Identity - "Having Power Over Sin" - Romans 6 - Tim Nay

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Having Power Over Sin
Romans 6
Tim Nay

Part of IdentityA Study in Romans

October 15, 2023

17 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, —Romans 6:17What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 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, we too might walk in newness of life. —Romans 6:1-420 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, —Romans 5:20

We do not make sin a lifestyle.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. —Romans 6:1222 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. —Ephesians 4:22-24

We have been set free from sin.

7 For one who has died has been set free from sin. —Romans 6:7

We obey God from our heart

17 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, —Romans 6:17

We are moving toward sanctification

22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. —Romans 6:22

-Posture = Prayer

6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. —Philippians 4:610 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. —James 4:10

-Alignment = Read the Bible

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path. —Psalm 119:1058 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. —Joshua 4:10

-Mindset = Correct Thoughts

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. —Colossians 3:1-3

-Tempo = Rhythms

16 But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray. —Luke 5:16

-Practice = Practice with Others

25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. —Hebrews 10:25

Takeaway: Focus on form more than performance