WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.700 Chapters 1-5 of Romans has made it clear to us that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, apart from works. 00:00:13.620 --> 00:00:23.039 ! Grace alone, 100% by God's grace. Salvation is His work on the sinner, for the sinner, and not the other way around. 00:00:23.900 --> 00:00:27.640 We receive what we do not deserve by God's grace. 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:34.980 By faith alone, it is 100% by faith alone. We cannot earn or work towards salvation. 00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:42.219 No religious activity, no number of prayers during the day, no good deeds. 00:00:42.299 --> 00:00:45.780 It is by faith alone in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:56.500 And in Christ alone, Christ, only Jesus Christ, paid the price with His sinless life that we should have paid so that we can be made righteous. 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:02.160 Nothing else can accomplish what He accomplished on the cross for us. 00:01:02.980 --> 00:01:12.640 Meaning, that this salvation, the title that we carry with us, Christian, is all because of Christ and nothing that we have done. 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:20.040 There's nothing that you and I have done to deserve or earn this title. 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:21.460 It's a big deal. 00:01:22.420 --> 00:01:25.500 There's nothing in us that made us desirable. 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:29.599 There's nothing in us that screamed to the world or to God, 00:01:29.859 --> 00:01:33.319 look at me, look how deserving I am of grace and mercy. 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:38.500 See, God's grace is shown to the undeserving and to the dead. 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:44.000 Grace founded in Christ because of Christ and His obedience. 00:01:45.219 --> 00:01:47.239 See, God's grace is huge. 00:01:48.659 --> 00:01:51.979 We truly cannot grasp this grace. 00:01:52.259 --> 00:01:54.459 We can't grasp what He has done for us. 00:01:54.459 --> 00:01:56.379 We have words to help. 00:01:56.539 --> 00:02:01.699 Words like, dead, the dead made alive. 00:02:01.819 --> 00:02:05.739 Or words like, a child of wrath, now at peace with God. 00:02:05.979 --> 00:02:11.979 But when we really try to wrap our heads around the grace of God, we just can't. 00:02:12.419 --> 00:02:16.560 And that's why you'll hear some of us say, in a situation, we'll say, 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:19.939 well, that's God's grace or God's given me grace or God's grace this. 00:02:19.939 --> 00:02:22.699 Because it is just so huge. 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:24.939 God's grace is wonderful. 00:02:26.099 --> 00:02:30.879 To be the recipient of such love and such care is wonderful. 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:35.359 So to the person in here who does not feel loved, 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:38.699 cling to Christ for He loves you. 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:40.039 Cling to Him. 00:02:40.300 --> 00:02:45.719 The Father cares for you as His child because you have been adopted. 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:49.139 God's grace is magnificent. 00:02:49.139 --> 00:02:51.779 It is truly beyond our comprehension. 00:02:52.179 --> 00:02:57.979 The God whose breath put the stars in the sky and the mountains to their specific heights 00:02:57.979 --> 00:03:02.000 is the same God who loves you and is for you. 00:03:03.179 --> 00:03:05.119 God's grace is real. 00:03:05.679 --> 00:03:07.019 God's grace has a taste. 00:03:07.139 --> 00:03:08.319 It has a feel to it. 00:03:09.839 --> 00:03:14.519 It's not just an idea thought up by some apostle 2,000 years ago 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:20.740 or even me or some author of a book that you've read here recently. 00:03:22.060 --> 00:03:22.960 It's real. 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:28.500 You know it's real because His grace has a real effect on your life. 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:31.879 Even when you might not understand. 00:03:33.139 --> 00:03:35.300 God's grace is everlasting. 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.520 The impact that God has is everlasting. 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:41.900 It's final from now until forever. 00:03:43.180 --> 00:03:47.300 It was started before the foundation of the world and it goes to eternity. 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:50.159 God's grace is personal. 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.379 You have been created in His own image. 00:03:53.979 --> 00:03:57.379 You were created by Him, for Him, and it brings Him great glory. 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:02.359 And us great joy to bring Him glory. 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:04.979 We can cry Abba Father. 00:04:05.099 --> 00:04:09.599 We can cry Daddy to Him because we have been adopted as sons of the King. 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:12.939 Romans 8 verse 15 says, 00:04:12.939 --> 00:04:17.240 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, 00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:20.360 but you received the spirit of adoption as sons, 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:23.180 by whom we cry Abba Father. 00:04:24.300 --> 00:04:24.959 Listen to this. 00:04:25.019 --> 00:04:29.860 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:31.259 And if children, then heirs. 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.180 Heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ. 00:04:34.939 --> 00:04:38.579 Provided we suffer with Him in order that we also be glorified with Him. 00:04:38.579 --> 00:04:42.439 The Spirit Himself bears witness that we are His. 00:04:42.939 --> 00:04:44.420 It is personal. 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.160 Jesus died bearing the sin of you and me. 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:51.120 For you and me. 00:04:52.379 --> 00:04:54.000 And God's grace is radical. 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:57.120 And this is where our text is this morning. 00:04:57.220 --> 00:04:58.439 This is kind of where we sit. 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:01.079 It is radical enough to kill us. 00:05:01.579 --> 00:05:04.019 And it is radical enough to give us life. 00:05:04.740 --> 00:05:08.319 We are going to look at these two truths and their implications. 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:10.300 So as a quick review, 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:15.420 I kind of need to do this because Paul is making an argument throughout this letter. 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:20.660 Romans chapter 1 basically starts off with the depravity of man. 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:21.699 That we are all sinners. 00:05:23.020 --> 00:05:25.259 That we are in need of a Savior. 00:05:26.840 --> 00:05:31.740 He even touches on the person in a jungle far away who has never heard the gospel. 00:05:31.740 --> 00:05:36.720 And he says that they are without excuse because even creation speaks of the glory of God. 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:39.800 We come to chapter 2. 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:44.240 Chapter 2 is about the Jewish people are depraved. 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:45.480 The Jewish people are sinners. 00:05:45.660 --> 00:05:50.400 There is no religion, no activity that saves you. 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:54.620 Chapter 3 kind of sums up 1 and 2. 00:05:54.719 --> 00:05:56.899 We are all sinners in need of a Savior. 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:58.779 That no one is righteous. 00:05:58.979 --> 00:05:59.939 No, not one. 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.759 For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 00:06:04.339 --> 00:06:05.019 Chapter 4. 00:06:05.779 --> 00:06:06.899 Okay, we've got to establish. 00:06:07.019 --> 00:06:07.759 Here's our problem. 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:09.099 Chapter 4 is the solution. 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:11.919 We are justified by faith alone. 00:06:12.239 --> 00:06:13.379 Not by works. 00:06:13.379 --> 00:06:23.279 So, as I've said already, no religious activity, no good deed, no prayer, no nothing can earn your salvation. 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.240 It is by faith alone in Christ alone. 00:06:25.860 --> 00:06:27.159 And that is a gift from God. 00:06:28.699 --> 00:06:37.480 Chapter 5 is kind of the result or starts in the result of being saved by faith alone. 00:06:38.060 --> 00:06:39.540 We are given peace with God. 00:06:40.339 --> 00:06:42.159 We are given peace with God. 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:46.660 That our standing with God is right and at peace because of the work of Christ. 00:06:47.280 --> 00:06:53.560 And then at the end, last week, we talked about either belonging to Adam or belonging to Jesus Christ. 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:56.300 Adam brought sin into the world. 00:06:56.480 --> 00:07:03.520 Jesus brought life into the world by living a sinless life and dying for our sins. 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:08.080 So, here's where we kind of step. 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:14.979 So, as we gather this morning, the majority in this room bear the title Christian. 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:16.479 I think it's safe to say. 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:19.979 But there may be some who have never tasted it. 00:07:20.139 --> 00:07:23.719 You've never heard of Jesus or never even considered this Christian thing. 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:27.860 And if that's the case, then I'm glad you're here. 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:32.280 Because my prayer is that you would see that Jesus is all you need. 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:36.520 No matter the situation in which you're living. 00:07:36.900 --> 00:07:45.480 No matter the bad thing that you think you've done that will not be taken care of, will not be forgiven. 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:50.680 No matter the baggage you brought with you this morning, He is all you need. 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:55.840 He will take that baggage from you because He loves you and He cares for you. 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:59.640 God's grace leads to a certain type of living. 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:06.379 And this, I hope and I pray, is what we will all see, be convicted of and commit to live. 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:08.540 So, let's dig in. 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:15.040 I'm going to start reading in verse 20 of chapter 5 and then read through 11 in chapter 6. 00:08:16.379 --> 00:08:17.500 Verse 20. 00:08:18.520 --> 00:08:25.900 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more. 00:08:26.460 --> 00:08:36.019 So that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign throughout righteousness, leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 00:08:36.139 --> 00:08:37.300 So stop for a second. 00:08:37.299 --> 00:08:39.500 Our salvation is Jesus Christ alone. 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.099 On what He has done, not what we have done. 00:08:43.199 --> 00:08:45.419 So that's kind of, okay, so we're all on the same page. 00:08:46.599 --> 00:08:47.019 Verse 1. 