Sanctification: Dead to Sin | Romans 6:1-23

We are spending 25 weeks studying a series called Romans: The Power of the Gospel. The purpose of this series is to rightly understand the gospel and how the gospel empowers Christians to walk in newness of life. Paul spends the first 11 chapters of his letter explaining the gospel of God. So far we have observed the doctrine of sin—that apart from divine grace all are spiritually hopeless. Then we learned about how Christians can be declared right with God by grace through faith. After thoroughly explaining justification through faith in Christ, Paul will now begin teaching the doctrine of progressive sanctification. In other words, though Christians are positionally declared righteous, they are not yet practically righteous. Therefore Paul instructs Christians to consider themselves dead to sin and alive to Christ, thereby pursuing righteous living. Listen in as we study Romans 6:1-23 and talk about what it means for Christians to be dead to sin.