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ROMANS 6
LESSON #8
VICTORY OVER THE FLESH

MEMORY VERSE: ROM 6:23

HOMEWORK REVIEW:

**WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I DON’T WANT TO RECEIVE CHRISTTODAY, THERE’S PLENTY OF TIME. I’M YOUNG YET.”
JOS 24:15 “CHOOSE THIS DAY”
1KI 18:21 “HOW LONG BETWEEN 2 OPINIONS”
PRO 27:1 “KNOW NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING”
ISA 55:6 “SEEK WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND”
ACT 22:16 “WHY TARRY”
2CO 6:2 “NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME”

**WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I’M TOO OLD. IT’S TOO LATE. MY LIFESTYLE IS ALREADY SET. I CAN’T CHANGE.”
EZE 33:19 “IF THE WICKED TURN, HE SHALL LIVE BY IT”
MAT 20:6 “WHY STAND YOU HERE IDLE?”
JOH 6:37 “HIM THAT COMETH, I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT”
ROM 10:13 “WHOSOEVER CALLETH ON THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED”
READ ROMANS 61-23 THE WAY OF VICTORY OVER THE FLESH IS EXPLAINED:

**WHAT ARE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THIS PASSAGE TELLS US WE SHOULD “KNOW”?
1. KNOW THAT WE WERE BAPTIZED INTO JESUS’ DEATH (3)
**WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE “KNOW” THIS?
2. KNOW THAT OUR OLD MAN IS CRUCIFIED (6)
**WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
OLD MAN = THE CORRUPT HUMAN NATURE, THE INBORN TENDENCY TO SIN INHERITED FROM ADAM.
CRUCIFIED = OLD FLESH NATURE IS SACRIFICED TO DEATH; DONE AWAY WITH; RENDERED INOPERATIVE.THIS IS A CONTINUAL PROCESS. GAL 2:20
THIS IS NOT A SUPPRESSION OF ONE’S WILL BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU TELL YOURSELF, “I MUSTNOT DO THAT”; THAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO.
3. KNOW THAT CHRIST RAISED FROM THE DEAD AND HE DIES NO MORE (9)
**OF WHAT RELEVANCE IS KNOWING THIS TO THE PROBLEM OF TEMPTATION?
NOTICE YOU’RE NOT TOLD TO “DO” ANYTHING, YET.

THE KEY PRINCIPLES TO OVERCOMING TEMPTATIONS OF THE FLESH:
1. KNOW THAT YOU ARE DEAD TO SIN
IDENTIFYING WITH CHRIST AND KNOWING OF YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST IS THE FIRST KEYPRINCIPLE TO OVERCOMING TEMPTATIONS OF THE FLESH.
IF YOU TRY TO DO IT ANY OTHER WAY, IT IS BY YOUR OWN WORKS: FOR EXAMPLE:
TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF
TRYING HARDER
DOING IT MYSELF
PULLING MYSELF UP BY MY OWN BOOT STRAPS.
FIND OUT YOUR IDENTITY OR POSITION IN CHRIST ROM 6:3,6,9
DO IT BY READING, STUDYING, MEDITATING ON THE WORD — DON’T BE IGNORANT, DON’T BE LAZY!
2. CONSIDER THAT YOU ARE DEAD TO SIN/ALIVE TO GOD
RECKON / CONSIDER = TAKE AN INVENTORY AND POSITIVELY CONCLUDE AND THINK ON; RELY ON;COUNT ON.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN ROM 6 WE ARE TOLD TO “DO” ANYTHING.
STAND ON YOUR POSITION IN CHRIST ROM 6:11
3. PRESENT YOURSELF TO GOD (13,19)
NOW YOU CAN PUT INTO ACTION WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU ARE STANDING ON. THE RESULT ISTHAT YOU WON’T BE YIELDING TO SIN. ROM 6:13,19
4. OBEY THE WORD OF GOD
UNDERSTANDING THE GRACE OF GOD BRINGS
FREEDOM TO OBEY GOD ROM 6:17-18
5. WALK IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT ROM 8:1-4

SUMMARY OUTLINE ROM 6

I. DELIVERANCE FROM THE DOMINION OF DEATH ROM 6:1-11
A. THE REALITY OF OUR DEATH WITH CHRIST ROM 6:1-5
1. THE TRUTH OF IT ROM 6:1-2
2. THE TRIUMPH OF IT ROM 6:3-5
B. THE REASON FOR OUR DEATH WITH CHRIST ROM 6:6-7
1. SIN’S STRONGHOLD ON THE LIFE
2. SIN’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE LIFE
C. THE RESULTS OF OUR DEATH WITH CHRIST ROM 6:8-11
1. APPRECIATION OF THE VICTORY OF CHRIST ROM 6:8-10
2. APPROPRIATION OF THE VICTORY OF CHRIST ROM 6:11