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Bill Acton :: Romans 6:17-18 - What We Are

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Sermon Outline for Romans 6:17-18

  1. What We Were
    1. A slave of sin
      1. By birth
        1. In Adam – Rom 5:1-21
        2. In parents – Psa 51:5
      2. By nature
        1. Children of wrath – Eph 2:3
        2. Dead in sin – Eph 2:1
        3. In darkness – Col 1:13
  2. The Inevitable Question – “What about the good, moral people?”
    1. God’s declaration – Rom 3:10-23
    2. The forms of sin
      1. Sins of the flesh
        1. Outward and violent
      2. Sins of the heart
        1. Inward and selfish
    3. The ultimate sin
      1. Rejection of Christ – Jhn 3:36
  3. What We Are Now
    1. A slave to Christ – Rom 6:18, 22
    2. A change has occurred
      1. “I was – I am”
    3. The agencies of the change
      1. “That form of doctrine”
        1. Sinful man under wrath of Holy God – Rom 1:18-32
          1. Condemned
          2. Helpless
          3. Hopeless
        2. The inability of man to achieve salvation Rom 2-3
        3. God has provided a way – Rom 3:24
        4. God’s way, in Christ, is received by faith – Rom 4
      2. “That form of doctrine delivered you”
        1. It delivers us over
        2. It fashions, shapes, moulds
      3. It is God who uses it – Rom 6:17
        1. But God be thanked
        2. God has raised us – Eph 2:1
        3. God is rich in mercy – Eph 2:4-11
          1. The Holy Spirit takes the Word, that form of doctrine, and puts us into it –
          2. The Spirit and doctrine work upon us to change us
          3. “Let Him that glorieth, glory in the Lord” 1Co 1:31
      4. It is God who keeps using it – Phl 1:6
    4. The evidence of the change – “You have obeyed”
      1. The total involvement
        1. You have obeyed – the will
        2. From the heart – the emotions
        3. That doctrine – the mind
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