Dynamic Life Baptist Ministries - Pastor Victor Clay

Lesson Title: Liberated in Christ
Lesson Text: Romans 6:1-4
Lesson Purpose: To show the believer, that he has been liberated from the Penalty and Power of sin, by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ into newness of life.
Lesson Proposition: Paul gives 2 reasons why the believer is liberated from a habitual lifestyle of sin.

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
1What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. Romans 6:1-4 (NKJV)

1. The believer is liberated from habitual sin because he is dead.

   • Grace does not give a believer free reign to live in sin. v.1

   • It is impossible for the believer to live in habitual sin. v.2a

   • The believer is dead to sin. v.2b

   • He is dead to the penalty of sin.

   • He is dead to the power of sin.

   • He is dead to the judgment of sin.

   
   
   

2. The believer is liberated from habitual sin because he is identified with Christ.

   • The believer has been identified with Christ in 3 ways.

   • The believer has been identified with Christ's death. v.3

   • The believer has been identified with Christ's burial. v.4a

   • The believer has been identified with Christ's resurrection. v.4b

   • Raised through the glory of the Father.

   • That we should walk in newness of life.