ROMANS
CHAPTER 6
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
STAGE
ONE: 
OBSERVATION
OF WHAT THE WORDS SAY
STAGE
TWO: 
ROMANS
CHAPTER 6
CORROBORATION
AND FURTHERCOMMENTARY:
I)
INTRODUCTION
II)
[Ro 5:20]:
A)
THE LAW WAS ADDED SO THAT THE TRESPASS MIGHT INCREASE PROVING MAN TO BE
DELIBERATELY & UTTERLY SINFUL, INCAPABLE OF ANYTHING GOOD
1)
[Compare Ro 7:12-14]:
2)
[Compare Ro 3:23]:
3)
[Compare Ro 6:20]:
B)
WHEN THE LAW WAS ADDED THERE CAME MANKIND'S INCREASED AND DELIBERATE
SINNING AGAINST IT BUT THEN ALL THE MORE CAME GOD'S INCREASING GRACE
III)
[Ro 5:20-21]:
A)
JUST AS SIN RULED OVER MAN WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SIN ALL THE TIME, SO
GOD'S GRACE MIGHT REIGN THROUGH GOD'S PROVISION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
PROVIDING ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD FOR THOSE WHO
BELIEVE
B)
GOD'S GRACE PROVISION OF THE COVERING OF ALL MEN'S SINS RESULTS IN HIS
PROVISION OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE ONE WHO BELIEVES IN JESUS CHRIST
1)
[Compare Ro 3:21-22]:
IV)
[Ro 5:20-6:1]:
A)
PAUL ASKS THE BELIEVER WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN IN VIEW OF GOD'S EVER
ABOUNDING GRACE COVERING MAN'S EVER INCREASING SINS
B)
THE QUESTION IS THEN ASKED, 'SHALL WE BELIEVERS REMAIN IN SIN, I.E.,
LEAD A LIFESTYLE OF SIN IN SUBJECTION TO THE REIGN OF THE INTRINSIC SIN
NATURE?
V)
[Ro 6:1-2]:
A)
PAUL USES THE STRONGEST OF NEGATIVES TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, 'ARE WE
BELIEVERS TO REMAIN IN SIN THAT GRACE MAY BE ABOUNDING?'
B)
BELIEVERS HAVE DIED TO, I.E., HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE ABSOLUTE
AUTHORITY - FROM THE SLAVERY TO - THEIR OLD SIN NATURES IN THEIR DAILY
LIVES
1)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:8, 10]:
2)
[Compare Ro 5:21]:
3)
[Compare Ro 6:6-7]:
4)
[Compare Ro 8:9]:
5)
[Compare Ro 6:14]:
6)
[Compare Isa 64:6]:
7)
[Compare Ro 6:20-23]:
C)
HAVING DIED TO SIN, I.E., THE SIN NATURE DOES NOT SIGNIFY THAT THE SIN
NATURE NO LONGER EXISTS, NOR THAT IT NO LONGER CAN HAVE INFLUENCE OVER
THE BELIEVER
1)
[Compare Eph 4:22-24]:
D) A QUESTION IS
PHRASED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ELICIT THE ANSWER THAT THE BELIEVER WILL NOT
BE LIVING UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE SIN NATURE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN
SEPARATED FROM ITS CONTROL OVER HIM
VI)
[Ro 6:3]:
A)
ALL BELIEVERS WERE BAPTIZED BY GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, I.E., IDENTIFIED
WITH & PLACED INTO CHRIST JESUS ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO RECEIVING
THE BENEFITS BROUGHT ABOUT BY HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS
1)
THE BELIEVER'S POSITION IS ONE OF BEING PLACED INTO CHRIST JESUS AND
PLACED INTO HIS DEATH VIA HOLY SPIRIT, NOT WATER BAPTISM
