Contents: Deliverance from the power of indwelling sin by counting the old life dead, and yielding to the new life.

Characters: God, Christ, Paul.

Conclusion: It is an abuse of the grace of God in Christ for the believer to think he can sin because he is justified by faith. We must cease from the acts of sin, denying the fleshly life the scepter over us, and surrender the soul to the conduct and command of the righteous law of God that our members may be instruments of righteousness unto God.

Key Word: Dead to sin, Romans 6:2.

Strong Verses: Romans 6:3; Romans 6:4; Romans 6:6; Romans 6:11; Romans 6:12; Romans 6:13; Romans 6:16; Romans 6:22; Romans 6:23.

Striking Facts: Romans 6:3-6. The manner of Christ's baptism is a figure of the believer's spiritual burial and resurrection. Immersion symbolizes the entrance by the gateway of Christ's death into the domain of His righteousness and resurrection life, and is the expression of the baptized one's faith that God has taken him from among the dead and given him newness of life.

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