WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.760 I didn't get a chance to do a sound check before so I was running around. We're all good. 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:13.280 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:17.760 And it's my joy to bring God's word to you today. 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:22.920 And we're continuing this morning our series in the book of Romans. 00:00:23.400 --> 00:00:28.219 And if you've been with us you'll remember that this book is a letter written by the Apostle Paul. 00:00:28.219 --> 00:00:37.479 In the 50s AD and it is called Romans for a simple reason which is that it is written to the churches in the city of Rome. 00:00:37.659 --> 00:00:43.780 And it is about the gospel. It's about the good news of Jesus, death, and resurrection. 00:00:44.859 --> 00:00:48.460 I've mentioned this to you before and I'll mention it to you again and I'll mention it to you later. 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:58.060 Page 7 of your worship guide, the quote I keep coming back to, that Paul's letter to the Romans is arguably the single most important piece of literature. 00:00:58.219 --> 00:01:00.879 In the history of the world. 00:01:01.859 --> 00:01:03.259 A modest claim. 00:01:04.060 --> 00:01:07.780 I keep reminding you all of that because there is a sense in which Romans is kind of hard. 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:11.480 And maybe you've noticed that as we've dug into it. 00:01:11.539 --> 00:01:15.299 There's times when Paul repeats himself and you're trying to figure out, okay, what's new? What's old? 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:20.439 The good news in all of that though is that Romans may be hard but it is also great. 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.560 Romans may be hard but it is also worth it. 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:30.219 And as we may have the temptation to get lost a little bit in Paul's arguments, 00:01:30.340 --> 00:01:33.939 I want to make sure that you know exactly where we're at as we start this morning. 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:41.780 So we are in Romans chapter 6 and Romans chapter 6 asks one and only one question. 00:01:41.780 --> 00:01:53.400 If God's grace is real, we might say since God's grace is real, why do I still have to obey? 00:01:55.400 --> 00:02:00.280 Since God's grace is real, why does it matter what I do? 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:07.379 If Jesus lived the perfect life that I should have lived if he took the punishment for my sins, 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:11.580 why can't I do whatever I want? 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:15.639 That would seem to be maybe the conclusion of that. 00:02:15.819 --> 00:02:18.000 Okay, so that's the question of chapter 6. 00:02:18.379 --> 00:02:22.580 To that one question, Paul has at least three answers. 00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:25.840 And that's what we have been working through the last number of weeks, okay? 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:27.360 Answer 1. 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.379 This is what we looked at verses 1 through 14. 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:38.060 It doesn't make sense to continue in sin because you can't be both dead and alive at the same time. 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:44.539 You're alive because of your union with Christ, that what's true of Christ is true of you. 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:48.939 When Christ died in his death, you died to the power of sin. 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:56.079 In Christ's resurrection, you experience newness of life, life empowered by the Holy Spirit. 00:02:56.740 --> 00:02:57.719 So that's answer 1. 00:02:58.500 --> 00:03:01.039 Answer 2 is our answer for today. 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:04.180 It doesn't make sense to continue in sin. 00:03:04.859 --> 00:03:09.579 Why would a freed slave go back to his master? 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:12.340 Slavery is already introduced. 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:16.599 We looked at it in verse 6, which was two weeks ago, so we've talked about it some. 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:19.359 And then next week, we're going to see the third argument. 00:03:19.979 --> 00:03:21.359 It doesn't make sense. 00:03:21.579 --> 00:03:24.400 Why would you do something that kills you? 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:28.159 And we'll see some of that this week as well in verse 16. 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.139 So the three answers again are this. 00:03:30.340 --> 00:03:34.799 Answer 1, we don't continue in sin because of our union with Christ. 00:03:35.579 --> 00:03:41.340 Answer 2, we don't continue in sin because we're no longer a slave to sin. 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:45.099 Answer 3, sin leads to death. 00:03:45.099 --> 00:03:48.859 Why would you do something that kills you? 00:03:50.519 --> 00:03:54.259 So the question of this passage, this passage this morning, again, is this. 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:55.400 Why would I? 00:03:55.819 --> 00:03:57.759 Why should I obey? 00:03:58.819 --> 00:04:03.719 So with that, I invite you to join me in reading Romans chapter 6. 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:07.139 We are going to start at verse 15 and go to verse 19. 00:04:07.699 --> 00:04:08.879 You can turn in your Bible. 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.840 You can turn in your worship guide to page 7. 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:14.799 Wherever you turn, remember that this is God's word. 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:22.439 Jeremiah chapter 23 tells us that God's word is like a hammer that breaks a rock into pieces. 00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:30.600 Which is to say, there is nothing so powerful that it can stand in the way of God's word. 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:35.900 So that's why we read now Romans chapter 6, starting at verse 15. 00:04:35.899 --> 00:04:38.279 What then? 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:42.919 Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? 00:04:43.699 --> 00:04:44.739 By no means. 00:04:45.719 --> 00:04:53.519 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey? 00:04:54.359 --> 00:05:00.060 Either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness. 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:11.620 But thanks be to God that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed. 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:17.120 And having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:22.540 I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. 00:05:22.540 --> 00:05:31.540 For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, leading to more lawlessness. 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:37.860 So now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification. 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:42.240 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word. 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:52.020 Our Father in heaven, we do thank you again for your word, which is good and right and true. 00:05:53.340 --> 00:05:56.319 It's more precious than gold, even the finest gold. 00:05:57.600 --> 00:05:58.660 Sweeter than honey. 