Present Yourself: Romans 6:15-23 (Sermon)
WELCOME / TODAY Good morning, church. We are continuing our sermon series in Romans. The apostle Paul has been writing to the church in Rome. Paul planned to visit on his way to Spain. He was on a mission to share the good news about Jesus. They knew the story. They believed it. But there was a way that it could help them more as they walk out their spiritual life in Christ. A person can let God’s grace go to one’s head and be lax in submitting oneself to follow the way of Jesus. Satan, the world, and our sinful nature can leverage temptation and twist the truth to return us to the tyranny and destructive results of sin. In our passage this morning, Paul sounds a bit like last week. We are getting to some tricky passages. Chapters 6 and 7—I said that for the younger crowd. Fill in your parents—Chapters 9, 10, and 11 will be technical. But I think we can make some sense out of them. Let’s dive into the second part of Chapter 6 to discover what God has to say to us today....