Submit to God to be Free from Sin – Romans 6:16-18

Text: Romans 6:16-18

Introduction

• The world that we live in teaches us to empower self (becoming your own god), to gain happiness and success instead of submitting yourself to God, to be blessed and prosper (Psalm 1:1-3).
• When you make the decision to submit to self or the world, you’re making a decision to be enslaved to unrighteousness and death. This is why you need to yield yourself to God to be made free from the bondage of sin (John 8:31-32).

You Become Servants to Whomever You Submit

• In Romans 6:16, the Bible teaches us whoever you choose to submit to becomes your master whom your will serve. This is why it is important to know of a surety who you decide to submit to (God or Satan).
• Satan packages sin with so much glitter and gold to make it look like a great deal to be his servant. But Satan never shows you the fine print that says obeying & serving him will lead to eternal death (1 Peter 5:8).

Become a Servant of Righteousness by Submitting to God

• In Romans 6:17-18, the Spirit of truth conveys that the Christians at Rome were at one time servants of sin, but made the decision to obey the doctrine of Christ, to become free from sin and servants of righteousness.
• In 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, we find the Christians at Corinth were at one time unrighteous, but they decided to submit to God.
• If you are tired of being in the bondage of sin, if you are feed up with the painful consequences of walking in darkness, why not deny yourself and obey the doctrine of Christ to save your life and become servants of righteousness (Matthew 16:24-26).

HEAR  BELIEVE  REPENT  CONFESS  BAPTISM  LIVE FAITHFUL

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Presented at the Gahanna-Jefferson Church of Christ on Wednesday, January 18, 2012.