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.340 Even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb. 00:06:03.420 --> 00:06:07.640 We ask that you would make it precious and sweet to us this morning. 00:06:08.840 --> 00:06:13.379 That you would use it to show us your mercy and your grace once again. 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:18.939 That we'd be reminded of the great love that you have for us in Jesus Christ. 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:23.120 The freedom that comes to us in the gospel. 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:26.480 Most of all, we ask that you would show us Jesus. 00:06:27.340 --> 00:06:31.100 We'd see his glory and his beauty and his power. 00:06:31.939 --> 00:06:34.199 His mercy, his grace, his love. 00:06:34.699 --> 00:06:36.600 We ask all of these things in his name. 00:06:37.420 --> 00:06:37.639 Amen. 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:47.939 I have mentioned to you before, there's a great principle in life, which is this. 00:06:47.939 --> 00:06:54.199 If you are starting learning a new topic and you want a great introduction, 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:58.459 one of the best things you can do is find a children's book. 00:06:59.459 --> 00:07:03.180 And it's one of the best things you can do because children's books, by definition, 00:07:03.300 --> 00:07:06.259 are meant to be simple and clear and basic. 00:07:06.259 --> 00:07:10.079 And so you're trying to get at what is the kernel of truth here? 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:11.800 What is the main thing? 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:17.159 You want to master the basics before you move on to the things that are advanced. 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:20.680 If you don't master the basics, the advanced will not make sense. 00:07:21.259 --> 00:07:25.560 It turns out there is actually a children's book on the book of Romans. 00:07:26.099 --> 00:07:29.539 It's called The Sword by a man named Marty Mikowski. 00:07:29.659 --> 00:07:30.300 I brought it with me. 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:32.439 You can see there's two little Roman soldiers on the front. 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.360 It is for ages 8 through 12. 00:07:36.139 --> 00:07:40.180 Now, I have to confess, it's been a couple years since I was ages 8 through 12. 00:07:41.139 --> 00:07:42.399 But I enjoy it nonetheless. 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:46.920 And in illustrating Romans chapter 6, Marty does it this way. 00:07:47.779 --> 00:07:50.040 It says, imagine that there's a paintbrush. 00:07:50.939 --> 00:07:53.699 All of us know what a paintbrush is, right? 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:55.959 Paintbrush is just an instrument. 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:01.540 So if you put the paintbrush in the hands of a master artist, what's going to happen? 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:04.399 You're going to get a masterpiece. 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:11.519 And then he says, but what if you take that paintbrush and you put it in the hands of a toddler? 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:13.860 What will you get? 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:20.180 He says, well, you will likely get a mess on the wall. 00:08:20.180 --> 00:08:22.800 Same paintbrush. 00:08:23.900 --> 00:08:25.639 Two different people holding it. 00:08:26.500 --> 00:08:27.340 And he says this. 00:08:27.420 --> 00:08:28.980 This is on the back of your worship guide. 00:08:30.019 --> 00:08:37.680 When we walk through life with God as our master, he can use us to create unmatched beauty. 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:49.439 On the contrary, if we allow sin to rule our lives, we can be in a terrible mess. 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:54.039 Paul wants us to consider these questions. 00:08:55.199 --> 00:08:58.099 Who is controlling your life? 00:08:59.599 --> 00:09:02.199 Who is your master? 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:08.200 And that's one of the major questions here of chapter six. 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:15.800 Who will hold the paintbrush of your life? 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:29.080 If you give it to God and you obey God, he will take your life and he will make it a masterpiece. 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:43.300 If you give it to sin and you obey sin, sin will take your life and there will be a mess. 00:09:43.299 --> 00:09:49.779 That actually helps us understand not just this week, but also last week. 00:09:49.839 --> 00:09:55.500 You'll remember Andy last week discussed verse 13 of chapter six, which says this. 00:09:56.059 --> 00:10:00.979 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:07.539 but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life 00:10:07.539 --> 00:10:12.259 and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:17.879 You could just take the word paintbrush, replace instrument. 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:21.779 Do not present your paintbrush as a paintbrush for unrighteousness, 00:10:22.500 --> 00:10:26.139 but present yourself as a paintbrush to God for righteousness. 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:30.000 Then this week it helps us understand verse 16. 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:36.039 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:39.720 you are slaves of the one whom you obey, 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:44.059 either of sin, which leads to death, 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:49.559 or of obedience, which leads to righteousness. 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:53.440 So Paul's telling us there's another principle here. 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:57.640 Whoever holds your paintbrush, 00:10:58.400 --> 00:11:02.720 that is your master. 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:07.160 If you obey someone, 00:11:08.260 --> 00:11:11.240 you are their slave. 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:22.860 There's another truth here, 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:23.700 which is this. 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.060 You will have a master. 00:11:28.700 --> 00:11:31.560 You will serve someone. 00:11:33.180 --> 00:11:34.779 Freedom from religion 00:11:34.779 --> 00:11:37.799 will not make you free. 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:43.539 You will serve either sin or God. 00:11:44.719 --> 00:11:46.339 There is, in fact, 00:11:46.439 --> 00:11:49.620 no independent freedom in this world. 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:52.979 That is a fiction. 00:11:54.579 --> 00:11:56.359 There are only two slaveries. 00:11:56.439 --> 00:11:58.059 There's only two ways to live. 00:11:59.319 --> 00:12:01.759 There's a way to live that leads to death. 00:12:03.479 --> 00:12:06.639 And there's a way to live that leads to life. 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:10.279 Some of you may remember 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:14.299 Bob Dylan's song from 1979 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:16.339 called, 00:12:16.439 --> 00:12:18.120 You Gotta Serve Somebody. 