2)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN PLACED INTO THE DEATH OF CHRIST THROUGH BAPTISM
SUCH THAT HE HAS RECEIVED THE PAYMENT AND FORGIVENESS OF HIS SINS UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE
3)
THROUGH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM INTO CHRIST JESUS & HIS DEATH, BURIAL &
RESURRECTION, THE BELIEVER IS CREDITED WITH HAVING ALL OF HIS SINS
PERMANENTLY FORGIVEN - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
a)
[Compare Eph 1:13-14]:
4)
THIS BAPTISM INTO CHRIST CREDITS ALL BELIEVERS WITH THE ABSOLUTE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S SON
5)
HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM IS EXCLUSIVELY DONE TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL BY GOD AND
GOD ALONE AT THE MOMENT THAT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTS ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
6)
HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM PLACES ONE INTO CHRIST TRANSFORMING HIM INTO A NEW
CREATURE OUTSIDE OF THE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE SIN NATURE
a)
[2 Cor 5:17]:
i)
[2 Cor 5:5]:
ii)
[Compare Eph 1:13-14]:
iii)
[2 Cor 5:6]:
iv)
[Compare 1 Cor 12:13]:
v)
[Compare Gal 3:27-28]:
vi)
[Compare Eph 1:22]:
VII)
[Ro 6:3-4]:
A)
INTRODUCTION
B)
HAVING BEEN BAPTIZED INTO THE DEATH OF CHRIST IT THEREFORE IS IN GOD'S
VIEW AS IF WE BELIEVERS DIED WITH HIM FOR OUR SINS AND WERE BURIED WITH
HIM
C)
PAUL FOCUSES ON A COMPELLING CONSIDERATION OF THE BELIEVER BEING BURIED
WITH CHRIST THROUGH BAPTISM INTO HIS DEATH WITH OUR LORD'S RESURRECTION
ESPECIALLY IN VIEW AS THE KEY TO OUR CAPACITY TO CHOOSE TO LIVE A NEW
LIFE
D)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN PLACED INTO, I.E., IDENTIFIED WITH THE DEATH,
BURIAL & RESURRECTION OF CHRIST THROUGH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM SO AS TO
HAVE A POSITION OF UNION WITH THE SON OF GOD WHICH PROVIDES FOR A NEW
LIFE OUTSIDE THE CONTROL OF THE SIN NATURE
1)
[Compare Gal 6:20]:
E)
A COMPARISON IS MADE BETWEEN OUR LORD'S DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION
AND THE BELIEVER'S ENABLEMENT TO LIVE A NEW AND GODLY LIFE
F)
CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD AS A RESULT OF GOD'S GLORIOUSLY
OMNIPOTENT POWER
G)
AS A RESULT OF THE BELIEVER BEING BURIED WITH CHRIST INTO THE DEATH,
BURIAL AND RESURRECTION THROUGH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM, THE BELIEVER CAN
NOW CHOOSE TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE
H)
THE BELIEVER HAS THE UNIQUE CAPACITY TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE, I.E.,
IN A NEW KIND OF LIFESTYLE: A GODLY ONE
1)
[Compare 2 Cor 5:17]:
I)
THIS NEW LIFESTYLE ENTAILS CHOICES FOR THE BELIEVER -
RE-ENSLAVE HIMSELF TO
THE DARKNESS OF THE SIN NATURE REMAINING WITHIN HIM
OR
WALK IN THE LIGHT OF THE
