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Romans Chapter 6 Quizlet

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Tent Pegs Romans 6:
1. Dead to sin, Alive to Christ
2. Baptized into Christ's death
3. Wages of sin is death
4. Instruments of Righteousness
Greek words Romans 6:
1. English: Heart
Greek: Kardia
The seat of moral nature and spiritual life; or the will
(17)

2. English: Grace
Greek: Charis
On the part of the receiver a sense of the favor bestowed, a feeling of gratitude
(17)

3. English: Baptism
Greek: Baptizo
A "baptism" to be undergone by believers, thus witnessing to their identification with Him in death, burial and resurrection
(3,4)
Romans 6 Bible Study: Why are we not to go on sinning?
because we died to sin
Being baptized into Christ is being baptized into His ____________
death
What is the result of being buried with Christ?
we will walk in the newness of life
Since Christ was raised from the dead, what can He no longer do?
die again
What do you obey if sin is left to reign in your mortal body?
lusts
What are the two things Paul lists our bodies can be useful for as instruments?
1. instruments of unrighteousness
2. instruments of righteousness to God
Why is sin not our master?
because we are not under law, but grace and we're dead to sin
What choices do we have to be a slave toward, and what are the two results of being a slave to each?
1. slave to sin
result: death

2. slave to obedience
result: righteousness
What are the two rhetorical questions that Paul answers with, "By no means!" ?
1. Shall we sin because we are under law but of grace?
2. Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?
What benefit did we reap from the things that we are now ashamed?
death
What is the benefit we reap from holiness?
eternal life
What is the main reason (Paul's foundational fact) that we are not to continue in sin?
we died to sin
What does Stott say is the popular misunderstanding of being dead to sin?
to die to sin means to become insensitive to it like a corpse is to any physical stimulus
What do the following theologians say about this?
1. C.J. Vaughan:

2. J.B. Phillips:
1. a dead man cannot sin and you are dead

2. a dead man can be safely said to be immune to the power of sin
What are the three "fatal" objections to the popular view? Explain each and state who the "focus" of each is.
1. It is incompatible with the meaning of the death of Christ.
Focus: Jesus Christ

2. It is incompatible with Paul's concluding exhortations; Paul exhorts us to be dead to sin
Focus: Paul

3. It is incompatible with the Christian experience
Focus: Christians
What is the danger and result of this popular view?
it can be easily lead to disillusion or self deception
What can be said about us (believers) because Christ died as our representative?
we have died to sin through Christ
How does Robert Haldane explain the expression "dead to sin"?
Paul refers not to the power of sin but a death to the guilt of sin
Verse Highlights: What does freedom mean?
freedom means to be set free from the bondage of sin in order to live in a way that reflects the nature and character of God
Paul points to two masters: what are they?
1. sin
2. God
There is no possibility to live without...
an allegiance to one or the other
The answer to this conflict is practical:
surrender your body (including your mind) to those activities that are good and pure rather than to those that defile
What is the benefit of obeying sin?
the negative reward of death is the benefit
What is the reward of obeying God?
eternal life
Verse 26 boils down to this:
the wages of sin are death, but the gift of God is eternal life.
There are two contrasts in verse 26: what are they?
1. Life and death
2. Earning and giving
Sinners...
earn death, and by yielding the righteous receive the gift of eternal life
It must be pointed out that sin...
does not die to the believer; it is the believer who has died to sin
Origen (185-254 AD) said this famous quote:
"To obey the cravings of sin is to be alive to sin; but not to obey the cravings of sin or succumb to its will, this is to die to sin."
Baptism is the...
ritual act that portrays Christ's burial
The life of the believe is to be...
different than their pre-conversions days (significantly different from the world) as life is from death!
Tent pegs Romans 1-6:
Romans 1:
1. Paul's introduction
2. General Revelation
3. Homosexuality
4. God's wrath

Romans 2:
1. God's judgment
2. Circumcision of the heart
3. Inwardly not outwardly
4. Secrets of the heart

Romans 3:
1. The evidence (against humanity)
2. God is God overall (Jews and Gentiles)
3. No one is righteous
4. Righteousness apart from the law

Romans 4:
1. Abraham justified by faith
2. Credited to him as righteousness
3. David's transgression forgiven
4. (They did not waver) even though their bodies were almost dead

Romans 5:
1. Condemnation vs. justification
2. Sin vs. Grace
3. Adam and Jesus
4. Rejoice in our suffering

Romans 6:
1. Dead to sin, Alive to Christ
2. Baptized into Christ's death
3. Wages of sin is death
4. Instruments of Righteousness
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