 00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:11.700 Paul uses language like this. 00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:13.579 Put off, put on. 00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.419 You get into the gospels 00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:16.839 It's language like this. 00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:19.379 Turn from, repent, believe. 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.339 Later in the book of Romans 00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:24.500 It's do not be conformed 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:26.419 To this world 00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:27.899 But be transformed 00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:29.179 By the renewing of your minds. 00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.500 Present your bodies 00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.839 As living sacrifice to God. 00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.500 That's all the way 00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.259 Through our Bibles. 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:40.459 This is the new practice 00:33:40.459 --> 00:33:42.740 That we undertake 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:44.819 As those been justified 00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:46.000 By the grace of God. 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:51.799 So what you need to know 00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:53.420 Is that biblical sanctification 00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:55.359 This walking in newness of life 00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:57.599 It involves two things. 00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:00.460 Until we see Jesus 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:02.880 It's going to require 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:04.500 Putting sin to death 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.819 Which the old timers 00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.839 Called mortification 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.719 And 00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:11.099 Bringing godliness to life 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.420 Which the old timers 00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.780 Called vivification 00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:16.980 We're to mortify our sin 00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.680 And we're to bring to life 00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:20.060 That which pleases to God. 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.820 That's sanctification. 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.600 Becoming less and less 00:34:23.600 --> 00:34:24.400 Ruled by sin 00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.500 And more and more 00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.360 Like Christ. 00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.320 Now here's 00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.360 This connection 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.120 I want to continue 00:34:29.120 --> 00:34:29.860 Making for you. 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:32.380 When Paul writes 00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:34.340 About being led 00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.200 By the spirit 00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:37.600 In Galatians chapter 5 00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:38.900 And Romans chapter 8 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:40.720 Do you know what context 00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.580 He's talking about? 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:43.960 Sanctification. 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.019 In other places 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.799 Of our New Testament 00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:49.219 The Holy Spirit leads 00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:50.639 Jesus into the wilderness. 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.659 He leads the apostles 00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.559 To different places 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.480 To preach the gospel. 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.099 But when Paul uses it 00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.139 He's talking about 00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.779 Being led by the spirit 00:34:58.779 --> 00:35:00.039 By way of 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.079 Putting sin to death 00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:02.139 And bringing to life 00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:03.039 The things of godliness. 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.400 And so what that means 00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.519 For us is this 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:09.000 There is a ministry 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.279 Of the Holy Spirit 00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:12.380 When it comes to 00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.840 Our sanctification 00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:15.460 That is absolutely 00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.120 Essential 00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:17.740 The spirit is the one 00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.740 Who bounds you 00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.840 To the death 00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.540 And resurrection 00:35:20.540 --> 00:35:21.200 Of Jesus 00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:22.740 And the spirit is the one 00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:24.240 Who's going to help you 00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:26.640 Put sin to death 00:35:26.640 --> 00:35:28.880 And bring to life 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:30.380 The fruit of the spirit. 00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:34.559 This is 00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:36.420 What God 00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.500 The spirit 00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.539 Is seeking to do 00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:40.840 In each of us. 00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.619 Okay let's apply 00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.260 This doctrine. 00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.840 First is this 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:49.920 Do you understand 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.780 The difference 00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:52.640 Between justification 00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:53.840 And sanctification? 00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.039 Not if you do. 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:57.259 If you don't 00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.519 Let's talk. 00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.579 Find me after the service. 00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.659 I want to help you 00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:03.000 Understand this 00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:04.219 Because it is 00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.960 Really important 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:06.079 To get these doctrines 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.159 Clear and straight 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.420 And how they relate 00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:09.099 With one another. 00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.539 Second 00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:13.639 Did you come in here 00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.460 This morning 00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:16.599 Actually believing 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:18.279 That you 00:36:18.279 --> 00:36:19.460 Are 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:21.079 United to Christ 00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.039 In his death 00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.559 And resurrection. 