00:08:47.219 --> 00:08:48.219 What shall we say then? 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:51.559 Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 00:08:52.299 --> 00:08:53.299 By no means. 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:56.519 How can we who died to sin still live in it? 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:02.299 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 00:09:02.299 --> 00:09:10.500 We were buried, therefore, with Him by baptism into death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:14.120 we too might walk in newness of life. 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:21.820 For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His. 00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:29.320 We know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:33.020 so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:36.560 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:41.199 Now, if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. 00:09:41.819 --> 00:09:45.899 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again. 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:49.519 Death no longer has dominion over Him. 00:09:49.959 --> 00:09:52.579 For the death He died, He died to sin once for all. 00:09:53.459 --> 00:09:55.359 For the life He lives, He lives to God. 00:09:56.359 --> 00:10:02.619 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 00:10:03.719 --> 00:10:05.559 God's grace is radical. 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:10.439 One point this morning, two sub-points, and then some other things mixed in there. 00:10:10.979 --> 00:10:12.439 God's grace is radical. 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:14.859 And it's radical enough to kill us. 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:20.259 See, all Christians, no matter what maturity, 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:25.019 nominal Christian, immature Christian, mature Christian, growing Christian, 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:28.179 all would agree that Jesus died for our sins. 00:10:29.119 --> 00:10:33.159 All Christians acknowledge that Jesus is what Christianity is all about. 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:39.120 You'll see bumper stickers and signs and coffee mugs that say, 00:10:39.459 --> 00:10:41.379 Jesus is the reason for the season. 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:43.139 We're getting into that season. 00:10:44.259 --> 00:10:47.480 You'll see, Jesus is my co-pilot, or Jesus is my pilot. 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.339 Or the heretical version, Jesus is my co-pilot. 00:10:51.459 --> 00:10:55.980 You'll find it's all about Jesus on t-shirts and church signs and mugs, 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:57.120 and you name it. 00:10:57.779 --> 00:11:03.620 But I wonder, I wonder if you'll find in your bookstore or in your local church parking lot, 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:06.120 I died so that I will live. 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:11.539 I wonder if you'll find I crucified my life, 00:11:11.659 --> 00:11:14.060 or I killed myself for life, 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:17.360 or my own life is dead and it is a good thing. 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:20.039 You're not going to find it. 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:23.360 You're not going to find it because these things aren't nice. 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:24.360 They're not uplifting. 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:28.419 But that's exactly what our text is saying this morning. 00:11:28.560 --> 00:11:30.840 And it's not just here in Romans. 00:11:31.019 --> 00:11:33.960 Jesus Himself spoke of dying to yourself, 00:11:34.060 --> 00:11:35.259 picking up your cross. 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:39.519 Luke chapter 9, 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:41.519 Mark chapter 8, 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:43.120 Matthew chapter 8, 00:11:43.300 --> 00:11:44.440 Matthew chapter 16, 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:49.260 all speak to having to die yourself. 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:51.640 It's not something new. 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:53.180 This isn't some new idea. 00:11:53.900 --> 00:11:58.280 It's not something abusive or callous or carnal. 00:11:58.400 --> 00:11:59.680 It is truth. 00:12:01.020 --> 00:12:03.120 The reason it doesn't get taught, though, 00:12:03.140 --> 00:12:07.160 is because we, mankind, think we know best. 00:12:08.060 --> 00:12:13.380 We think that it will cause more harm than good to speak about dying, 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:18.259 especially ourselves dying while living. 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:20.360 That might even confuse somebody. 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:25.240 But I would rather confuse a little than condemn a lot. 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:29.879 Adam and Eve thought that they knew better. 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:34.799 They thought that I'm going to eat of this fruit and it's going to be okay. 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:39.759 God is just trying to keep us, keep something from us. 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:44.259 So just so there's no misunderstanding, no confusion, 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:48.879 we're not talking about a physical death, but a spiritual death. 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:51.120 So how does this affect us? 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:53.740 How and why does this matter to us? 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:58.500 Well, it begins with God's grace is radical enough to kill us. 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:02.000 Look at some of the language in our text this morning. 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:03.519 Chapter 6, verse 3. 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:09.820 We have words into Christ Jesus or into His death. 00:13:10.539 --> 00:13:13.799 Verse 4, we have buried with Him. 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:19.340 Verse 5 says we have been united with Him in a death like His. 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:22.779 Verse 6 says we are crucified with Him. 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:26.779 Verse 8, died with Christ. 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:30.699 See, Paul, as he does often in his letters, 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:32.839 is repeating a theme over and over. 00:13:32.939 --> 00:13:35.740 He's repeating himself so that the audience, us, 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.839 the readers of this letter, 00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:40.379 the early church in Rome, 00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:43.720 would grasp what he's trying to communicate. 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:46.000 They would understand what he's trying to say. 00:13:46.299 --> 00:13:49.000 And he repeats two things in our text this morning. 00:13:49.659 --> 00:13:52.139 One being that we're united with Christ. 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:55.919 Somehow, someway, we are united with Christ. 00:13:55.919 --> 00:14:01.839 The other thing is that we have died with Christ. 00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:04.079 Somehow, someway. 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:08.599 115 times in the New Testament, 00:14:08.979 --> 00:14:11.240 when describing or talking about Christians, 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:16.759 it is described as in Christ, with Christ, 00:14:17.179 --> 00:14:18.659 united with Christ. 00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:20.740 And we see it here in our text. 00:14:22.219 --> 00:14:24.980 The Christian life is not a certain way to act. 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:28.960 It's not a certain thing to do, 00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:30.460 although there is a bit of that. 00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:35.519 It's not presenting yourself in a certain way, 00:14:36.060 --> 00:14:37.539 although there is a little bit of that. 00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:41.519 Both of these, though, acting and presenting, 00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:43.960 come out of being united with Christ. 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:48.560 So, we may do good deeds, 00:14:48.660 --> 00:14:52.080 but those good deeds are out of being united with Christ 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:54.019 and bearing His righteousness. 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:58.379 So, get the idea out of your head 00:14:58.379 --> 00:15:00.840 that you have to act a certain way 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:03.960 or abstain from certain things in life 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:06.100 because none of that makes you a good Christian. 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:10.720 In fact, there's no such thing as a good Christian. 00:15:12.060 --> 00:15:13.740 You are united with Him. 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.800 His righteousness you bear. 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:17.440 Your sin removed. 00:15:19.040 --> 00:15:20.860 Christ has done it all. 00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:25.420 See, the life of a Christian is based on what Christ has done 00:15:25.420 --> 00:15:27.200 and not what you do 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.180 or how you act. 00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:34.079 We're also united with Jesus in His death on the cross. 00:15:34.719 --> 00:15:37.639 Look at verse 5 and 6 in chapter 6 of Romans. 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:38.939 It says, 00:15:39.199 --> 00:15:41.939 For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:46.479 we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His. 00:15:47.079 --> 00:15:48.659 We know that our old self, 00:15:49.219 --> 00:15:50.019 our old man, 00:15:50.239 --> 00:15:51.379 was crucified with Him 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:53.339 in order that the body of sin 00:15:53.339 --> 00:15:55.120 might be brought to nothing. 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.599 See, we died with Jesus. 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:00.420 Our old self died with Jesus on the cross. 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:01.360 If you are a Christian, 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:04.379 your old self died with Jesus on the cross. 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.779 So someone may ask you, 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.360 When were you born again? 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.759 This came up a couple of weeks ago 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.659 at our Q&A on Thursday night. 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:13.180 When were you born again? 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:14.759 Is it important to know the date? 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:17.899 Now you can say 2,000 years ago 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.899 is when I was born again. 