Title Servant of Righteousness
2012.1.15 Sunday morning worship service
Bible: Romans 6:15-16
Title: Servant of Righteousness
Romans 6:15-16 ‘15. What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It cannot be. 16. Do you not know that to whomever you submit yourselves as slaves to obey them, you are slaves to the one to whom they are obeyed? The slavery of sin leads to death, and the slavery of obedience leads to righteousness.' - Amen.
We need to know that there is a difference between a believer's salvation through grace and a life of grace by living according to God's will. Often, strange thoughts (analogs) that assume that the outcome of everything is God's will and shift responsibility continue to harm ourselves. In order to better understand the text, I would like to share the sermon titled <Servant of the Righteousness> based on the following words in verse 19 to become a servant to righteousness.
1. God's love is applied when we repent
Even gaining eternal life is salvation for those who repent.
Mark 1:15 “…Repent and believe in the gospel”
Luke 24:47 “And it is written that repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.”
Repentance is not only a change in the value ideology of turning to God from the center of living according to the will of man, but also a change in moral transformation. This inevitably accompanies the tears of contrition, and it is something that can experience the joy of the Atonement by being personally touched by the Atonement, not as an idea. In the Bible, we can see joy expressed after repentance. It is not a religious or idolatrous superstition that we just believe when we say to believe, but we believe it with a clear impression that we realize personally and shake our hearts. For example, there is a Bible that is misunderstood,
Romans 5:20 “The law came in to increase the transgression; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.”
Because grace abounds where sin increases, the believer is trying to misunderstand that it is okay to sin or that it is a means of grace, but that is not the case, but as the law points out sin, the value of the Lord’s blood becomes more effective and overflows with grace. Meaning. That means, don't sin.
2. We must enjoy grace as a servant of righteousness
Before becoming a Christian, everyone lives as a slave to Satan, without exception. All forms of life in human culture, even those that look good, are under the control of Satan. Without the purpose of life toward God, everything goes futile or goes to evil, and the end shows evidence of that as destruction.
Now, if you have come in Christ, the Old Testament law also has a number of lessons centered on the Ten Commandments. In addition, there are several lessons about the example of the life of the saints that Jesus himself gave. Ignoring these moral, ethical and social norms of life is not living by grace.
Romans 6:15 “What then shall we do? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace?”
Romans 7:7 “What shall we say then? Is the law a sin? It cannot be. I knew no sin except through the law, that if the law had not said, ‘You shall not covet, I would not have known covetousness.
It is not acceptable to live an ordinary life knowing that it is okay to sin just because God has forgiven you, but God's punishment is to follow. The Bible records how Israel was punished and personally disciplined.
The church today misuses and misuses the word grace, which is widely misunderstood, and the lives of the saints have become terribly dark. This is an age of turmoil, and it is just like the social situation of the Jews when Jesus, who had tradition but had no works of faith, was on earth. In such a time, God should examine the teachings and rebuke of the saints for holy life, and live according to the duty of the saints, and become a light to the world.