00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.139 Is that 00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.719 Operational 00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.679 In your mind? 00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.279 Are you 00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.820 Actively 00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.679 Believing that? 00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:33.239 Now you may say 00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:33.920 I don't feel 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.960 United to Christ. 00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.940 I feel beat up 00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:39.699 By sin. 00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:43.000 When I was 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.679 Younger 00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.519 I was on staff 00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.219 With an organization 00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.940 Called Crew 00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:47.179 Campus Crusade for Christ 00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.759 And we would share 00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.599 The gospel with 00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:50.219 Basically any 00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:51.179 College student 00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.759 That walked. 00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.559 And one of the things 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.119 Is you get through 00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.639 The gospel 00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.920 And then you help 00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.699 Them to understand 00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.299 They're like 00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:58.099 Well I don't feel 00:36:58.099 --> 00:37:00.119 Like a Christian now 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:01.340 And what you do 00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.079 Is you help them 00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.799 With an illustration. 00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.739 Imagine 00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:06.659 A three car train 00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:08.719 The locomotive 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.880 Fact 00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:11.420 The coal car 00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.340 Faith 00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.779 The caboose 00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.779 Feeling 00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:21.560 Fact 00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:22.800 And trusting 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.560 In the fact 00:37:23.560 --> 00:37:24.760 And your feelings 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.519 Will follow 00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:27.019 But if you 00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.960 Are trying 00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.720 To pull 00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.500 The train 00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.720 With your caboose 00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:33.519 You're putting 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.300 Your faith 00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:35.300 In your feelings 00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:37.440 You're going to be 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.780 Very frustrated 00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.380 Frustrated 00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:42.900 What drives 00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.540 The train 00:37:43.540 --> 00:37:44.880 Of sanctification 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:47.540 Is your union 00:37:47.540 --> 00:37:48.500 With Christ 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:50.820 That you have 00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.320 Been 00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:53.720 Crucified with Christ 00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:55.160 And raised with Christ 00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:56.200 To newness of life 00:37:56.200 --> 00:38:01.440 So let me give you 00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.980 A prescription 00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:04.880 If you're struggling 00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.700 With this area 00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:07.119 If you don't think 00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:08.199 Of yourself that way 00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:09.199 Would you start 00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:10.539 Committing to your mind 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.739 Romans 6 00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:13.279 10 and 11 00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:15.960 Start memorizing it 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.839 Start meditating 00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:18.379 Start thinking about it 00:38:18.379 --> 00:38:19.779 You start thinking 00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:21.019 About for Christ 00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:22.239 The death he died 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.899 He died to sin 00:38:22.899 --> 00:38:23.559 Once for all 00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.179 In the life he lives 00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.799 He lives to God 00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:27.179 So now also 00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:28.099 Consider yourself 00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.659 Dead to sin 00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:29.299 Alive to God 00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:30.000 In Christ Jesus 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.899 Could you imagine 00:38:30.899 --> 00:38:31.500 What's going to happen 00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.119 If you walk around 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.559 Like that 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.299 Thinking that all day 00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:35.379 Good things 00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:37.240 Good things 00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:37.700 Are going to happen 00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:38.720 God pleasing things 00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:43.039 Here's what's amazing 00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.400 To me 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:47.920 What Christ did 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:49.240 2,000 years ago 00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:52.700 Through God's grace 00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:54.079 Of uniting you 00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:55.119 To what he did 00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:56.280 2,000 years ago 00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:58.640 Is still effectual 00:38:58.640 --> 00:39:01.000 It's still powerful 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:04.220 It's still changing things 00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:08.000 Sanctification 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.079 Sanctification 00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:09.079 This is the third point 00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:11.879 It requires two aspects 00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.819 Putting sin off 00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:13.919 Putting on godliness 00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:16.079 So here's what I'd