Message Notes

SENIOR SUNDAY SCHOOL 3 FEBRUARY 2024

Text: Romans 6

Subject: Reckoning ourselves as Dead to Sin

INTRODUCTION

5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.

10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:5-11

SOUND PRACTICAL ADVICE

1. Doctrines

a) They are important

b) They are foundational

c) They form the fabric of our Faith in God

2. Sound Advice

a) This is needed too

b) Many understand and appreciate Doctrine

c) But there is still a lot of struggle when we seek to practise faith in real life

DEALING WITH SIN EFFECTIVELY

1. Faith recalled

a) We have died with the Lord Jesus

b) We have been raised with Him too

c) This must be deeply implanted in us

2. Remembering the Knowledge about “The Old Man”

a) This is a reference to our Old Self

b) The Old Self was crucified with the Lord Jesus

c) The Old Self is here called “the body of sin”

i) It is done away with

ii) We are no longer slaves of Sin

iii) We have been freed from Sin

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

1. Apply Knowledge of Faith consciously

a) We live in the Lord

b) Our life is bound to the Lord Jesus

2. Recall how the Lord Jesus lived to God

a) He knew His calling

b) He was close to God

c) He obeyed the Father

d) He did everything that was well-pleasing to God

3. Practising the principle of “Reckoning”

a) The word “Reckon”

i) To consider

ii) To logically apply what is understood

b) Practise Reckoning:

i) Reckon Self as dead to Sin

ii) Reckon Self as Alive to God

OUR CHALLENGE

1. To use our Mind consciously

2. To develop a strong and Mindful approach to the practise of Faith

3. We can live far more meaningfully for the Lord