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:22.259 When Christ died on the cross 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:23.320 and bore my sin. 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.960 We are united with Him on the cross 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:28.759 and that killed us, 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:29.800 our sinful nature, 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:31.139 our old self. 00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:32.800 Look at these verses again. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.519 In chapter 6, verse 2, 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:37.600 We died to sin. 00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:38.980 Verse 3, 00:16:39.540 --> 00:16:41.320 Baptized into His death. 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.300 Verse 4, 00:16:43.660 --> 00:16:45.820 Buried by baptism into death. 00:16:46.920 --> 00:16:47.920 Verse 5, 00:16:48.180 --> 00:16:50.639 United with Him in a death like His. 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.200 Verse 6, 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.660 Crucified with Him. 00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:55.559 Verse 7, 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:57.039 For one who has died. 00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:58.799 Verse 8, 00:16:58.899 --> 00:17:00.299 Died with Christ. 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.339 Verse 11, 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.799 Dead to sin. 00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.839 See, God's grace 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:07.440 is radical enough 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.859 to kill us. 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.740 And that's good news. 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.259 That's good news. 00:17:12.399 --> 00:17:13.819 Here's why it's good news. 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:15.539 The last part of verse 6 00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:16.759 that I did not read 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:18.159 says, 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:19.660 So that we would no longer 00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:21.560 be enslaved to sin. 00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:24.320 We have died to sin. 00:17:25.540 --> 00:17:26.540 On the cross, 00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:27.680 we have died to that sin. 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:30.140 We are no longer enslaved to sin. 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:31.860 It is no longer our master. 00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:35.940 Now, this idea of dying to sin 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.980 doesn't mean that sin 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:38.540 no longer exists. 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:40.019 Bad news. 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.540 It still exists. 00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.200 It's still there. 00:17:42.620 --> 00:17:44.180 Sin didn't die. 00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:45.259 It will die. 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.599 It will end. 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:48.240 But it hasn't died. 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:49.700 The believer died. 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.000 Sin remains, 00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:53.240 but does not reign. 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.579 Sin remains, 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:56.500 but does not master you 00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:58.019 if you are a Christian, 00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:59.279 if you are a child of God. 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.720 Our sinful nature 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:04.720 is no longer alive. 00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.720 It is powerless 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.539 to the Christian. 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:08.960 So, 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:10.259 for the Christian 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:11.559 to continue in sin 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.660 like verse 1 says, 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.539 what shall we say then? 00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.940 Are we to continue in sin 00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:16.019 that grace may abound? 00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:17.460 So, 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.080 for the Christian 00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:19.080 to continue in sin, 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:20.120 in verse 2 it says, 00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:22.200 how can we who died to sin 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:23.080 still live in it? 00:18:24.340 --> 00:18:25.140 For the Christian 00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:26.299 to continue in sin 00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:27.559 and to live in sin 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:28.740 is not possible. 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:30.180 It's impossible 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.980 for the Christian. 00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:32.960 That part of you 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.559 is dead. 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.500 And dead people 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.440 can't sin. 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:40.580 Paul is telling us 00:18:40.580 --> 00:18:41.600 that if you are 00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.620 truly born again, 00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.819 if you have tasted 00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.379 the freedom 00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:45.179 from the tyranny 00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:45.699 of sin, 00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:47.319 you will not 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:48.359 and cannot continue 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:48.819 in sin. 00:18:48.979 --> 00:18:49.599 You cannot live 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:51.039 a life of sin. 00:18:51.479 --> 00:18:52.299 Your life will not 00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:52.919 be ruled 00:18:52.919 --> 00:18:54.579 by temporary pleasures. 00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:57.199 Your life will not 00:18:57.199 --> 00:18:57.939 be consumed 00:18:57.939 --> 00:18:59.000 by pornography. 00:18:59.899 --> 00:19:00.739 Your life will not 00:19:00.739 --> 00:19:01.399 be consumed 00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:02.639 by material possessions 00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.839 that you don't have. 00:19:04.959 --> 00:19:05.779 Your life will not 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.379 be consumed 00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:07.099 by pleasing 00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:08.339 and or fearing 00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:09.000 people. 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:11.559 your life will not 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.200 be consumed 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:13.460 by your addictions 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.240 to drugs, 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:14.799 alcohol, 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.299 sex, 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:15.759 food. 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:17.900 Your life will not 00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.480 be consumed 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.640 by selfishness. 00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.960 Your life will not 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.539 be consumed 00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:23.980 by always being 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.799 the victim. 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.099 And your life 00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.839 will not be consumed 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.720 by conforming 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.759 to what others 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.519 are doing, 00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.480 saying, 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.299 or buying. 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.299 To the radical 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.220 grace of God 00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.420 changes your being. 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.240 And out of your being, 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.940 being changed, 00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.680 your behavior 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.420 then changes. 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:43.279 God's radical grace 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.319 gives you a new heart, 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.319 a new life, 00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.759 and is no longer 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.960 mastered by sin. 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:49.140 So here are three 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.400 implications of being 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.640 dead to sin. 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.339 The first one, 00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.960 first implication 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.839 is that sin 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.980 is voluntary. 00:19:59.140 --> 00:20:00.460 Sin is voluntary. 00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:00.859 So, 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.779 before you were 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.259 a Christian, 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.440 if you're not 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:04.839 a Christian, 00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.740 then this applies 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.160 to you. 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.839 There was no 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.720 decision for you 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.599 to make regarding 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:11.079 whether or not 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:12.019 you were going 00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.439 to sin. 00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:15.399 There wasn't a choice 00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:15.980 to be made 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:17.099 in your head, 00:20:17.159 --> 00:20:17.779 in your life. 