Post by Admin on Jul 23, 2013 4:04:18 GMT
Are we presenting our members (body parts) to "the sin (nature)" to act out unrighteousness, or are we presenting our members (body parts) as instruments of righteousness for God the Father to use?
Romans 6 - The New Testament - An Expanded Translation - Kenneth S. Wuest
Romans 6:1-4
What then shall we say? Shall we habitually sustain an attitude of dependence upon, yieldedness to, and cordiality with the sinful nature* in order that grace may abound? May such a thing never occur. How is it possible for us, such persons as we are, who have been separated once for all from the sinful nature*, any longer to live in its grip? Do you not know that all we who were place in Christ Jesus, in His death were placed? We therefore were entombed with Him through this being placed in His death, in order that in the same manner as there was raised up Christ out from among those who are dead through the glory of the Father, thus also we by means of a new life imparted may order our behavior.
Romans 6:5-10
For in view of the fact that we are those who have become permanently united with Him in respect to the likeness of His death, certainly also we shall be those who as a logical result have become permanently united with Him with respect to the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this experientially, that our old [unregenerate] self** was crucified once for all with Him in order that the physical body [heretofore] dominated by the sinful nature* might be rendered inoperative [in that respect], with the result that no longer are we rendering a slave's habitual obedience to the sinful nature*, for the one who died once for all stands in the position of a permanent relationship of freedom from the sinful nature, Now, in view of the fact that we died once for all with Christ, we believe that we shall also live by means of Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised up from among those who are dead, no longer dies. Death over Him no longer exercises lordship. For the death that He died, He died with respect to our sinful nature* once for all. But the life He lives, He lives with respect to God***.
Romans 6:11-14
Thus, also, as for you, you be constantly counting upon the fact that, on the one hand, you are those who have been separated from the sinful nature*, and, on the other, that you are living ones with respect to God*** in Christ Jesus. Stop therefore allowing the sinful nature* to reign as king in your mortal body with a view to obeying it [the body] in its passionate cravings. Moreover, stop putting your members at the disposal of the sinful nature* as weapons of unrighteousness, but by a once-for-all act and at once, put yourselves at the disposal of God*** as those who are actively alive out of from among the dead, and put your members as weapons of righteousness at the disposal of God***, for [then] the sinful nature* will not exercise lordship over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 6:15-20
What then? Shall we sin occasionally, because we are not under law but under grace? Away with the thought. Do you not know that to whom you put yourselves at the disposal of as slaves resulting in obedience, slaves you are to whom you render habitual obedience, whether slaves of the sinful nature* resulting in death, or obedient slaves [of Christ] resulting in righteousness? But God*** be thanked, that [whereas] you were slaves of the evil nature*, you obeyed out from the heart as a source a type of teaching into which you were handed over. And having been set free once for all from the sinful nature*, you were constituted slaves to righteousness. I am using the illustration drawn from human affairs because of the frailties of your humanity. For just as you placed your members as slaves at the disposal of uncleanness and lawlessness resulting in lawlessness, thus now place your members as slaves at the disposal of righteousness resulting in holiness. For, when you were slaves of the sinful nature*, you were those who were free with respect to righteousness.
Romans 6:21-23
Therefore, what fruit were you having then, upon the basis of which things now you are ashamed? For the consummation of these things is death. But now, having been set free from the sinful nature* and having been made bondslaves of God***, you are having your fruit resulting in holiness, and the consummation, life eternal. For the subsistence pay which the sinful nature* doles out is death. But the free gift of God*** is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
What is Eternal Life?
John 17:3 - And this is the eternal life, namely, that they might be having an experiential knowledge of You, the only genuine God, and of Him whom you sent on a mission, Jesus Christ.
Question
So, the question is: do you want a Biblical experience with the God the Father and the Son? You have to deal with your sin nature* according to the "teaching to be implemented" found in Romans 6.
Helpful hints...
*The "sin nature" is literally named "the sin" (singular) in the original Greek. However, a "single act of sin" is not in view when referring to "the sin." Throughout Romans 5, 6, and 7 "the sin" is found dozens of times (including all the places above in Romans 6 having a single asterisk). However, in Romans 7 it is more properly labeled "the indwelling in me, sin" by the Apostle Paul. We grace believers commonly refer to "the indwelling in me, sin" or "the sin" to be the "sin nature." Though it is not called the "sin nature" in English translations the concept is there, and calling it the "sin nature" could be helpful. "The indwelling in me, sin," is the propensity to sin, rooted inside every human down Adam's lineage (see Romans 5).
**This is not the old "self." If you go back and closely read Romans 5, you'll see the "old man" still in view is our previous position "in Adam" prior to having been placed into our new position "in Christ."
