rjones
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YIELD: to voluntarily undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's original nature.
Romans 6:13-14 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
A person can be “officially” set free, yet still be imprisoned. If a person lives in prison for many years, and then is set free, they often still think and act like a prisoner. The habits of freedom aren’t ingrained in their life yet. Here, Paul shows how to build the habits of freedom in the Christian life.
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: This is the first key to walking in the freedom Jesus Christ has won for us. We are told to not present the parts of our body to the service of sin. The New Living Translation communicates the idea well: Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness, to be used for sinning.
But yield yourselves unto God: This is the second key to walking in the freedom Jesus has won for us. It isn’t enough to take the weapons away from the service of sin. They must then be enlisted in the service of righteousness - and, as in any warfare, the side with superior weapons usually wins.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: Spurgeon said these words give us a test, a promise, and an encouragement.
1. It is a test of our claim to be Christians. Does anger have dominion over you? Does murmuring and complaining? Does covetousness have dominion over you? Does pride? Does laziness have dominion over you? If sin has dominion over us, we should seriously ask if we are really converted.
2. It is promise of victory. It doesn’t say that “sin will not be present in you,” because that will only be fulfilled when we are resurrected in glory. But it does promise that sin will not have dominion over us because of the great work Jesus did in us when we were born again.
3. It is an encouragement because it gives us hope and strength in the battle against sin. God hasn’t condemned you under the dominion of sin - He has set you free in Jesus. This is encouragement for the Christian struggling against sin, for the new Christian, and for the backslider.
The changes may not come all at one time, and they may not come to each area of our lives at the same time, but they will come and they will be real and they will be increasing as time goes on and as long as we YIELD to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:13-14 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
A person can be “officially” set free, yet still be imprisoned. If a person lives in prison for many years, and then is set free, they often still think and act like a prisoner. The habits of freedom aren’t ingrained in their life yet. Here, Paul shows how to build the habits of freedom in the Christian life.
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: This is the first key to walking in the freedom Jesus Christ has won for us. We are told to not present the parts of our body to the service of sin. The New Living Translation communicates the idea well: Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness, to be used for sinning.
But yield yourselves unto God: This is the second key to walking in the freedom Jesus has won for us. It isn’t enough to take the weapons away from the service of sin. They must then be enlisted in the service of righteousness - and, as in any warfare, the side with superior weapons usually wins.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: Spurgeon said these words give us a test, a promise, and an encouragement.
1. It is a test of our claim to be Christians. Does anger have dominion over you? Does murmuring and complaining? Does covetousness have dominion over you? Does pride? Does laziness have dominion over you? If sin has dominion over us, we should seriously ask if we are really converted.
2. It is promise of victory. It doesn’t say that “sin will not be present in you,” because that will only be fulfilled when we are resurrected in glory. But it does promise that sin will not have dominion over us because of the great work Jesus did in us when we were born again.
3. It is an encouragement because it gives us hope and strength in the battle against sin. God hasn’t condemned you under the dominion of sin - He has set you free in Jesus. This is encouragement for the Christian struggling against sin, for the new Christian, and for the backslider.
The changes may not come all at one time, and they may not come to each area of our lives at the same time, but they will come and they will be real and they will be increasing as time goes on and as long as we YIELD to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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