May 04, 2025

“Dead to Sin”
Romans 6:1-2
Central Idea: Believers have been set free from the rule of sin.
I. The doctrine of sanctification
A. What is sanctification?
N.T words: holy, saint & sanctified = “to be set _________”
Set apart ________ something and then set apart ____ something.
• From: ______, the __________, ____________ desires
• To: _______ — His purpose, desires, plan, glory
B. The difference between justification and sanctification
• Justification: deliverance from the ___________ of sin. Our _____
• Sanctification: deliverance from the ________ of sin. Our _______
• Justification is focused on our ___________.
• How God sees us before Him: in the _______________ of Christ
• Sanctification is focused on our ______________.
• practical: our daily _______, how we are ____________.
• Justification is a ___________ in time - _______ & ___________.
• Sanctification is an ______________ process.
• from ___________ in Christ to __________ or the return of Jesus
• Justification is the _______ for everyone: _____ way to be saved
• Sanctification is ____________ for everybody: varying grow rates
• Uniting element: response to the ______ & the ________ of God
II. Foundation of Sanctification (1-2)
A. Questions (1)
• rhetorical questions = a ________________
• Context of Romans 5:20-21
____________ meant to mean:
• “I can live however I want and God will forgive me.”
• “We should sin more so the grace of God can abound more and
bring even more glory to God.”
• “continue” - an intensified form: _______________ practicing sin
B. Answer (2)
• “May it never be!” = _______________ negative possible
• “How shall we who died to sin still live in it?”
1. “We” = ______________
• talking to those who have been justified; declared righteous.
• Application:
• Have you forgotten ______ you are? A _________ of God!
• Have you forgotten who you __________ to? ________
2. We have _______ to sin.
• Meaning = a Christian has died to the _________ of sin.
• Application:
• “Have you forgotten ________ happened to you?”
3. It is utterly ______________ for a believer in Jesus to live in sin.
• We still have the _______________ to sin, but we no longer
have the ________________ to sin.
• Not ________________ for believers to sin, but it is __________
for believers to sin.
• Application:
• “Have you forgotten __________ you live?”