*Before we start this study, I want to let you know I’ve been praying for you. God brought you to this site for a reason! God has definitely laid this study on my heart, and I can’t wait to share it with you! I want to say that when you except Christ into your life, he forgives you for the sins you’ve already committed, and the ones you’ll commit in the future. So when I talk about the “lawless” man and things of that nature I am referring to a non-Christian. Also, as a Christian you may be struggling with sin, I want you to know this lesson will help you to! It will show you that you don’t need sin! God has already forgiven you and you are no longer a slave to sin!*
Read Romans 6:20-23, please!
1. Verse 20 "For when you were slaves to sin, you were free in regards to righteousness..."
A. “…slaves to sin…” – What does slaves to sin mean? Let’s looks a little deeper!
I. John 8:34 “Jesus answered them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin...” – So all of us are slaves to sin? WRONG! Let’s see why!
II. 2 Peter 2:19 “…For whatever overcomes a person, to that is he enslaved…” – Sin captures you to the point where it’s controlling your life! How can we stop that?
III. Romans 6:6 “We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.” – Once we become a Christian and give our life to God, our sin is gone! Satan has no more power because we are set free from the chains of sin.
B. “… you were free in regards to righteousness…” – This is a kind of freedom you do not want!
I. 1 John 3:4-5 “…Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin…” – If you are free in regards to righteousness, you are lawless. According to this verse, sin is lawlessness. Being free from righteousness only makes you a slave to sin.
2. Verse 21 “But what fruit were you getting at that time of those things which you are now ashamed?” – Is sinning worth it in the long run? Is it temporary?
A. “…what fruit were you getting…” – What’s fruit and how does it affect our sin?
I. Matthew 7:17-18 “…So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.” – Fruit is your actions. Are they glorifying god or causing sin to pile up in your life? When you do not have Christ in your life, you will bear bad fruit and then be “cut down and thrown in the fire”.
II. Jeremiah 21:14 “I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds…” – All those sins you commit before you have Christ in your life, will one day have a consequence, if they don’t already have one.
3. Verse 22 “But now that you have been set free of sin and have become a slave of god, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life…”
A. “…a slave of God…” – Okay, I understand how this might be confusing or weird to you, but it was weird to me at first too. Let’s figure out what he’s trying to say!
I. Romans 6:16-17 “Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you were once slaves to sin, have become slaves of righteousness.” - Being a slave to God means being obedient towards him and following his commandments. If we do that, we get to experience freedom in Christ, which is eternal life!
4. Verse 23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
*FINAL NOTE- We live under the chains of sins as non-believers. We let sin pile up in our life, and let it take us captive. The punishment for sin is death. But since Jesus lived a perfect life, then died on the cross for us, we have the option to except eternal life. That is a FREE gift, as it says in Romans 6:23. All you have to do is say a prayer asking him into your life! Just admit you are a sinner, believe that Jesus died on the cross and rose again three days later, and confess Jesus is your lord and savior! You can read about this in Romans 10:9-13. I hope this lesson really touched your heart, because it certainly touched mine! I hope you can check out next Tuesday's lesson. :) Have a blessed day!
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