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:18.679 You were going to sin. 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.419 That's what you did. 00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:20.659 It was like breathing 00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:21.299 for us. 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.079 We just breathe. 00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.839 We don't think 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.359 about breathing. 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.139 We just do it. 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.359 And for the non-Christian, 00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.740 we just sin. 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:28.939 We just live 00:20:28.939 --> 00:20:30.579 sinful lives. 00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:31.779 See, 00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:32.839 as a non-Christian, 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:33.539 you were ruled 00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.259 by sin, 00:20:34.659 --> 00:20:35.059 which means 00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.960 everything you did 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.799 was under the rule 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.460 and reign 00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.480 of sin. 00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.180 You were a slave 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.539 to it. 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.519 You had one master 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.240 and its name 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.079 was sin. 00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:47.980 There's a 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:50.899 saying out there 00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:53.359 that I sin 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.200 because I'm a sinner 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:55.639 or I'm a sinner 00:20:55.639 --> 00:20:56.420 because I sin. 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.240 Which one is it? 00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:58.960 Well, 00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.559 you sin 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:00.700 because you are 00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.220 a sinner, 00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:02.059 not the other way 00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:03.860 around as an unbeliever. 00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.700 As a Christian 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:07.720 whose sin nature 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.400 has died, 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:10.400 all sin committed 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:11.180 is voluntary 00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:12.279 on your part, 00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.299 on my part. 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.759 All sin 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.720 is voluntary 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.799 because it no longer 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.539 has power. 00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.759 It no longer 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.980 has master. 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.740 It masters over you. 00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:24.140 You volunteer 00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.680 to sin 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.539 and in so doing 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.360 cause yourself 00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.220 to be consumed 00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:28.579 by that sin. 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:32.779 that in all reality 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.680 is powerless. 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.279 So not only 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.180 is sin voluntary, 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.140 but implication 00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.740 number two, 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:40.519 sin is temporary. 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.400 See, 00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.100 when we're faced 00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:43.840 with a temptation, 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.799 when we're in that 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.180 moment, 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.240 when we're 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:50.620 seconds or minutes 00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.759 before volunteering 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.319 to sin, 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.620 the lies we choose 00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.259 to believe 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.059 or are faced 00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.759 with are something 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.400 like this. 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:59.360 God is not worth it. 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.740 God is not real. 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:04.000 God is busy. 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.200 God is holding 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.940 certain things 00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.460 from you. 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:10.040 God is cruel 00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:10.860 and He doesn't care 00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:11.660 about your life. 00:22:12.780 --> 00:22:13.480 God wants you 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.100 to celebrate 00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:15.280 and take pleasure 00:22:15.280 --> 00:22:16.740 in His creation, 00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.720 whatever that may be. 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:25.259 God is not 00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.779 and it does not 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.740 bring God glory 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.460 and it certainly 00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.279 does not bring 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:30.220 us joy. 00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.019 See, 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:33.680 sin is enjoyable. 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.980 I'm not telling you 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.799 anything you don't know. 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:38.339 There's a time 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.000 for a moment. 00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.920 It might be a second. 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.720 It might be a minute. 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.559 But in the end, 00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:43.279 that enjoyable feeling 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.420 ends 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:46.080 and you are faced 00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:47.340 with the reality 00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:48.560 of being enslaved 00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:49.900 to sin. 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.800 Which is what 00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.779 Jesus died 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.620 to remove. 00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:58.160 You've been set 00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.220 free from sin, 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.720 not temporarily, 00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.160 not as long 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.860 as you're good, 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.039 not as long 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.620 as you read 00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.060 your Bible 00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:05.720 every day. 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.140 You've been 00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.420 set free 00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.039 from sin 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.640 forever. 00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:13.000 We have died 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.600 to sin 00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.580 forever. 00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:16.040 It no longer 00:23:16.040 --> 00:23:17.380 will have power 00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:19.759 to defeat you 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.440 because 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:22.040 1 John says 00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:23.120 He who is in you 00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:24.500 is greater 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.080 than he 00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:26.360 who is in the world. 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:27.960 So, 00:23:28.040 --> 00:23:28.920 implication number 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.400 three. 00:23:30.540 --> 00:23:31.200 And this goes 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.980 without saying 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:33.120 because our text 00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:33.580 says it, 00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.080 but sin 00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:35.220 is weak. 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.060 Sin no longer 00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:38.200 has reign over us, 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.840 but it still 00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.520 exists. 00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:41.160 It's still there. 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:43.140 We must look 00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:44.040 to the cross 00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:45.600 and find our strength 00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.400 there 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.780 to overcome. 00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.940 There are going 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.640 to be struggles. 