00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:21.139 He says this, 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:23.759 You may be an ambassador 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.079 to England or France. 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:28.939 You may like to gamble. 00:12:30.079 --> 00:12:31.179 You may like to dance. 00:12:31.179 --> 00:12:35.859 You may be the heavyweight champion of the world. 00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:39.599 You may be a socialite 00:12:39.599 --> 00:12:42.759 with a long string of pearls. 00:12:45.239 --> 00:12:48.639 But you're going to have to serve somebody. 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:53.199 It may be the devil. 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:56.039 Or it may be the Lord. 00:12:57.319 --> 00:12:59.480 But you're going to have to serve 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:00.639 somebody. 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:08.500 What Paul's telling us here 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:09.659 is whatever you serve, 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:12.019 it will rule you. 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:15.279 If you serve money, 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.399 you will be a slave to it. 00:13:19.939 --> 00:13:22.159 It will consume your thoughts 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:23.340 and your time, 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:27.139 and your mind will not rest. 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:30.039 You won't be able 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:32.699 to not check the stock market. 00:13:32.700 --> 00:13:37.440 If you serve pleasure 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:38.420 and comfort, 00:13:39.180 --> 00:13:40.759 it will rule you. 00:13:42.460 --> 00:13:43.640 And one day, 00:13:43.820 --> 00:13:44.940 someday in the future, 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:48.840 you will be very, 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:50.120 very uncomfortable. 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:55.340 If you serve accomplishments, 00:13:56.340 --> 00:13:59.539 you will find 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:01.220 that there is never an end 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:04.159 and that it's never enough. 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:08.299 There is always something more, 00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:11.360 and there will always be 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:12.759 someone who is stronger 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:13.759 and smarter 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:14.860 and faster 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:16.600 than you. 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:21.040 If you serve approval, 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:24.460 you will always do 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.700 what other people want 00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:28.860 and not what is right. 00:14:30.560 --> 00:14:31.639 You'll be a slave. 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:35.379 If you serve independence, 00:14:35.560 --> 00:14:37.120 if that is more important to you 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:38.000 than anything else, 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:39.200 you may experience 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:40.019 a cruel joke. 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:43.300 You will get it. 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:47.379 You also won't have 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.279 the deep connection 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:50.759 that makes life worth living. 00:14:53.599 --> 00:14:54.120 Actually, 00:14:54.199 --> 00:14:54.659 it might be better 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:55.359 to be a slave. 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.319 Slaves actually have 00:14:58.319 --> 00:14:59.279 friendships sometimes. 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:05.839 If you make 00:15:05.839 --> 00:15:07.019 those things 00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:08.519 or anything 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.479 your God, 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:12.639 you will serve it. 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:15.559 it will be your master. 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:18.639 You will be 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:20.299 its slave. 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.879 Why not just sin 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.460 all the more? 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:27.779 For under law 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.860 and not under grace, 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:31.379 why not sin 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:32.199 whenever we want? 00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:35.120 Paul tells us this, 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.779 because it's miserable. 00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:41.740 Because it's slavery. 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.460 Because those masters 00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:47.240 are hard 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:49.139 and cruel. 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.779 Now, 00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:54.419 you may be wondering, 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:54.720 okay, 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.019 we talked about slavery 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:57.720 two weeks ago. 00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:58.699 What's the difference 00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:59.879 between Paul's point 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.899 about slavery then 00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:01.840 and his point now? 00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:04.220 His point two weeks ago 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:05.620 in verses 5 through 11 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.299 was this, 00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:08.939 you don't have to obey 00:16:08.939 --> 00:16:10.359 sin anymore 00:16:10.359 --> 00:16:11.779 because you're not 00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:12.599 enslaved to it. 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.279 Okay, 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:15.059 that's verse 6. 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:16.399 You don't have to obey 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.199 sin anymore 00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:18.059 because you're not 00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:19.299 enslaved to it. 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.719 This week, 00:16:20.819 --> 00:16:22.399 verses 15 through 19, 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:23.519 he's saying this, 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.919 but if you do 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.939 obey it, 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:29.259 you are bound 00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:29.839 to it. 