Bill Acton :: Romans 6:17-18 - What We Are

Sermon Outline for Romans 6:17-18

1. What We Were
   1. A slave of sin
      1. By birth
         1. In Adam – Rom 5:1-21
         2. In parents – Psa 51:5
      2. By nature
         1. Children of wrath – Eph 2:3
         2. Dead in sin – Eph 2:1
         3. In darkness – Col 1:13
2. The Inevitable Question – “What about the good, moral people?”
   1. God’s declaration – Rom 3:10-23
   2. The forms of sin
      1. Sins of the flesh
         1. Outward and violent
      2. Sins of the heart
         1. Inward and selfish
   3. The ultimate sin
      1. Rejection of Christ – Jhn 3:36
3. What We Are Now
   1. A slave to Christ – Rom 6:18, 22
   2. A change has occurred
      1. “I was – I am”
   3. The agencies of the change
      1. “That form of doctrine”
         1. Sinful man under wrath of Holy God – Rom 1:18-32
            1. Condemned
            2. Helpless
            3. Hopeless
         2. The inability of man to achieve salvation Rom 2-3
         3. God has provided a way – Rom 3:24
         4. God’s way, in Christ, is received by faith – Rom 4
      2. “That form of doctrine delivered you”
         1. It delivers us over
         2. It fashions, shapes, moulds
      3. It is God who uses it – Rom 6:17
         1. But God be thanked
         2. God has raised us – Eph 2:1
         3. God is rich in mercy – Eph 2:4-11
            1. The Holy Spirit takes the Word, that form of doctrine, and puts us into it –
            2. The Spirit and doctrine work upon us to change us
            3. “Let Him that glorieth, glory in the Lord” 1Co 1:31
      4. It is God who keeps using it – Phl 1:6
   4. The evidence of the change – “You have obeyed”
      1. The total involvement
      2. 1. You have obeyed – the will
         2. From the heart – the emotions
         3. That doctrine – the mind