***God the Father.
- Try to spot "what" the believer is being asked to know.
- Try to spot "what" the believer is being asked to reckon.
- Try to spot "what" the believer is being asked to yield.
- Why? What's the point? What's the "consummation" of all of this?
Romans 6 - The New Testament - An Expanded Translation - Kenneth S. Wuest
Romans 6:1-4
What then shall we say? Shall we habitually sustain an attitude of dependence upon, yieldedness to, and cordiality with the sinful nature* in order that grace may abound? May such a thing never occur. How is it possible for us, such persons as we are, who have been separated once for all from the sinful nature*, any longer to live in its grip? Do you not know that all we who were place in Christ Jesus, in His death were placed? We therefore were entombed with Him through this being placed in His death, in order that in the same manner as there was raised up Christ out from among those who are dead through the glory of the Father, thus also we by means of a new life imparted may order our behavior.
Romans 6:5-10
For in view of the fact that we are those who have become permanently united with Him in respect to the likeness of His death, certainly also we shall be those who as a logical result have become permanently united with Him with respect to the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this experientially, that our old [unregenerate] self** was crucified once for all with Him in order that the physical body [heretofore] dominated by the sinful nature* might be rendered inoperative [in that respect], with the result that no longer are we rendering a slave's habitual obedience to the sinful nature*, for the one who died once for all stands in the position of a permanent relationship of freedom from the sinful nature, Now, in view of the fact that we died once for all with Christ, we believe that we shall also live by means of Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised up from among those who are dead, no longer dies. Death over Him no longer exercises lordship. For the death that He died, He died with respect to our sinful nature* once for all. But the life He lives, He lives with respect to God***.
Romans 6:11-14
Thus, also, as for you, you be constantly counting upon the fact that, on the one hand, you are those who have been separated from the sinful nature*, and, on the other, that you are living ones with respect to God*** in Christ Jesus. Stop therefore allowing the sinful nature* to reign as king in your mortal body with a view to obeying it [the body] in its passionate cravings. Moreover, stop putting your members at the disposal of the sinful nature* as weapons of unrighteousness, but by a once-for-all act and at once, put yourselves at the disposal of God*** as those who are actively alive out of from among the dead, and put your members as weapons of righteousness at the disposal of God***, for [then] the sinful nature* will not exercise lordship over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 6:15-20
What then? Shall we sin occasionally, because we are not under law but under grace? Away with the thought. Do you not know that to whom you put yourselves at the disposal of as slaves resulting in obedience, slaves you are to whom you render habitual obedience, whether slaves of the sinful nature* resulting in death, or obedient slaves [of Christ] resulting in righteousness? But God*** be thanked, that [whereas] you were slaves of the evil nature*, you obeyed out from the heart as a source a type of teaching into which you were handed over. And having been set free once for all from the sinful nature*, you were constituted slaves to righteousness. I am using the illustration drawn from human affairs because of the frailties of your humanity. For just as you placed your members as slaves at the disposal of uncleanness and lawlessness resulting in lawlessness, thus now place your members as slaves at the disposal of righteousness resulting in holiness. For, when you were slaves of the sinful nature*, you were those who were free with respect to righteousness.
Romans 6:21-23
Therefore, what fruit were you having then, upon the basis of which things now you are ashamed? For the consummation of these things is death. But now, having been set free from the sinful nature* and having been made bondslaves of God***, you are having your fruit resulting in holiness, and the consummation, life eternal. For the subsistence pay which the sinful nature* doles out is death. But the free gift of God*** is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
What is Eternal Life?
John 17:3 - And this is the eternal life, namely, that they might be having an experiential knowledge of You, the only genuine God, and of Him whom you sent on a mission, Jesus Christ.
Question
So, the question is: do you want a Biblical experience with the God the Father and the Son? You have to deal with your sin nature* according to the "teaching to be implemented" found in Romans 6.
Helpful hints...
*The "sin nature" is literally named "the sin" (singular) in the original Greek. However, a "single act of sin" is not in view when referring to "the sin." Throughout Romans 5, 6, and 7 "the sin" is found dozens of times (including all the places above in Romans 6 having a single asterisk). However, in Romans 7 it is more properly labeled "the indwelling in me, sin" by the Apostle Paul. We grace believers commonly refer to "the indwelling in me, sin" or "the sin" to be the "sin nature." Though it is not called the "sin nature" in English translations the concept is there, and calling it the "sin nature" could be helpful. "The indwelling in me, sin," is the propensity to sin, rooted inside every human down Adam's lineage (see Romans 5).
**This is not the old "self." If you go back and closely read Romans 5, you'll see the "old man" still in view is our previous position "in Adam" prior to having been placed into our new position "in Christ."
***God the Father.