Sabbath school lesson 7, 4th quarter of 2017

1. Lesson 7 for November 18, 2017
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Romans 6:14
““Sin shall not have dominion over
you: for ye are not under the law, but
under grace”

2. How does grace abound MUCH MORE when
sin abounds?
Grace is enough to forgive
every sin.
Grace solves the terrible
results of sin.
Grace defeats death and gives
us eternal life through Jesus.
Grace can transform us.
WHERE SIN ABOUNDED
“Moreover the law entered that the offense
might abound. But where sin abounded, grace
abounded much more.” (Romans 5:20)

3. “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.” (Romans 6:4)
According to Romans 6:1-11,
Christians die to sin through
baptism. How is that possible?
JESUS
• He died to sin once and forever
• He rose from the dead and will
never die again
• He lives for God
THROUGH BAPTISM...
• The old self dies (our sinful
desires) and we are free from sin
• The new self is raised from the
dead (we no longer serve sin)
• We live for God
WHERE SIN
ABOUNDED

4. If a believer dies to sin through baptism, could
he sin again?
• Yes, he could, but he is able to choose
whether he wants to be ruled by sin or not.
• The old man DESIRES to live for sin.
• The new man DESIRES to live for God,
although he still might fall into sin.
• We cannot overcome sin by ourselves. Only
by faith and trust in God’s promises we can
overcome sin.
• Let’s remember that God’s grace always
abounds, even if we sin.
WHEN SIN REIGNS “Therefore do not let sin reign in
your mortal body so that you obey
its evil desires.” (Romans 6:12 NIV)

5. What does ‘not to be under law,
but under grace’ involve?
To be ‘under the law’ means to obey the law as a
means to salvation.
“The law shows the sin (Romans 3:20), the law
enlarges the transgression because the sinful way
of man (Romans 5:20). The Law cannot forgive sins
nor can law give any power to defeat them. If a
sinner who tries to be saved under the law, he will
find only be tied stronger to his sin.” (SDA Bible
Commentary, vol. 6, ed. 1980,on Romans 6:14)
NOT UNDER THE LAW BUT UNDER GRACE
“For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but
under grace.” (Romans 6:14 NIV)

6. What does ‘not to be under law,
but under grace’ involve?
NOT UNDER THE LAW BUT UNDER GRACE
“For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but
under grace.” (Romans 6:14 NIV)
To be ‘under grace’ means to seek God’s grace as a
means to salvation.
“A Christian admits that has transgressed the
divine law, and he, that he deserves to be under its
condemnation, and but he surrenders to God’s
grace and mercy through faith. Then, by his sinful
past is forgiven through God’s grace and he
receives divine power to walk in a new life.” (SDA
Bible Commentary, vol. 6, ed. 1980, on Romans 6:14)

7. If we are no longer under the law, why must we keep it?
(Romans 6:15)
“To be under grace doesn’t mean that a believer is free to
disobey God’s moral law with total impunity; to say that is to
distort the purpose of God’s plan. God, in his love, offered
grace to the sinner because he violated the divine law; man
is free from sin’s control only by God’s grace. Therefore,
how could be right or reasonable to stand deliberately under
the old slavery? Disobeying God’s law involves becoming
slave to sin again, since disobeying the divine law is sin (1
John 3:4) and anyone who perseveres with sin is slave to sin
(John 8:34). To keep sinning after accepting God’s grace –
that forgives and transforms – is to deny the purpose of that
grace. Anyone who refuses to be lead to obedience to God’s
law by His grace is rejecting that grace; he is rejecting God’s
freedom and salvation.”
(SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, on Romans 6:15)

8. Are you a slave to sin or to obedience? (Romans 6:16)
Slaves to sin Slaves to obedience
How can we become slaves to obedience
[“become slaves to righteousness” (Romans 6:18 NIV)]?
The right doctrine or teaching helps us to become “slaves to righteousness.”
Death Righteousness
SIN OR OBEDIENCE?
“God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from
the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free
from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.” (Romans 6:17,18)
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to
whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? “

9. What happens when we are free from sin?
1. We are made slaves to God.
2. We have the fruit of holiness.
3. We have eternal life in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
FREE
FROM SIN
6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of
the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded
your members servants to uncleanness and to
iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your
members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye
were free from righteousness.
6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things
whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of
those things is death.
6:22 But now being made free from sin, and
become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto
holiness, and the end everlasting life.
6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:19-23