The Facts & Acts of The Christian Life

                The Facts and Acts of The Christian Life
                Romans 6:1-14
 
I.  The Three Great Phases of Your Salvation:
 
     A.  Justification - being set free from the penalty of sin.
    
     B.  Santification - being set free from the power of sin.
 
     C.  Glorification - being set free from the presence of sin.
 
Positional Truth:  What God says about me and my christian life.
 
Experiential Truth:  When I begin to live the way God sees me!
 
How can I experience in my life what God says is true?
     1.  I must know it.
     2.  I must  believe it.
     3.  I must act on it.
 
Key words in Romans 6:1-14: 
                    Don't you know. (3)
                    for we know. (6)
                    count, consider, reckon, or believe (13)
 
II.  The Facts of the Christian life:
 
     1.  When I became a believer I was placed in Christ. (3-5)
     2.  When Christ died for my old sin nature  I was crucified with Him.   (6-7)
     3.  Christ's resurrection has guaranteed our ultimate victory. (8-10)
 
III.  The Acts of the Christian life:
      Three things you must do:
     1.  Reckon. (11)
     2.  Resist. (12)
     3.  Render. (13-14)

 

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