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11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. . Romans 6:11.
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11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11
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 6:13
19 I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations…. Romans 6:19
17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. Romans 6:17
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? Romans 6:16
1. God is your New Boss(v16-18) 2. Living for God (v19)
19 …Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. Romans 6:19
1. God is your New Boss(v16-18) 2. Living for God (v19) 3. Fruitful Reward (v20-23)
21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:20-23
16 you are slaves to sin, which leads to death 19 offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! Romans 6
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16 slaves to obedience which leads to righteousness 19 offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 22 the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. Romans 6
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