Many immigrants who come to live here and become citizens desire to maintain some of their heritage from their former country. They become hyphenated Canadians or hyphenated Americans and consider how good certain things were in their old country. We have French-Canadians, Chinese-Canadians, Muslim-Canadians, etc. It is the same with believers. We don’t want to totally give up our former citizenship in Adam. We still like some of the features of the old realm. We can’t hold onto that which is dead. It is no longer of any value. Ellis Island Immigrants

 IMAGE OF GOD Objective: Foundation #1 – To understand man as created  INSIDE OUT Objective: Foundation #2 – To understand man after the fall and after the new birth  IDENTITY RECOVERED Objective: How to recover your stolen identity  IDENTITY TESTED Objective: A test to determine if your lost identity has been recovered  INCREDIBLE TREASURE Objective: To know the power of God available to you  INHERITANCE OF GOD Objective: To know the completeness and greatness of Christ’s sacrifice for you  IN CHRIST Objective: To provide the key to consistent living for the believer

Part 3 Recovering Your Stolen identity “knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;” Romans 6:6

 The Bad News (Romans 1:18 to 3:20) (The Good News about the Bad News) REPROBATEMORALISTRELIGIOUS

 The Good News – Part 1 (Romans 3:21 to 5:12) Justification(just – if – I’d – never sinned) past present and future sins forgiven (put away) SALVATION (Justification) By Christ’s shed blood Penalty paid in full Declared righteous Sins forgiven By Faith

Questions, questions??? As a born again believer do you ever sin? Why is that? Do you struggle with some recurring sin in your life? Do you long for victory over some problem? Why doesn’t your new birth affect your everyday life? You may ask - What’s wrong with me? You probably realize that you still sin because you are a sinner! Did not Christ’s cross work fix that also? Is it up to me to deal with that?

 The Good News – Part 2 (Romans 6 to 8) Identification The Good News Part 2 is yes – He dealt with that problem also!! But how? Getting to the root of the problem Gershwin

“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24)

Romans 6:1-14 Two things to understand about the text 1.The shift from sins to sin (actually at 5:12) Chapters 1 to 5:11 have been dealing with sins plural All have sinned (our many sins) The penalty for our sins has been paid Chapters 5:12 to 8 :10 deal with sin singular Chapter 6:1-14 – sin singular 10 times in 14 verses These chapters deal with the root cause The principle of sin sometimes called our sin nature

Romans 6:1-14 Two things to understand about the text 2.The Greek verb tense aorist Momentary past tense – a past happening at a moment in time Always used in connection with a person being saved The moment when God wrote your name in His life book Throughout John’s gospel of those who believed Throughout Pauline writings Here in these 14 verses 15 times

Three key words in Romans 6: Something to Know (verse 6) 2.Something to Believe (verse 11) 3.Something to Present (verse 13) Both as to Position and Condition Position as God sees you Condition as you see yourself

Know What? (verse 6) Only known by revelation Your old sin nature was crucified with Christ (aorist tense) A past completed momentary action Not only crucified, but buried, raised, and seated with Christ (all aorist tense at the same time) When did this happen? Literally – “with Christ” = 2000 years ago (your old man was there with Him) Realized at the moment of your new birth

Implications This is your true position before God – He sees you in Christ This death is the full remedy applied by God (verse 8 – died with Him) This death cuts us off from our old nature (verse 7 – freed) The old nature is not annihilated but deactivated The Cross The place of crucifixion - the place of the curse We were under the curse of the law and our Adamic nature (Gal.3:10) Christ became a curse for us – He took our curse upon Himself (Gal.3:13) In the same way that he gave us His righteousness for our sin, He gave us freedom and blessing for our curse

What are we to do? 1.Know it (verse 6) 2.Believe it (verse 11) You enter into part 2 in the same way as part 1 – by faith Consider yourself truly to be dead to the old nature (verse 11) As a man thinks, so is he (Proverbs 23:7)

Condition versus position Positionally this is a fact in the sight of God This is how God views you – in His Son Your condition is realized through daily reckoning on this truth Jesus said - Take up your cross daily (Luke 9:23,24) This is not some sickness or infirmity you have to bear The believers cross is the cross of Calvary The cross upon which Jesus was crucified And where you were crucified with Him Know it, believe it, and daily give yourself to Him Let Him be the source, security, and sustenance of your life

SALVATION Romans 3:21 to 5:11  The Blood  Justified by God  Penalty of sins paid  Sins forgiven  Declared righteous  By Faith DELIVERANCE Romans 5:12 to 8:10  The Cross  Identified with Christ  Power of sin broken  Sin nature crucified  Declared blessed/free  By Faith “If the difference between ‘Christ dying for us,’ and ‘our dying with Him,’ has not been recognized, acknowledged, and applied, it may safely be affirmed that the self is still the dominating factor in the life” J. Penn-Lewis