NEWNESS OF LIFE NOW PROVIDED WITHIN HIM VIA THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
1)
[Compare Ro 6:15-19]:
2)
[Compare Ro 7:18-21 & 8:5a]:
J)
THOSE WHO WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS ARE EXHORTED TO WALK IN
NEWNESS OF LIFE WHICH HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH THEIR
IDENTIFICATION WITH (BAPTISM INTO) CHRIST, HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND
RESURRECTION RATHER THAN TO GO ON SINNING SO THAT GRACE MAY INCREASE
K)
UNBELIEVING MAN AND CARNAL BELIEVERS ARE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT
EVIL OR HUMAN GOOD MOTIVATED BY EVIL BOTH OF WHICH ARE UNACCEPTABLE IN
GOD'S EYES
1)
INTRODUCTION
2)
[Ro 6:20]:
3)
[Compare Jn 8:38-47]:
4)
[Compare 2 Cor 4:4]:
5)
[Ro 8:7-8]:
6)
[Compare Mt 7:21-23]:
7)
[Compare Eph 2:1-2]:
VIII)
[Ro 6:4-5]:
A)
SINCE BELIEVERS HAVE ACTUALLY BECOME UNITED WITH CHRIST IN HIS DEATH
THEY CERTAINLY SHALL BE RESURRECTED IN THE MANNER HE WAS - UNTO ETERNAL
GLORY
IX)
[Ro 6:4-6]:
A)
THE BELIEVER'S UNDERSTANDING THAT HE HAS BECOME UNITED WITH JESUS CHRIST
IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH AND THAT HE SHALL BE ALSO UNITED IN THE
LIKENESS OF HIS RESURRECTION LEADS TO KNOWING THAT HIS OLD SELF WAS
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
B)
THE OLD SELF IS CLARIFIED IN SCRIPTURE AS:
1)
THE OLD SELF = THE BODY OF DEATH = THE SIN NATURE = THAT ATTRIBUTE OF
EVERY INDIVIDUAL BORN AGAIN OR NOT WHICH ORIGINATES SIN
a)
[Compare Ro 7:14-25]:
i)
INTRODUCTION
[Ro
7:14-25]:
FURTHER DETAILS AND
EXEGESIS: 
2)
THE OLD SELF = ALL THAT MAN WAS IN ADAM = ALL MEN'S INBORN TENDENCY TO
DO EVIL - SAVED AND UNSAVED ALIKE
3)
THE OLD SELF = THE FORMER WAY OF LIFE WHICH IS CORRUPTED BY ITS
DECEIFTUL DESIRES
a)
[Compare Eph 4:17-24]:
4)
THE OLD SELF = LIT, 'THE OLD MAN' = THAT PART OF AN INDIVIDUAL INCLUDING
BELIEVERS WHICH CONTROLS THE PRACTICE OF EVIL WHICH HAS BEEN PUT TO
DEATH, I.E., MADE INACTIVE AT THE MOMENT ONE BECOMES A BELIEVER
a)
[Compare Col 3:9-10]:
C)
THE BELIEVER WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT HE HAS BECOME UNITED WITH CHRIST IN
THE LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH, AND CERTAINLY IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS
RESURRECTION KNOWS THAT HIS OLD SELF, THAT WHICH PRODUCES SIN, WAS
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, I.E., MADE INACTIVE RELATIVE TO ITS ABSOLUTE
CONTROL OVER THE BELIEVER
D)
THE RESULT OF OUR OLD SELF BEING CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST IS SO THAT THE
BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE RENDERED POWERLESS SO THAT WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE
SLAVES TO SIN
E)
THE BELIEVER IS NO LONGER A SLAVE TO SIN BUT HE CAN CHOOSE TO CONTINUE
IN SIN. BUT THE QUESTION IS ASKED IN THE NEGATIVE: WHY?
