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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 6:11-12 - Reckon

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Romans in Outline No. 62

1.1  THE SUMMARY OF 1-10

1.2  THE MEANING OF “RECKON”

2.1  Not down–south “reckon”

2.2  An accounting term

Same as “impute” or “reckon” in Romans 4:4; 4:8; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:22; 4:23; 4:24; 5:13

God imputes or reckons to man

BUT Romans 6:11

Man operates on what God has done

2.3  A faith term

3.1  COUNTING ON A FACT

3.2  “RECKON” IS A FORM OF FAITH THAT OPERATES ON GOD’S PAST WORK

1.3  THE TWO–FOLD RECKONING

2.1  I am dead to sin

2.2  I am alive to God

Through Jesus Christ

1.4  THE CONTINUED RECKONING

1.5  THE CONCLUSION OF RECKONING

2.1  I do not need to let sin reign

3.1  THE TOPPLED RULER

3.2  THE DYING BODY

3.3  NO EXCUSES

2.2  I do not need to obey its lusts

3.1  THE MEANING OF LUST

4.1  Good sense: A strong desire for something

4.2  Evil sense: The desire to take legitimate desires out of bounds

Examples:

Food

Sex

Money

3.2  THE WAY EVIL LUST WORKS

4.1  Gives evidence of relationship to Satan

John 8:44

4.2  Chokes the Word in the life

Mark 4:18-19

4.3  Strategizes sin

Matthew 5:27-28

2.3  The contrast with Romans 5:21

Romans 6:11-12

11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. (NKJV)

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