Holiness, all or nothing
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The sermon discusses the radical nature of the Christian life and the importance of considering oneself dead to sin and alive to God. The apostle Paul uses the image of baptism to illustrate the total conversion and change that should occur when one enters the ways of the Lord. Paul emphasizes that sin should not reign or dominate one's life, as a believer in Christ is meant to be free and not controlled by anything. The Christian life is a continual struggle and seeking of liberation from anything that is contrary to God's will.
In this sermon, the speaker explains the importance of considering oneself free in Christ Jesus and visualizing oneself as dead to everything that hurts and alive to positive things. He emphasizes the need to present one's body to God as an instrument of justice and consecrate oneself every day to the Lord. The speaker also anticipates the argument that being under grace means one can sin without consequences and explains that being under grace does not give one a license to sin. He concludes by emphasizing the importance of surrendering to God in all areas of life and recognizing that God is not only a God of grace but also a God of holiness, justice, and integrity to His Word.
Paul speaks about the human condition and how we are either slaves to sin or servants of righteousness. He emphasizes the importance of surrendering to God and presenting our bodies as servants of righteousness. He also highlights the gift of eternal life in Christ Jesus and the consequences of sin being death. The Christian life is one of obedience to God's Word and surrendering to His control in all areas of our lives. We must be ashamed of our past sins and strive for sanctification. The ultimate goal is eternal life in Christ Jesus.
In this sermon, the speaker explains the importance of considering oneself free in Christ Jesus and visualizing oneself as dead to everything that hurts and alive to positive things. He emphasizes the need to present one's body to God as an instrument of justice and consecrate oneself every day to the Lord. The speaker also anticipates the argument that being under grace means one can sin without consequences and explains that being under grace does not give one a license to sin. He concludes by emphasizing the importance of surrendering to God in all areas of life and recognizing that God is not only a God of grace but also a God of holiness, justice, and integrity to His Word.
Paul speaks about the human condition and how we are either slaves to sin or servants of righteousness. He emphasizes the importance of surrendering to God and presenting our bodies as servants of righteousness. He also highlights the gift of eternal life in Christ Jesus and the consequences of sin being death. The Christian life is one of obedience to God's Word and surrendering to His control in all areas of our lives. We must be ashamed of our past sins and strive for sanctification. The ultimate goal is eternal life in Christ Jesus.
If there is a word that exemplifies today's sermon and the reading is the word resounding, the language that the apostle Paul uses, the images, the illustrations that he uses, is something very radical, total, resounding, there is no way around this. I invite you to go to chapter 11 verse 6, Romans 11:6, it says there: "So reckon yourselves dead to sin." You see this about how emphatically when you die it's not like uh, you're half dead, you're already dead, right? If you're not dead you're alive, it's not like being half alive or half dead, it's like being pregnant , a woman is not half pregnant, she is pregnant or not pregnant, it says, "consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God, in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body."
Do you see the idea there again?, do not reign, when sin reigns, He is saying it is something total, that sin do not dominate you, do not reign, many people think well, I am half in sin, Paul says that it should not reign sin in your mortal body, so that you obey him in his lusts, if you do not present yourselves to God as alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments of justice. With this I will conclude although the rest of the chapter is something that I want to talk about but this serves as a starting point.
Do you see the idea there again?, do not reign, when sin reigns, He is saying it is something total, that sin do not dominate you, do not reign, many people think well, I am half in sin, Paul says that it should not reign sin in your mortal body, so that you obey him in his lusts, if you do not present yourselves to God as alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments of justice. With this I will conclude although the rest of the chapter is something that I want to talk about but this serves as a starting point.
