Religious Cults & False Prophets~ Discussions and DebatesPaul and the LawI will go through Romans 6 verse by verse and examine the content.... Keeping this in mind as we go through it.
Paul poses the question should we sin (disobey the law) since we are under grace and then answers the question NO. And asks how can we who are supposed to be dead to sin continue to sin. He continues to explain why we should not continue in sin by telling us that we have been bapised into Christ death (I'll return to this point) and that if buried with him, just as He was resurrected we should walk in newness of life. He says that we have been planted in likeness to his death and that the old man should be crucified that the body of sin might be destroyed. What is sin? Transgressing the law, right. So we are to walk in newness of life so that disobedience (the old man) might be destroyed. He continues to explian that he who is dead is freed from sin. And says tht if we be dead with Christ, we shall live with him b/c death hath no more dominion over Him who dieth no more. Remember, who the Son sets free is free indeed. And the truth shall set you free (from sin).
Now this death of Christ that we share in has been revealed. Christ died once to sin. And he says likewise we should also be dead to sin but alive to God. And Paul encourages us not to let sin (transgressing the law) reign in our bodies.
He continues that we should not yield our bodies as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin. But to walk in "newness of life" as though alive from the dead. And we know that sin is death. Also, he states that those who are not under the law, sin has no dominion over. Another question is asked, shall we sin, since we are not under the law so grace may abound. And he answers, if I may be blunt, if you sow sin you reap death. Sin is the transgressing of the law. So if we sow disobedience to the law, we will reap death. Or we can sow obedience which brings forth righteousness. Then he says Thank God that you were (past tense) servants of sin, but have obeyed from the heart. And he continues, being made free from sin, we became the servants of righteousness. Keep in mind, he just said that if you sow obedience you'll reap righteousness. So being made free from sin is not being free from judgement according to the law. But by no longer walking in sin and no longer obeying it's lust. He goes on to convey that we've served the uncleanness of sin which leads to more iniquity. And say now, be servants of righteousness. And adds when we served sin, we were free from righteousness. What does this mean? Is he not saying that, while we were living in see, we were free of righteousness (or had no righteousness), but now we should serve righteousness and be free from sin (having no disobedience for sin is the trangressing from the law). Many love to qoute "for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ." But what is said before that? He said now being made free from sin (free from transgressing the law), to become servants of God, bearing fruit unto holiness and everlasting life. IN conclusion, faith is an action word. We see time and time again the apostle Paul telling us to obey God and to depart from sin. That we should no longer obey sin, but rather God. Knowing that sin is disobedience to the law, we acknowledge that James word is true and not contrary to Paul's doctrine at all; that faith without works is dead. If I tell a person their house is on fire and they believe me, but does not vacate their house, can that faith save him? Love Always, |
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