March 26, 2023
Sermon by Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
3.26.23
Scripture Reading: Romans 6:12-23, Joshua 24:15
Romans 6:12-23
Therefore sin is not to reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, 13 and do not go on presenting [a]the parts of your body to sin as [b]instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and [c]your body’s parts as [d]instruments of righteousness for God. 14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under [e]the Law but under grace.
15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under [f]the Law but under grace? [g]Far from it! 16 Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of sin [h]resulting in death, or of obedience [i]resulting in righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that [j]though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that [k]form of teaching to which you were entrusted, 18 and after being freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness. 19 I am speaking [l]in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented [m]the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, [n]resulting in further lawlessness, so now present [o]your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, [p]resulting in sanctification.
20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness. 21 Therefore what [q]benefit were you then [r]deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. 22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you [s]derive your [t]benefit, [u]resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Joshua 24:15
But if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, which were beyond the Euphrates River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”