X)
[Ro 6:5-7]:
A)
DEATH SETTLES THE BELIEVER'S SLAVERY TO SIN
XI)
[Ro 6:6-8]:
A)
SINCE BELIEVERS DIED WITH CHRIST THEY WILL ALSO LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER
XII)
[Ro 6:8-9]:
A)
THE REASON CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THEY WILL LIVE ETERNALLY WITH HIM IS THAT
SINCE CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD HE CANNOT DIE SO THEY CANNOT DIE
EITHER BUT WILL LIVE WITH HIM
XIII)
[Ro 6:10]:
A)
RELATIVE TO CHRIST'S DEATH - IT IS A FINALITY, A ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR
THE SINS OF ALL HUMANITY WHO WILL EVER LIVE
B)
OUR LORD'S DEATH TO SIN IS CONTRASTED WITH HIS RESURRECTED LIFE OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO GOD
XIV)
[Ro 6:10-11]:
A)
IN THE SAME WAY THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED TO SIN AND LIVES TO GOD IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS, SO WE BELIEVERS ARE TO COUNT OURSELVES DEAD TO SIN - TO
ITS LIFESTYLE CONTROL OVER US
B)
IN THE SAME WAY THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED TO SIN AND LIVES TO GOD IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS, SO WE BELIEVERS ARE TO COUNT OURSELVES DEAD TO SIN - TO
ITS LIFESTYLE CONTROL OVER US BUT COUNT OURSELVES ALIVE TO GOD IN CHRIST
JESUS
XV)
[Ro 6:10-12]:
A)
SIN, I.E, THE SIN NATURE, REMAINS IN THE BELIEVER, IT CAN REIGN IN THE
BELIEVER'S MORTAL BODY AND IS CHARACTERIZED AS HAVING EVIL DESIRES
B)
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BELIEVER'S POSITION IN CHRIST JESUS
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOW THE BELIEVER CONDUCTS HIMSELF IN HIS
MORTAL BODY IN HIS DAILY EXPERIENCE
C) IN
VIEW OF THE BELIEVER'S ETERNAL POSITION IN CHRIST JESUS AND HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS THEY ARE NOT TO LET SIN REIGN IN THEIR MORTAL BODIES IN
THEIR DAILY EXPERIENCE
D)
SIN, I.E, THE SIN NATURE, REMAINS IN THE BELIEVER, CAN REIGN IN THE
BELIEVER'S MORTAL BODY AND IS CHARACTERIZED AS HAVING EVIL DESIRES
XVI)
[Ro 6:10-13]:
A)
THE PARTS OF THE BELIEVER'S BODY ARE NOT SINFUL BUT CAN BE - BUT SHOULD
NOT BE - OFFERED TO SIN, I.E., TO THE INTRINSIC SINFUL NATURE
WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL AS INSTRUMENTS OF WICKEDNESS
B)
THE BELIEVER IS COMMANDED TO OFFER THE PARTS OF HIS BODY TO GOD AS
INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
C)
THE BELIEVER IS TO OFFER HIS PARTS TO GOD AS INSTRUMENTS OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS IN VIEW OF HIS KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT FROM
ETERNAL DEATH TO ETERNAL LIFE
XVII)
[Ro 6:10-14]:
A)
THE BELIEVER'S FREE GRACE STANDING IN CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS HAS
PROVIDED THE BELIEVER WITH THE NEW POSSIBILITY TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE
MASTERSHIP OF SIN
B)
ONCE ONE BECOMES A BELIEVER, SIN WILL AT THAT MOMENT NOT BE IN CONTROL -
BUT THE OPTION OF THE BELIEVER TO RE-ENSLAVE HIMSELF IS STILL THERE
C)
ONCE A BELIEVER, ONE IS NOT OBLIGATED TO KEEP ANY LAWS IN ORDER TO
RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE; INSTEAD ONE IS UNDER GOD'S GRACE TO PROVIDE
CONTINUAL FORGIVENESS AND JUSTIFICATION
1)
[Compare Ro 5:20]:
XVIII)
[Ro 6:14-15]:
A)
SHOULD THE BELIEVER CONSIDER PERFORMING AN ACT OF SIN AT ANY TIME IN ANY
CASE?
B)
THE BELIEVER CAN CHOOSE TO COMMIT ACTS OF SIN AS THEY WILL BE COVERED BY
THE GRACE OF GOD BUT PAUL'S ANSWER TO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT!