like you to do 00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:17.599 As we head towards 00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.359 Next Sunday 00:39:18.359 --> 00:39:19.799 Use this week 00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:21.579 It's a homework assignment 00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:25.539 What is one area 00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:28.500 That you are presently 00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:30.659 Offering 00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:33.000 The members of your body 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:34.519 To sin 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:36.239 Think about it 00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:37.719 Focus in 00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:39.179 Go to the Lord 00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:40.699 God how am I presenting 00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.699 The members of my body 00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.819 To sin and not to you 00:39:42.819 --> 00:39:44.039 Would you show me 00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:46.860 I want you to do that 00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.779 Because when we get 00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.639 Next week 00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:50.239 It's going to be very helpful 00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:51.219 To have something 00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:52.719 Very specific and concrete 00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:54.359 To work with 00:39:54.359 --> 00:39:57.900 We're going to say 00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.940 What must you stop 00:39:58.940 --> 00:40:00.019 By faith 00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:01.339 And what must you start 00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:02.059 By faith 00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:04.739 Sanctification is the process 00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.739 Of becoming less and less 00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:06.359 Ruled by sin 00:40:06.359 --> 00:40:06.920 And more and more 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.519 Like Christ 00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:10.679 Why do Christians sin? 00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.940 Why do you sin? 00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:16.179 See with the whiteboard? 00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.819 You're both of those 00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:21.320 Simultaneously justified 00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:22.400 And sinful 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:24.440 That's why we still sin 00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:27.620 The penalty of sin 00:40:27.620 --> 00:40:28.180 Has been paid 00:40:28.180 --> 00:40:29.080 The power of sin 00:40:29.080 --> 00:40:29.660 Has been broken 00:40:29.660 --> 00:40:30.880 But the presence 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.680 Of sin remains 00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:34.320 So we need to be 00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:34.980 Actively 00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:38.180 Putting our sin to death 00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:39.019 And bringing to life 00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:40.180 The things that please God 00:40:40.180 --> 00:40:41.620 Another way to think 00:40:41.620 --> 00:40:42.320 About it is this 00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:43.740 Before you start 00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:44.920 Climbing the wall 00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.880 Of sanctification 00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:48.420 You got to ask 00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.460 Belay on 00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:51.900 And you're going to hear 00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.960 Belay on 00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:55.140 Not only has God 00:40:55.140 --> 00:40:56.000 Justified you 00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:57.380 You've been united 00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.980 With Christ 00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.500 In his death 00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.079 And resurrection 00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:01.480 And that gives you 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:02.460 Great confidence 00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:03.380 It's high ground 00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:05.000 In terms of now 00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:06.420 Putting sin to death 00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:08.000 And bringing life 00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:09.720 To the spirit 00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:11.200 The fruit of the spirit 00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:11.740 Let's pray 00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:13.879 God in heaven 00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:16.979 Would you help us 00:41:16.979 --> 00:41:18.059 Grow in godliness 00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:19.619 Would you help us 00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:22.019 Grow in Christ likeness 00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:23.179 Would you help us 00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:24.899 To do this work 00:41:24.899 --> 00:41:27.019 Of putting off sin 00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:28.659 And putting on 00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:30.079 That which pleases you 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.659 God would you 00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.899 Would you help us 00:41:31.899 --> 00:41:33.119 To do this well 00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:35.659 To think your thoughts 00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:37.339 About us now 00:41:37.339 --> 00:41:38.559 And God would you 00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:40.259 Rescue any of the 00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:40.959 Brothers and sisters 00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.699 In this room 00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:43.639 Who are presently 00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.920 Not believing 00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:46.280 All that is true 00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:46.840 Of them 00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:48.099 For what you've done 00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:49.220 For them in Christ 00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:51.079 God would you 00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.960 Make us holy 00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:53.880 Pleasing to you 00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:55.760 In our experience 00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:57.460 In Jesus name 00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:58.699 Amen 00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:01.759 Amen 00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:03.139 Amen 00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.759 Amen 00:42:03.759 --> 00:42:05.059 Amen 00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:05.619 Amen 00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:07.559 Amen 00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:09.699 Amen 00:42:10.379 --> 00:42:11.699 Amen 00:42:12.379 --> 00:42:12.579 Amen 00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.500 Amen 00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:14.439 Amen 00:42:14.439 --> 00:42:15.819 Amen 00:42:15.819 --> 00:42:19.359 Amen 00:42:19.359 --> 00:42:19.819 Amen 00:42:19.819 --> 00:42:20.039 Amen 00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:26.239 Amen 00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:26.639 Amen 00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.199 Amen 00:42:27.319 --> 00:42:28.139 Amen