The Lord's Day Bible Message Outlines
August 23, 2009
Pastor Dana Johnson
"...our old man was
crucified with Him...." -Romans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man was
crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away
with, that we should no longer be slaves of
sin.
1. First, it is
crucial that we understand and identify the "old
man."
a. It is not
the sin nature. Those who insist that it is the sin
nature have various interpretations of its death:
1) Gradual
eradication, resulting in the awkward task of
crucifying one's own sin nature.
2) Immediate
eradication, resulting in self-delusion and
redefinition of sin.
3) Positional
eradication, resulting in a huge disparity between
position and experience with the believer responsible
for bridging the gap.
b. It is simply the
unregenerate man.
Ephesians
4:22 - That you put off, concerning your former conduct,
the old man which grows corrupt according to the
deceitful lusts.
Colossians 3:9 - Do not lie to one another, since you
have put off the old man with his deeds.
1) Paul is
clear that a person dies.
Romans
6:2, 7, 8, 11 - Certainly not! How shall we who died
to sin live any longer in it? 7For he who
has died has been freed from sin. 8Now if
we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also
live with Him. 11Likewise you also, reckon
yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2) Paul makes a
clear distinction between the person and the sinful
nature.
Romans
6:2, 7, 11 - Certainly not! How shall we who died to
sin live any longer in it? 7For he who has
died has been freed from sin. 11Likewise
you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin,
but alive to God in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
3) This
unregenerate person is spiritual dead, enslaved by
sin, and depraved in its activity. It is a person
without God and the effects of His grace.
2. The old man
(unregenerate person) is crucified with Christ.
a. This death
takes place at salvation when the believer is baptized
into Christ, and into His death.
Romans
6:3-5 - Or do you not know that as many of us as were
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
4Therefore we were buried with Him through
baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from
the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life. 5For if we
have been united together in the likeness of His death,
certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His
resurrection.
1 Corinthians 12:13 - For by one Spirit we were all
baptized into one body; whether Jews or Greeks, whether
slaves or free; and have all been made to drink into one
Spirit.
b. This death is
Spiritual, not merely positional. In other words it is
enacted within us by His Spirit.
c. This death is
final, not gradual.
Romans
6:10-11 - For the death that He died, He died to sin once
for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
11Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be
dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
3. Notice the results
of the death of the old man (unregenerate man):
a. The
believer is a new man.
Romans
6:4, 11 -Therefore we were buried with Him through
baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from
the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life. 11Likewise you
also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but
alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation; old things have passed away;
behold, all things have become new.
Ephesians 4:24 - And that you put on the new man which
was created according to God, in true righteousness and
holiness.
Colossians 3:10) - And have put on the new man who is
renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who
created him.
b. The sinful body
loses its controlling influence.
Romans
6:6 - Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with
Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that
we should no longer be slaves of sin.
c. The believer has
been freed from the dominion of sin.
Romans
6:6, 7, 18. 22 - Knowing this, that our old man was
crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done
away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
7For he who has died has been freed from sin.
18And having been set free from sin, you
became slaves of righteousness. 22But now
having been set free from sin, and having become slaves
of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end,
everlasting life.
(All
Scripture quoted is from the New King James
Version)
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