XIX)
[Ro 6:14-16]:
A)
IT SHOULD BE SELF-EVIDENT THAT ANYONE WHO OFFERS HIMSELF TO SOMEONE TO
OBEY HIM AS A SLAVE IS A SLAVE TO THE ONE HE OBEYS
B)
EITHER ONE IS A SLAVE TO SIN LEADING TO DEATH OR TO OBEDIENCE LEADING TO
RIGHTEOUSNESS; THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND, YOU ARE EITHER A SLAVE TO ONE
OR THE OTHER
C)
SLAVERY TO SIN LEADS TO DEATH
D)
SLAVERY TO OBEDIENCE TO GOD LEADS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
XX)
[Ro 6:16-17]:
A)
BELIEVERS ARE IN VIEW AS HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN ENSLAVED TO SIN
B)
BELIEVERS USED TO BE SLAVES TO SIN
C)
OBEDIENCE TO THE FORM OF TEACHING OF GOD'S WORD TO WHICH ONE IS
ENTRUSTED LEADS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
1)
[Compare Jn 8:34]:
XXI)
[Ro 6:16-18]:
A)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN IN THE SENSE THAT SIN NO LONGER
REIGNS OVER HIM
B)
BELIEVERS HAVE BECOME SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
C)
THE ACTION IN VIEW IS A STATEMENT OF FACT OF THE BELIEVER BEING PLACED
AS A ONE TIME COMPLETED ACTION BY GOD UNDER THE ENSLAVEMENT OF HIS
RIGHTEOUS SOVEREIGNTY
XXII)
[Ro 6:17-20]:
A)
THE ROMAN BELIEVERS ARE ADDRESSED IN HUMAN TERMS BECAUSE THEY ARE WEAK
IN SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT
B)
PAUL PICTURES A BELIEVER'S LIFE BEFORE HE BECAME A BELIEVER AS ONE OF
ENSLAVEMENT TO IMPURITY AND EVER INCREASING WICKEDNESS
C)
NOW THAT ONE IS A BELIEVER HE IS TO OFFER THE PARTS OF HIS BODY TO
SLAVERY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS LEADING TO GOD'S HOLINESS
1)
[Ro 8:8]:
2)
[Compare Eph 2:8-13]:
3)
[Gal 6:12-15]:
4)
[Ro 7:21-25]:
5)
[Eph 3:14-21]:
6)
[1 Pet 3:1-6]:
XXIII)
[Ro 6:17-20]:
A)
BELIEVERS WERE FORMERLY SLAVES TO SIN
XXIV)
[Ro 6:17-21]:
A)
PAUL EXHORTS BELIEVERS TO STAY AWAY FROM OFFERING THE PARTS OF THEIR
BODIES TO SIN
XXV)
[Ro 6:20-22]:
A)
THE RESULT OF THE BELIEVER BEING FREED FROM THE CONTROL OF SIN IS TO
BECOME A SLAVE TO GOD - TO THE SOVEREIGN RULE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIS
LIFE
B)
BELIEVERS BEING SET FREE FROM THE CONTROL OF THE SIN NATURE &
BECOMING SLAVES TO GOD REAPS THE BENEFIT OF THE BELIEVER OF DIRECTING
THEM TOWARD RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH LEADS TO HOLINESS
C)
THE RESULT OF THE BELIEVER HAVING BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN AND ENSLAVED TO
GOD IS A BENEFIT TO THE BELIEVER WHICH LEADS TO HOLINESS AND WHICH
BENEFIT IS ETERNAL LIFE
XXVI)
[Ro 6:20-23]:
A)
THE BELIEVER IS MOTIVATED TO OFFER THE PARTS OF HIS BODY TO HOLINESS IN
VIEW OF THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN WHICH LEADS TO
ETERNAL DEATH AND HAS THE GIFT OF GOD OF ETERNAL LIFE
B)
THE WAGES OF SIN IS ETERNAL DEATH BUT THE BELIEVER IS SECURE IN HIS
ETERNAL LIFE BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND HIM ALONE
1)
[Ro 5:20-21]:
C)
ETERNAL LIFE IS THE FREE GIFT OF GOD - HENCE IT IS NOT DEPENDENT UPON
WHAT THE BELIEVER DOES OR DOES NOT DO
