FROM DEATH TO LIFE
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) The Bible uses many illustrations to teach what happens when we choose to let Jesus be Lord of our lives.
b) Following are some of the most vivid pictures.
1. Because Christ died for us, we have been crucified with him.
a) Text reference: Romans 6:2-13
i) 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. (Romans 6:2-13 NIV)
b) Other references
i) Romans 7:4-6.
ii) 2 Corinthians 5:14.
iii) Galatians 2:20; 5:24; 6:14.
iv) Colossians 2:20; 3:3-5.
v) 1 Peter 2:24.
2. Our old, rebellious nature died with Christ.
a) Text reference: Romans 6:6
i) 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. (Romans 6:6 NIV)
b) Other references
i) Romans 7:4-6.
ii) Colossians 3:9-10.
3. Christ's resurrection guarantees our new life now and eternal life with him later.
Text reference: Romans 6:4
i) 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. (Romans 6:4 NIV)
b) Other references
i) Romans 6:11.
ii) Colossians 2:12-13; 3:1, 3.
The End ...
0. Introductiona) The Bible uses many illustrations to teach what happens when we choose to let Jesus be Lord of our lives.
b) Following are some of the most vivid pictures.
1. Because Christ died for us, we have been crucified with him.
a) Text reference: Romans 6:2-13
i) 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. (Romans 6:2-13 NIV)
b) Other references
i) Romans 7:4-6.
ii) 2 Corinthians 5:14.
iii) Galatians 2:20; 5:24; 6:14.
iv) Colossians 2:20; 3:3-5.
v) 1 Peter 2:24.
2. Our old, rebellious nature died with Christ.
a) Text reference: Romans 6:6
i) 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. (Romans 6:6 NIV)
b) Other references
i) Romans 7:4-6.
ii) Colossians 3:9-10.
3. Christ's resurrection guarantees our new life now and eternal life with him later.
Text reference: Romans 6:4
i) 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. (Romans 6:4 NIV)
b) Other references
i) Romans 6:11.
ii) Colossians 2:12-13; 3:1, 3.
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