Church notes - 30th October 2016

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Sermon notes from the 30th without those from the rest of the month


30th October
1 John 3:12, 13

The Christ Powered Life
Romans 6:1 - 11
Free From Sin
Humans have a bias towards sin
We should never go out and sin - and then make light of it.
Paul emphatically denies that we should go on sinning.
Paul outlines his arguement in seven steps
1. We died to sin
vs 1
We are insensitive to it?
No, that is not what Paul means.
Death is the punishment for, and comes from, sin.
Romans 5:10
We are united with Jesus in His death and His victory over death
We are dead to the fact of guilt of sin.

2. We are baptised into Christ
3. God intends us to share in Christ's resurrection (vs 4 -5)
4. Our old self was crucified with Christ (6-7)
- It is now obsolete
5. If we died with Christ we will also live with Him
6. We count ourselves dead to sin, but alive to Christ
Paul's logic is
If Christ died and was buried once - for all sin
And if you have been united to Him and to His death and burial by baptism
Then you must consider yourselves to be dead to sin the same way.
7 We must offer ourselves to Christ.