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Scripture Texts: Romans 6:1 So then, are we to say, “Let’s keep on sinning, so that there can be more grace”? 2 Heaven forbid! How can we, who have died to sin, still live in it? 3 Don’t you know that those of us who have been immersed into the Messiah Yeshua have been immersed into his death? 4 Through immersion into his death we were buried with him; so that just as, through the glory of the Father, the Messiah was raised from the dead, likewise we too might live a new life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that our old self was put to death on the execution-stake with him, so that the entire body of our sinful propensities might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For someone who has died has been cleared from sin.
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John Wesley's Notes-Commentary for: Romans 6:1-7
(Read all of Romans 6)
Verse 1
[1] What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
The apostle here sets himself more fully to vindicate his doctrine from the consequence above suggested, Romans 3:7,8. He had then only in strong terms denied and renounced it: here he removes the very foundation thereof.
Verse 2
[2] God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Dead to sin — Freed both from the guilt and from the power of it.
Verse 3
[3] Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
As many as have been baptized into Jesus Christ have been baptized into his death — In baptism we, through faith, are ingrafted into Christ; and we draw new spiritual life from this new root, through his Spirit, who fashions us like unto him, and particularly with regard to his death and resurrection.
Verse 4
[4] Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
We are buried with him — Alluding to the ancient manner of baptizing by immersion.
That as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory — Glorious power. Of the Father, so we also, by the same power, should rise again; and as he lives a new life in heaven, so we should walk in newness of life. This, says the apostle, our very baptism represents to us.
Verse 5
[5] For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
For — Surely these two must go together; so that if we are indeed made conformable to his death, we shall also know the power of his resurrection.
Verse 6
[6] Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Our old man — Coeval with our being, and as old as the fall; our evil nature; a strong and beautiful expression for that entire depravity and corruption which by nature spreads itself over the whole man, leaving no part uninfected. This in a believer is crucified with Christ, mortified, gradually killed, by virtue of our union with him.
That the body of sin — All evil tempers, words, and actions, which are the "members" of the "old man," Colossians 3:5, might be destroyed.
Verse 7
[7] For he that is dead is freed from sin.
For he that is dead — With Christ. Is freed from the guilt of past, and from the power of present, sin, as dead men from the commands of their former masters.
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The Daily Devotionals:
Monday, January 23, 2017
Text to read: Romans 6:1-7
- What do you learn about death from Romans 6?
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Text to read: Romans 6:1-7
- How can a reaffirmation of baptism help us understand Paul’s meaning in this text?
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Text to read: Romans 6:1-7
- What part of baptism is most meaningful to you?
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Text to read: Romans 6:1-7
- How do you experience death and resurrection now?
Friday, January 27, 2017
Text to read: Romans 6:1-7
- Why is “being dead to sin” such a critical statement?
Saturday, January 28, 2016
Text to read: Romans 6:1-7
- How does baptism change the way you live today?
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Text to read: Romans 6:1-7
- Pray for those who are struggling with death and new life.
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