Romans 6: 1-2

(Romans 6: 1-2)

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?  God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

 

Jesus did not tell people what they would like. When Jesus preached, people began to hate him. Especially those who said they had faith hated Jesus. It may not be said that God is always where people like it. This is because what God wants and what the church people want may be different. Following Jesus is not what people want, it is the way they hate. That's why they hate the word "deny yourself." This phrase is understood ideologically, but becomes completely irrelevant in life. The life that God is with comes only from self-denial. So, whoever believes in God, the Lord becomes the master.

 

In the Old Testament, God continued to send prophets into the world. Because believers who say they believe did not know the will of God, God sent prophets. God's will is to take off the clothes of the old man and repent and return. But what the people of the church want is to believe in Jesus and repent and get forgiveness of sins. What makes the difference?
Those who have just joined the Church, or those who choose to believe in Jesus but do not clearly understand the way of salvation, believe: "Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who died of blood on the cross to atone for human sin. , And if I repent and believe that He died on my behalf, all sins will be forgiven and saved." However, there are many who say that they often really doubt whether they have been saved in their lives. So, those who preach the Word come to say that it is the assurance of salvation.

 

In Romans 6:1, "What shall we say then?" Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”, and in Romans 6:4, “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." And in Chapter 6 verse 7, "For he that is dead is freed from sin. 』, but the dead appear oppositely.
In 6:1 it means "the dead to sin" and in 6:7 it says "the dead are free from sin." For verse 1, it can be understood as "the dead to God", and verse 7 can be understood as "the flesh must die."
The dead person mentioned in verse 1 means the appearance before believing in Jesus, and the dead person mentioned in verse 7 is thought to be a person who has been baptized after believing in Jesus. Death in 6:1 means spiritual death, and death in verse 7 It means the death of the soul (self) that originated physically.

 

As Romans 6:7 says, it is said that the believer must die to be free from sin. When we see that “baptism is buried,” it means that sins must be forgiven when buried with Jesus. If a saint "repents of sins and believes that Jesus shed blood for the saints", it can be said that all sins are forgiven as those who have gone through the process of death with Jesus. In other words, there must be a process of death in the sermon, but it will be misunderstood if it is not clear whether it is omitted, or if you believe that Jesus made atonement for me without the process of death, you can obtain forgiveness of sins with the blood of Jesus.

 

In Romans 6:7, it is said, "The dead are freed from sin." In many cases, in the words of the sermon that the blood of Jesus is forgiven, can it be said, "He who is forgiven of sin is dead to sin"? In Romans 6:4, baptism is said to be burial, indicating the dead. However, why in Acts 8:13, Simon, the magician, was evangelized by Philip, believed and was baptized, and he was cursed by Peter for "perishing" in verse 20 while trying to receive the Holy Spirit with money. It can be understood that even if people are baptized, they will not be saved unless the old person dies (unless there is repentance).

 

This is really important in the way of salvation. In many cases, is the sermon explaining without the process of being buried? Or, I am really curious if you just believe in Jesus without such a process and you will be forgiven of sins with his blood.
If there must be no forgiveness of sins without the process of death,
When the church tells the first person, "If you believe that Jesus died for human sins, you will get forgiveness of all sins", and that person believes that way without knowing the process of death. Wouldn't it? If you believe that if you confess your sins without the process of death, all sins can be forgiven, is the meaning of the apostle Paul's Romans 6:1-7 just spoken? There is no forgiveness of sin without the process of death. If you say that, everything becomes a false gospel.

In Romans 6:7, ``For he that is dead is freed from sin. 』God's desire is for sinners to repent and return to the kingdom of God. So it can be said that repentance is "going through the process of death." Repentance is the way to deny oneself and to take off the clothes of the old man. The focus of repentance is not the confession of sins committed in the world, but the removal of the old person who causes them to sin. If the church doesn't tell people this and tells them that they are "all born again," they will be regretting.