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.580 There are going 00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.180 to be moments 00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.660 of weakness 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.620 in our lives. 00:23:54.520 --> 00:23:55.140 But we have 00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:56.000 got to remember 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.540 that sin 00:23:56.540 --> 00:23:57.600 has no power 00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.800 over us. 00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.360 Jesus has defeated 00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:03.880 death and sin. 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.380 Look at verse 6 00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.380 of chapter 6. 00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.259 We know 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.580 that our old self 00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.199 was crucified 00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.759 with Him 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.240 in order 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.859 that the body 00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.419 of sin 00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.659 might be brought 00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.960 to nothing. 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.879 Our old self 00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.519 has been brought 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.139 to nothing. 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.359 No power. 00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.759 No dominion. 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.960 No strength. 00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.720 And yet, 00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.519 we give it power. 00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.740 And yet, 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.599 we give it strength. 00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:28.480 We give it dominion 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.299 over us 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:32.119 when we choose 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.619 to sin. 00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:36.959 let your life 00:24:36.959 --> 00:24:38.019 be a celebration 00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.159 of God's grace. 00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.319 Let your life 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.979 be rejoicing 00:24:41.979 --> 00:24:43.059 in God's radical 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.679 grace 00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.479 that He has shown 00:24:44.479 --> 00:24:44.779 you. 00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.779 That His radical 00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.279 grace 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.559 kills you 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:50.559 instead 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:52.079 of what 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.659 verse 1 00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.259 is alluding 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.759 to, 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.239 abusing 00:24:55.239 --> 00:24:56.379 God's grace. 00:24:57.239 --> 00:24:57.839 His radical 00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.379 grace. 00:24:58.380 --> 00:25:02.760 So not only 00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:03.520 is God's grace 00:25:03.520 --> 00:25:04.280 radical enough 00:25:04.280 --> 00:25:05.000 to kill us, 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.460 it is also 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.280 radical enough 00:25:07.280 --> 00:25:07.820 to give 00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:08.700 life. 00:25:10.060 --> 00:25:10.600 Follow me 00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.040 through these 00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:11.460 verses. 00:25:11.760 --> 00:25:12.360 Verse 4 00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.700 says, 00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.319 we too 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:16.380 might walk 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.360 in newness 00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.039 of life. 00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.000 Verse 5 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.700 Be united 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.220 with Him 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.140 in a resurrection 00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.900 like His. 00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.140 A new life. 00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.360 Verse 6 00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:27.360 A new life 00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.819 looks like 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.460 no longer 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.380 being enslaved 00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.380 to sin. 00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.600 Verse 8 00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.360 We believe 00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:34.080 that we also 00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:35.860 live with Him. 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.620 Verse 11 00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.440 Alive 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.380 to God 00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.120 in Christ 00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.819 Jesus. 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.580 Galatians 2 00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.200 20 says, 00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.720 I have been 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.059 crucified 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.960 with Christ. 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.200 It is no 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.980 longer I 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.400 who live 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.019 but Christ 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.640 who lives 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.460 in me. 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.559 We have been 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.059 crucified 00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.799 with Christ 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.500 and that sin 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.120 no longer 00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:55.220 exists. 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.480 But the second 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.279 part of that 00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.779 verse, 00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.680 it is no 00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.440 longer I 00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.880 who live 00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.580 but Christ 00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:01.140 who lives 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.740 in me. 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.720 This is a 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.160 reality. 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.039 This is real. 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.160 Christ 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.240 lives in us 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.900 and gives us 00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.400 a new 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.160 life. 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.140 Back to 00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.059 Romans 6 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.819 verse 2 00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:17.420 We have the 00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.000 question in 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.580 verse 1 00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:18.900 It says, 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.380 What shall we 00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.819 say then? 00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.180 Are we to 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.819 continue in 00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.180 sin that 00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.120 grace may 00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.519 abound? 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.160 His answer 00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.600 of course 00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.299 is by no 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.759 means. 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.160 May it 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.559 not be 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.980 so. 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.779 No. 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.680 Impossible. 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.700 Then he 00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.340 answers with a 00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.819 rhetorical 00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.380 question. 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.180 How can we 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.900 who died to 00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.600 sin still 00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:36.160 live in it? 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.840 In other words, 00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.580 it is impossible 00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.259 to do so. 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:41.079 It is 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.559 impossible. 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.299 You can't 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.759 because you 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.000 have been 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.440 given a 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.039 new life. 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.900 And that 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.420 new life 00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.140 cannot be 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.879 dead again. 00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.379 It doesn't 00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.720 happen. 