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:32.519 if you do 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.500 obey it, 00:16:34.040 --> 00:16:36.019 it will enslave you. 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.560 That's what he's saying 00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:38.420 in verse 16. 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.940 Do you not know 00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:41.840 that if you present 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:43.580 yourselves to anyone 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:45.580 as obedient slaves, 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:47.460 you are slaves 00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:48.200 of the one 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:49.139 whom you obey, 00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.759 either of sin, 00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:54.080 which leads to death, 00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:56.080 or of obedience, 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.820 which leads 00:16:57.820 --> 00:16:58.820 to righteousness. 00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:05.940 Now, 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:06.539 how did we, 00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.400 how did we get here? 00:17:08.580 --> 00:17:09.600 We're picking up 00:17:09.600 --> 00:17:10.600 from last week. 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.080 You'll remember 00:17:11.080 --> 00:17:11.980 last week ended 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:13.299 with verse 14, 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.720 which says this, 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:16.160 for sin will have 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:17.720 no dominion over you 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.940 since you are not 00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.779 under law, 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:21.460 but under grace. 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.900 Paul then repeats 00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:24.500 that in verse 15, 00:17:24.600 --> 00:17:25.320 and so basically 00:17:25.320 --> 00:17:26.000 what he's saying, 00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.840 what he's reminding us 00:17:26.840 --> 00:17:27.440 of is this, 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:28.900 there are two ways 00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:30.100 to get to heaven. 00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:33.019 You can get to heaven 00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.920 under law, 00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:36.620 or you can get to heaven 00:17:36.620 --> 00:17:38.360 under grace. 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:40.200 If you're under law 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.440 and you want to get to heaven, 00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:43.660 you must perfectly 00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:47.500 obey every single one 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:49.559 of God's commands, 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:51.559 and never sin. 00:17:53.159 --> 00:17:53.559 Now, 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:54.299 if you've been with us, 00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:55.240 you know that's not an option. 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:56.179 Romans chapter 3 00:17:56.179 --> 00:17:56.899 says this, 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:58.440 for all have sinned 00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.259 and fall short 00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:00.659 of the glory of God. 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.700 So being under law, 00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.559 bad deal. 00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:05.599 If you are under grace, 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:08.299 that means you trust 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.960 in Christ. 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.240 Believe he died 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.879 the death 00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:14.059 that you deserve. 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:17.179 He lived the perfect life 00:18:17.179 --> 00:18:18.960 that you did not. 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.240 And that's good. 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.859 Because you actually 00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:25.659 cannot earn heaven 00:18:25.659 --> 00:18:26.700 from the law. 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.279 You can't, 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.559 and you won't. 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:33.220 You're no longer justified 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:34.619 by your obedience. 00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:36.779 You are justified 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:38.859 by Christ's obedience. 00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:41.339 And so that's the distinction, 00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:42.079 that distinction 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:44.959 from verses 14 and 15 00:18:44.959 --> 00:18:46.479 that leads to the question 00:18:46.479 --> 00:18:47.339 of verse 15, 00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:48.719 which now we've already answered. 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:51.079 The good news 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:54.219 is now you're actually free 00:18:54.219 --> 00:18:55.759 to obey God. 00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:58.139 Not just that you've been freed 00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:59.979 from the slavery to sin, 00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.459 you actually have 00:19:01.459 --> 00:19:02.719 kind of a new slavery here. 00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.919 You're actually free 00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:05.139 to follow God 00:19:05.139 --> 00:19:06.919 as your true and real master. 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.539 That's what Paul's saying 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:10.539 in verses 17 and 18. 00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:13.539 But thanks be to God 00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:15.379 that you who were once 00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:16.599 slaves of sin 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:18.420 have become obedient 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.440 from the heart 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:22.240 to the standard of teaching 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:23.359 to which you were committed. 