Janissi

(Romans 6:13) In what ways do you "offer the members of your body" to either sin or God multiple times in a day? Why is it that we can sin unconsciously? How can we begin to offer our members deliberately to God? What changes will it take in our daily life to do this? I believe sin first starts with a thought. When we give life to a thought, it could lead to sinning. If we don't cast down every thought and imagination that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, we are doomed to habitual sinning. We must make a decision to yield to temptation or use the Word of God as a weapon against the enemy. We are free. We DO NOT have to give in. It's up to us to ask God to engage the help He's already provided. We can sin unconsciously because we don't recognize some things as sin. That is why it's so important to read and study God's Word for ourselves so we can rightfully divide the Word of Truth. We can begin to offer our bodies deliberately to God by yielding our members to His will. Again, I believe we do this by the intake of doctrine into our hearts. David said, "Thy Word I have hidden in my heart that I might not sin against thee." That's the key in my opinion. However, when we do knowingly sin, we have to make sure we confess our sins immediately because that puts us right back in fellowship with God. The changes we must make is to be mindful of what we do, what we say, what we think on, and make a decision to not yield.

(Romans 6:12) What does obedience have to do with the "reign" of sin? Whatever we obey, to that we become slaves. If I sin, I'm a slave to sin. If I obey God, I'm a slave to God.

(Romans 6:11) What does it mean to "reckon, consider, count" in verse 11? Does this actually mean that we are convincing ourselves of something that isn't really true? What will be the effect in our lives if we actually do consider it to be true that we died with Christ's death with regard to sin? To "reckon, consider, or count" means that we can be sure of, to count on something that it is true. We can count on the fact that we are dead to sin. No, we are not convincing ourselves of something. We are standing on the fact that it is true because it IS true. The effects on our lives will be that we will not be entangled again into bondage of sin. We've been set free. We've died to sin so it no longer is the master of our lives. We will walk in victory. However, it doesn't mean we won't sin because we still have a sinful nature in the flesh.

(Romans 6:6-7) In what way has our "body of sin," our "flesh," our old nature been made powerless because of our crucifixion with Christ? In what way have we been freed from slavery? What difference does this understanding make in our struggles against temptation? When we accepted Christ as our Savior, His death on the cross became our death, thus, we are baptised in Him. We are joined right along with His deaht and ressurection. HE made sin powerless in us when we identified with Him. Because of this, we are no longer slaves to sin. We've been set free through His work. Sin was the slave master, and we were in bondage to it. Jesus freed us! This fact shows us that we no longer have to listen or adhere to our old nature. It's been crucified with Christ. Through Him, we have the power to to not yield to temptation.

(Romans 6:1-7) Is Paul referring to a figurative "death" to sin, or to a kind of historical, actual death? Whose death is he talking about? How does this death become our own? To what degree is this just theological mumbo-jumbo or does it have some basis in reality? Paul is referring to a figurative death to sin. He's talking about the actual death of Christ, and us figuratively joined together/identified with Him. His death becomes our own as we are "figuratively" joined in death to him through baptism. This is definitely not theological mumbo-jumbo. If you trust the Word of God by faith and experience the reality of Christ in your life, you will definitely know it's reality.

(Romans 6:3-4) In Paul's reference to baptism in 6:3-4, what does "buried" (6:4a) correspond to in the act of baptism? What does "Christ was raised from the dead" (6:4b) correspond to in baptism? Since it's commonly known that baptism mean submersion, I think that when we go under the water, that's a reflection of Christ being buried. When we come out from under the water, it's a reflection of Christ being raised from the dead.

It brings about our union with Christ as we are along side Him - joined to him, so to speak. We died to sin and sin no longer had power over us, and we were ressurrected into a new life. He died, we died. He was ressurrected, we were resurrected, thus we are united with him.

According to this passage, at what point do we move from being under the headship of Adam to the headship of Christ? Is there anything we must do to bring about this change in headship? What are the implications of us having died with Christ? When Christ died for our sins and we accepted the work of the Cross, that is the point when we moved from being under the headship of Adam to the headship of Christ. We crossed over. The only thing we must do is believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and we are saved. We become sons and daughters of the Most High. We are adopted into His family. We have to accept this by faith and not works. It's His grace. The implications of us having died with Christ is that we are free from the bondage of sin. We are not free from a sinful nature, but we are free from allowing it to control us.

The Law pointed the way to sin. It was a way of showing them their sins. Yes, there is sin without the Law. It was like the Law was a mirror to their sins. I'm not sure if I'm explaining that right. Part II of this question is a bit confusing for me, so I'll pass on that one.

A manager, parent, a teacher, a government leader, or union leader can act for an entire group of people. These people have authority over the ones they are acting on behalf of. A union leader, for example, speaks for the ones he/she is leading. A parent stands on behalf of his/her child(ren).

Another thing Jesus's life does for us is gives us an example to live by. He is the living Word of God. He is the Vine and we are the branches. We can do nothing apart from him.

Reconciliation means we have been reunited with God, Instead of being God's enemies, we are now friends with God which means we have full access to the Father through Jesus Christ. Reconciliation is important because if it wasn't for that, salvation would be null and void. The death of Jesus would've been in vain. We had to become right with God in order to have fellowship with him. What Jesus is doing for us in the present is he is our intercessor. He is our mediator. He is our source. We pray in his name because he stands in for us to our heavenly Father.

It's important to embrace it because it's the basis of our salvation. It shows us that we did nothing to deserve what he did for us. It shows us that we were never good enough to deserve his grace; therefore, we don't have bragging rights. Since Christ died for us at our worse, we have assurance that no matter what we do, it's never bad enough where his blood does not cover it. This includes past, present, and future sins! Glory to God!!!!

Abraham believed God and never waivered. In spite of all that was against him (his age and the deadness of Sarah's womb), he believed and trusted God's word. To me, to be justfied means trusting in the saving grace of Jesus Christ by faith. His response is the promise of righteousness, not because of my works, but because of the work of the cross. In other words, I have faith in HIS work, and I'm therefore justified (made righteous) because of faith.