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:50.960 See, 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.339 once you've 00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.720 been made 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.359 alive by 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:52.799 God, 00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.779 you cannot 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.519 continue in 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.799 sin. 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.700 It is 00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.220 impossible. 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.740 We have 00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.099 been given 00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.460 a new 00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.980 life. 00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.799 It is 00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.440 impossible 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.059 to live 00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.619 in sin. 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.859 Impossible 00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.559 to live 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.059 without 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.599 conviction, 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.339 without 00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.859 repentance, 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.279 without 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.899 confession. 00:27:09.959 --> 00:27:10.339 I'm 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.659 repeating 00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.240 myself 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.879 because I 00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.139 want to 00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.439 make sure 00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:12.639 we 00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.079 understand. 00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.759 It is 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.500 impossible 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:16.019 to be a 00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.500 Christian and 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.919 to live 00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.419 in sin. 00:27:17.659 --> 00:27:17.839 Now, 00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:18.639 it's possible 00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.019 to be a 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.479 Christian and 00:27:19.479 --> 00:27:19.899 sin, 00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:21.099 but not to 00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.459 live in 00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:21.619 sin. 00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.079 Not to 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.359 have a 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.799 life 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.919 consumed 00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.619 and mastered 00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.659 by sin. 00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.819 So the 00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.619 question is, 00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:30.319 right here, 00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:30.979 right now, 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.919 is your 00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.719 life mastered 00:27:32.719 --> 00:27:33.359 by sin 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.819 or not? 00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.459 Are you 00:27:36.459 --> 00:27:37.219 living in 00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.819 sin or 00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.220 not? 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.059 You 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.259 guys 00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.720 seen the 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:44.920 guy who 00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.180 spins 00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.680 plates, 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.279 you'll 00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.480 know what 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.559 I'm 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.779 talking 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.079 about? 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.519 He 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.000 spins 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.539 plates on 00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.259 a stick 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.620 and on 00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.500 his other 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.000 hand and 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.279 on his 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.759 knees and 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:51.960 on his 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.240 head. 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.700 I don't 00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:53.940 know how 00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.460 many plates, 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.759 but there's 00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.200 just tons 00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.620 of plates. 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.039 He starts 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.680 stacking them 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:56.940 and they're 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.460 spinning and 00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.720 spinning. 00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.240 Eventually, 00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.839 at some 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.240 point, 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.620 he's going 00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:00.880 to run 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.339 out of 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.180 being able 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.579 to spin 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.140 plates and 00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.380 then they 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.779 all come 00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.539 crashing down. 00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.599 Whether that's 00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:05.980 the Guinness 00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.259 Book of 00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.799 World Record, 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.680 who cares 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:08.960 really? 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:11.240 But it 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.639 gets to a 00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.180 point where 00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.839 he can't 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.299 spin any 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.000 more plates. 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:17.779 We make 00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.240 the Christian 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.099 life out to 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.299 be spinning 00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.839 plates. 00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:23.119 If I do 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.680 this, 00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.119 if I read 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.940 my Bible and 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.519 I say a 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.559 prayer before 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.299 bed and 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.099 after meals 00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.500 or before 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.019 meals, 00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.920 I 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:35.119 share my 00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.660 faith with 00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.119 somebody, 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.079 if I 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.240 talk about 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.639 Jesus, 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.319 if I 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.940 listen to 00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.220 Christian 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.799 music and 00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.319 wear Christian 00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.839 t-shirts, 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.359 and if I 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.859 do this, 00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.160 and if I 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.599 do that, 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:43.900 and if I 00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.319 do these 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.799 things, 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.579 if I go to 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.079 Bible study, 00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.460 if I go to 00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.960 Thursday night 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.539 Bible study, 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.740 and I'm at 00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.359 community group 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.879 on Wednesday, 00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.740 and I'm Sunday 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.759 night Bible study, 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.819 and I sit down 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.160 on Sunday 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.960 morning at a 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.460 church, 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.359 and we 00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.579 try to do 00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:57.960 all these 00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.339 things, 00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.500 and eventually, 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:01.079 if that's 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.339 what our 00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.940 Christian life 00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.220 is, 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.519 if that's 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.720 what we 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.139 think it 00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.379 is in 00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.720 our head, 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.079 eventually, 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.379 we're going 00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.599 to run 00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:04.960 out of 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.279 the ability 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.740 to spin 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.220 plates. 