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:26.000 And having been set free 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:26.759 from sin, 00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:29.059 have become slaves 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:30.519 of righteousness. 00:19:32.639 --> 00:19:33.819 Obedient from the heart, 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.740 that phrase there 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:36.019 gets to what we talked about 00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.759 at the beginning 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.720 of chapter 6. 00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:40.440 That the very power center 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.099 of your heart 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:42.899 has changed. 00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.839 We discussed this 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.839 when we talked about 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:47.480 the three different ways 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.460 of talking about sin. 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.000 The power, 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:49.619 the presence, 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.480 and the penalty. 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.339 And you remember 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:53.639 that when Christ died, 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.460 if you're a Christian, 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:57.319 you died to the power 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.180 of sin. 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:00.180 You don't have to obey 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.799 sin anymore. 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:04.319 sin no longer controls 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.720 your heart. 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.339 And so that's why 00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.139 in verse 4 00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:08.940 we talked about 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:10.000 newness of life. 00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:12.619 Life that is characterized 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:14.619 by resurrection power. 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.259 As I've mentioned to you 00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.099 many times now, 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.379 Ephesians chapter 1 00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:19.220 tells us 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.700 the same power 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:22.139 that raised Jesus Christ 00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:22.899 from the dead 00:20:22.899 --> 00:20:24.339 is at work in you. 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.819 That's the newness of life. 00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:28.960 That's what allows us 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.740 to obey 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:31.839 from the heart. 00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:34.200 In other words, 00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:35.839 serving God 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.779 sets you free 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:42.059 to do the right thing 00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:44.439 for the right reason. 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:47.220 Serving God 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:49.759 sets you free 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.600 to do the right thing 00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:55.340 for the right reason. 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:59.539 You raise your children now 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.440 and you love them 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:03.200 not so that they can 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.400 make you look good 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:08.960 or so they can prove 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:10.140 something about you. 00:21:11.320 --> 00:21:12.519 That's its own type 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.120 of slavery. 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.720 But so that they can 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.279 go out 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:18.500 and spread 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.980 God's glory 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.279 even more. 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:25.320 You can make money 00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:28.860 for God's purposes. 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.920 To provide 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.680 for yourself 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.759 and your family 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:36.180 and to show 00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:37.140 the same generosity 00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:38.460 that God has shown 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.320 to you. 00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:43.380 You can demonstrate 00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.700 sexual integrity 00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:46.040 in your life 00:21:46.040 --> 00:21:48.100 because you love 00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:49.740 from your heart 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:51.300 God's gift 00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:52.000 of marriage. 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.260 And you want to 00:21:54.260 --> 00:21:55.180 use your body 00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:57.320 to bless 00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:58.120 other people 00:21:58.120 --> 00:22:00.580 rather than 00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:01.460 to destroy 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.960 and use them. 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:07.079 and when you 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.900 experience 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.840 success 00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:11.380 which I hope 00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:11.980 that you do 00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:15.100 you can give 00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:15.860 glory to God 00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:18.380 and you can 00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.740 actually enjoy it 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:22.779 because you have 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.340 the right 00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:24.220 perspective. 