Roaming through Romans - Faith and Righteousness (Romans 6:1-14)

Let's spend some time Roaming through Romans, the single work may best offer the Apostle Paul's theology and ethic. You see, in this letter, he explained to the church in Rome his understanding of human nature, faith, righteousness, and God's intention for everybody. He also offered practical ways we can live as Christians within the world and the church. And as we'll see during the seventeen session, what he had to say to the Romans is just as applicable today as it was almost 2,000 years ago. 

We'll following the schedule below:

• September 28 - The Reason for the Letter (Romans 1:1-17)
• October 5 - Human Guilt (Romans 1:18 – 2:12)
• October 12 - Including the Jews and Everyone Else (Romans 2:13 – 3:20)
• October 19 - But There's Faith (Romans 3:21 – 4:25)
• October 26 - Faith and Righteousness (Romans 5:1-21)
• November 2 - The Living Dead (Romans 6:1-14)
• November 9 - Sin, Slaves and Spouses (Romans 6:15 – 7:6)
• November 16 - Sin Remains (Romans 7:7-25)
• November 30 - New Life (Romans 8:1-39)
• December 7 - Back to the Jews (Romans 9:1-29)
• December 14 - But They Rejected Jesus (Romans 9:30 – 10:21)
• December 21 - God's Ultimate Plan (Romans 11:1-36)
• December 28  - Now What We Should Do (Romans 12:1-21)
• January 4 - Obedience and Love (Romans 13:1-14)
• January 11 - Concern for Brothers and Sisters (Romans 14:1 – 15:6)
• January 18 - Tying It Up (Romans 15:7-33)
• January 25 - Personal Greetings (Romans 16:1-27)

During our sixth session we considered Romans 6:1-14. The passage covered and a recording of our discussion is below:

Romans 6:1-14

What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.