00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.099 Our 00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.639 Christianity, 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.799 our life, 00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.460 our religion 00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.160 will be based 00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:14.420 in self-effort 00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.259 and not in 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.740 grace. 00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:17.799 Here's the 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.299 problem. 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.420 If this 00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.900 happens, 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.319 if your 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.299 Christian life 00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.180 is based 00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.779 not on 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.119 grace, 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.519 not on 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.839 God's 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.200 radical 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.579 grace, 00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.019 but based 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.319 on your 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.039 self-effort, 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.899 when you 00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.420 fail, 00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.059 however 00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.299 many 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.279 times that 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.659 is, 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.099 eventually, 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.740 you're going 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.220 to quit. 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.480 Eventually, 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:37.779 you're going 00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.039 to say, 00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.399 it's too 00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.740 hard. 00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.279 And it 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.980 happens because 00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.680 we fail to 00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.639 understand God's 00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.440 radical grace. 00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.839 We fail to 00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.500 understand what 00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.279 He has done 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.500 for us. 00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.259 So, 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.420 living in 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.839 sin is not 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:54.740 possible to 00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:57.099 avoid on 00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.480 your own 00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.819 merit. 00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.319 sin. 00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.759 It's not 00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.279 possible to 00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.480 say, 00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.179 I am 00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:00.720 not going 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.000 to live 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.439 in sin. 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.059 It's 00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.659 impossible. 00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.599 No matter 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.919 how good 00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.559 you strive 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.039 to be, 00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:10.439 you cannot 00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:11.319 avoid living 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.779 in sin 00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.899 outside of 00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.379 Christ, 00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.579 outside of 00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.299 His grace, 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.599 His saving 00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.119 grace. 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.879 But since 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.339 you have a 00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.919 new life, 00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:23.559 since you 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:23.919 are born 00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.299 again, 00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.299 you've been 00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.759 reborn, 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.680 you've been 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.240 resurrected, 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.740 as verse 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.599 5 says, 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.180 because of 00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.680 Jesus and 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.200 His grace, 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.720 you don't 00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.660 just avoid 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.579 living in 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.819 sin, 00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.440 it becomes 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.480 an impossibility. 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.720 And you 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.160 can stop 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.579 trying to 00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.440 spin plates. 00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.220 We receive 00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.879 life through 00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.359 the life, 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.759 death, 00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.460 and resurrection 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.940 of Jesus 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.420 Christ, 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.220 and we are 00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.640 given a 00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.079 completely 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.839 secured 00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.799 new life 00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.240 in Him. 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:52.620 And we 00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.799 no longer 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:55.000 are enslaved 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.440 to sin, 00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.039 we are no 00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.980 longer hindered 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.700 by chains 00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.200 of sin, 00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.920 but free, 00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.900 free to be 00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.480 sinless, 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.900 free to live 00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.900 perfect lives. 00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.120 Look at 00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.680 verse 10. 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.519 It says, 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.220 for the death 00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.279 He died, 00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.920 He died to 00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.240 sin, 00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:11.819 once for 00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.160 all He 00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.900 being Jesus, 00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.660 for the life 00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.200 He lives, 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.819 He lives 00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.620 to God. 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.559 Jesus is 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.160 our friend, 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:20.200 He is our 00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.660 advocate, 00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.180 and He is 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.840 our example. 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.120 Jesus lives 00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:25.660 for the glory 00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.220 of God. 00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.860 He, 00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.620 from His own 00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.220 words in 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.720 the book of 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.100 John, 00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.519 says, 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:34.180 I live 00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.220 for the glory 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.759 of the Father. 00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.700 I do what 00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.120 I see the 00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.940 Father doing 00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:40.240 repeated over 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.700 and over. 