00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.600 Brothers and sisters 00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.539 that's what real 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.259 freedom 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.819 looks like 00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:32.240 feels like 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.579 tastes like. 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.220 Remember I've 00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.759 told you this 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.279 old quote 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.180 from David Gibson 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.859 in the created 00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.319 world 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.500 you can only 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:43.259 truly enjoy 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.420 what you do 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.119 not worship. 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.819 In the created 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.160 world 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.859 you can only 00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:50.039 truly enjoy 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.640 what you do 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.200 not worship 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.859 because if you 00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.779 worship it 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:55.859 it will rule 00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.259 you. 00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.279 If you 00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.920 worship it 00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.619 it will be 00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:00.599 your master 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:02.119 and you 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:03.160 will be 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:04.799 its slave. 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.819 I've told you 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.460 before and I'll 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.119 tell you again 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:15.700 Romans is the 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.839 fifth gospel 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:18.700 and Romans is 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.440 called the fifth 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.899 gospel 00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:21.660 because what 00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:23.019 Paul teaches 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.180 Jesus 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.180 taught 00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.259 first. 00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.359 Jesus is 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.960 talking to the 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.819 Jewish leaders 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.379 in John 00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:32.259 chapter 8 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:34.160 and he says 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.559 this 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:36.819 truly truly 00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.639 I say to 00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:37.980 you 00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:39.859 everyone who 00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:41.279 practices sin 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.799 is a slave 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.740 to sin. 00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:46.160 The slave 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.579 does not 00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.240 remain in the 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.980 house forever 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:49.960 the son 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:51.220 remains 00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.819 forever. 00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.299 so if the 00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.119 son sets 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.839 you free 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:58.440 you are 00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.079 free 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:00.220 indeed. 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.240 A few 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.920 verses earlier 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.400 he says 00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.759 this 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.720 also John 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.359 chapter 8 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:09.420 if you 00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.019 abide in 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.639 my word 00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:12.480 you are 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.119 truly my 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.579 disciples 00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:15.799 and you 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.139 will know 00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.720 the truth 00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:18.139 and the 00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.660 truth 00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.680 will set 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.079 you 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.299 free. 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.179 Man I 00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:25.559 wonder where 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.079 Paul got 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.619 this idea 00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.159 of slavery. 00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.779 I think 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.240 he got it 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.899 from Jesus. 00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.559 I think 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:33.980 he knows 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.460 that Jesus 00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.379 sets us 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.980 free from 00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.919 slavery to 00:24:36.919 --> 00:24:38.259 sin by 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.079 his death 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.720 and his 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.240 resurrection. 