Lesson 78
The Christ-Centered Life
The Foundation
is our Position in Christ - Rom 6
living union
with Jesus Christ Joined
to the one
at the
r-hand of Father
died
resurrected
buried
Observations:
1. We all but we do not !
2. Freedom
from the of sin is by and so is freedom from the of sin by grace.
3. The basis
for this freedom is God's provision of the cross, whether it is effective in
our life is our choice, acting in accord with the facts. 6:12-13
4. In God's
eyes no has elapsed between us and the .
5. The text
does not say that the sin nature , that it is no longer present, the text says
we to it, not that it died.
6. Just as
the work of Jesus Christ on the provides salvation when believed; so His work on the provides the victory over domination of life when believed.
7. Our union
with Christ is a reality, obscured most of the time, especially
in our culture, in a materially oriented world.
[what determines or motivates our priorities]
8. This
identification, this with Christ, in His death, burial,
resurrection; is
to the church age and the C/A believer.
9.
This identification with Christ, being raised with Him, gives us the ability
to in newness of life. 6:4b
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6:5 For if we have become
- draws a conclusion based on the statement from
the previous verse;
- "become" recognizes
a change in state or condition;
- Are the results of these
changes or are they more lasting?
verb tense tells us; ginomai = perfect tense
For
since we have become united with Him in the likeness of his death
- "united" su,mfutoj [su,m + fuw to spring up, to produce] lit. to grow up
together; fig. to be united with, closely identified with;
- "in
the likeness of His death" o`moi,wma that which is made like
something; not an exact likeness; speaks
of resemblance, similarity;
Because
this is true, that we have been united with Him in His death something else is
true;
"certainly we shall be also (in the
likeness) of His resurrection,"
- Other passages on being raised with Christ
Eph. 2:6; Col. 2:12; 3:1
The
context then focuses on our current situation, our position, being raised with
Him having all the needed to live in newness of life.
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6:6 continues with
more important information we need to know!
We must
answer three problems if we are to understand this crucial verse;
1. Who is the old man??
2. Who or what is the body of sin?
3. What does the verb done away with mean, what
is involved?
"knowing this" ginwskw indicates
that we are to have knowledge; that is,
an intimate understanding and discerning of the facts involved.
that our old self was
crucified with (Him),
palaio.j old from the point of
use not age;
- Term refers to all that
we were, whole person, by virtue of our belonging to Adam.
What about that old man?
- was
crucified with (Him) [aorist
passive indicative] sustauro,w Old man/self died with on the cross.
- Next follows 2 purposes
for the old man being crucified with Christ at salvation;
#1 that
our body of sin might be done away with,
- to. sw/ma th/j a`marti,aj(, our
body = ;
- lit. that our sin possessed body; recognizes that we are
dominated and controlled by the sin nature before salvation;
- might
be done away with katarge,w aorist passive
subjunctive; with i[na =
purpose clause
literal meaning of the expression "done away with" is "to put out of business" or "to dissolve business
relationships."
Other meanings: made powerless, impotent, rendered
ineffective"
#2 [purpose] that we
should no longer be slaves to sin;
The Sin nature has been rendered , put out of business so that we, no longer are , dominated by it; doesn't say that it is no longer there.