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.160 If Jesus 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.540 is our 00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:42.040 example, 00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.580 then our 00:31:43.580 --> 00:31:44.840 lives live 00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.720 for the glory 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.300 of God. 00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.259 In other 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.620 words, 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.359 we bring 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.919 glory to 00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:51.000 God when 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.439 we don't 00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:51.879 give in to 00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.399 temptation. 00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.919 We bring 00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.339 glory to 00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.779 God when 00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.399 we choose 00:31:55.399 --> 00:31:55.899 to cling 00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.199 to the 00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.719 cross. 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.539 We bring 00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:58.979 glory to 00:31:58.979 --> 00:31:59.419 God when 00:31:59.419 --> 00:31:59.899 we turn 00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.339 the TV 00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.899 off when 00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.339 that show 00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.939 comes on. 00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.579 We bring 00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.059 glory to 00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.479 God when 00:32:04.479 --> 00:32:04.939 we don't 00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.559 visit that 00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.000 website. 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.039 We bring 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.439 glory to 00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:08.839 God when 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.079 we are 00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.859 content in 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.019 our 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.619 situation. 00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:12.359 We bring 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.759 glory to 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.139 God when 00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.479 we lay 00:32:13.479 --> 00:32:13.679 our 00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.099 burdens 00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.099 00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.599 at His 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:14.980 feet. 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.919 We bring 00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.399 glory to 00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:18.240 God when 00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.799 the gossip 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.500 stops. 00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.439 We bring 00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:21.839 glory to 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.240 God when 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.699 we love 00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:24.339 our wives 00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:24.959 as Christ 00:32:24.959 --> 00:32:25.399 loved the 00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:25.799 church. 00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.219 We bring 00:32:27.219 --> 00:32:27.619 glory to 00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.079 God when 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:29.079 we work 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.439 to our 00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:29.719 fullest 00:32:29.719 --> 00:32:30.240 potential. 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.899 We bring 00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:32.319 glory to 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.740 God when 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.339 we treasure 00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.019 Christ. 00:32:35.219 --> 00:32:35.839 We bring 00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.259 glory to 00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.659 God when 00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.119 we admit 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.779 our weaknesses 00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.899 and beg 00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.339 Him for 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.720 help. 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.680 God's 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.139 radical 00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.019 grace gives 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.519 us a 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.200 new life. 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.799 A new 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.200 life where 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.639 we can 00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.639 bring glory 00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.220 to God. 00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.420 This new 00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.960 life that 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.599 you've been 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.180 given is 00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:51.079 dead to 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.440 sin. 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.220 Give God 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.799 glory with 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.259 your lives 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.859 not just 00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.200 in the 00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.460 knowledge or 00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.359 theology that 00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.940 you carry 00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.480 with you. 00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.980 This new 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.460 life will 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.039 no longer 00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.539 die. 00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.480 Give God 00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.059 glory with 00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.599 your entire 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.079 life and 00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.539 not just 00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.039 your Sunday 00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:07.079 morning when 00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.660 you attend 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.259 a church 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.759 gathering. 00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.960 This new 00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.940 life is free 00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.500 from being 00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.240 mastered by 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.660 sin. 00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:14.560 Give God 00:33:14.560 --> 00:33:15.120 glory with 00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.600 your life, 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.519 not just 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.840 when you 00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.500 experience 00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.040 something 00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:18.680 emotional. 00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.180 This new 00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.660 life is 00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.460 secured by 00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.920 Jesus. 00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.800 Give God 00:33:23.800 --> 00:33:24.420 glory this 00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.880 morning by 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.820 repenting 00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:26.240 from your 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.140 self-effort 00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.019 and sin. 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.060 This new 00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:30.519 life is 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.060 because of 00:33:31.060 --> 00:33:32.300 His radical 00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:33.060 grace. 00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.560 Give God 00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:35.080 glory with 00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.620 your mind, 00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.180 your heart, 00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.580 and your 00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:36.920 soul. 00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.860 God's 00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.400 grace is 00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:39.820 radical. 00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.560 It is 00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.279 radical enough 00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.680 to kill 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.259 you and 00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.440 it is 00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.980 radical enough 00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.300 to give 00:33:43.300 --> 00:33:43.800 you life. 00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.300 Let us 00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:47.040 celebrate this 00:33:47.040 --> 00:33:47.840 grace forever 00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.720 and not 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.040 abuse it 00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:51.259 as our 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.840 question in 00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:52.400 verse 1. 00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.060 Hence 00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.379 act.