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.059 That's what 00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.480 Paul's been 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.039 saying over 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.359 and over 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.859 again in 00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.399 this chapter 00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:45.359 when Jesus 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.960 died 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.759 you 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.559 died. 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.799 Now that 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.180 does raise 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.680 a question 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.339 for us. 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.379 How can 00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:56.039 we say 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.559 that Jesus 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.359 sets us 00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.839 free 00:24:57.839 --> 00:25:00.000 if we're 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.819 a slave 00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.299 to him? 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.799 That doesn't 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.220 sound like 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.440 freedom. 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.779 That sounds 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.039 kind of 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.500 odd that 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.039 Paul's 00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.240 using 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.599 different 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.059 words 00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.279 than 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.619 Jesus 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.819 is. 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.819 Well Paul 00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.119 I think 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.480 is getting 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.819 at this 00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.180 in verse 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.700 19. 00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:12.240 he says 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.860 I'm speaking 00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.440 in human 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.980 terms 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.539 because of 00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.700 your 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.420 natural 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.720 limitations. 00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:18.819 What Paul's 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.160 saying is 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.380 this. 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.799 Hey I 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.559 realize this 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.019 may strike 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.360 you as a 00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:21.620 little bit 00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.519 odd to 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.960 talk about 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.620 being God's 00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:23.900 slave. 00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.920 I'm just 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.240 trying to 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.519 use an 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.920 illustration 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.259 that you 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.900 can understand. 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.980 It may 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.559 be imperfect 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.779 but it 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.319 is true. 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.279 Following 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.240 Jesus 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:40.059 is the 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.600 only 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:42.359 way 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:43.759 to 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.359 life 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.399 and 00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.819 freedom. 00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.480 If 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.740 the 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.179 son 00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:53.000 sets 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.319 you 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.839 free 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:55.599 you 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.439 will 00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:56.619 be 00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.139 free 00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:58.539 indeed. 00:26:02.699 --> 00:26:03.619 We 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:03.819 might 00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.059 put it 00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.259 this 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.519 way 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:06.899 to 00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.099 our 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.480 God 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.659 be 00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:07.819 the 00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.199 glory 00:26:08.199 --> 00:26:09.959 to 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.840 our 00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.120 God 00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.259 be 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.420 the 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.840 praise 00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:14.299 he 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.779 alone 00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:16.240 the 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.720 name 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.360 above 00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:17.980 all 00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.360 names. 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.319 I 00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.519 will 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:20.960 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