Lesson 4728

 (Lesson 4728) (01-14-25) Romans 6:12-23 

   “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” 

 

   In Romans 6:12-23, Paul urged believers not to let sin control their bodies, allowing it to lead to unrighteousness. Instead, we are to offer ourselves to God as instruments of righteousness, since we have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. Paul explained that, as believers, we have been transferred from the domain of sin to the service of God, leading to eternal life. Paul contrasted the wages of sin, which is death, with the gift of God, which is eternal life through Jesus Christ. He reminds us that, before knowing Christ, we were slaves to sin, but now, having been set free, we are become slaves to righteousness. He encouraged us to live according to this new identity and emphasized that our sins no longer have dominion over us. ~