Unyime Akpan - April 14, 2019 - a podcast by NBC Podium

The Believers’ Riches in Christ -Freedom from Sin (2)
What is your most precious possession?
The gift of life is your most precious possession
Don’t Waste it
Don’t Spend it
Invest Your Life
John 10: 10
Jesus said
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I (Jesus) came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

Why did Jesus come?
Who is the thief?
Instruction to the Heart -Reckon (Consider)
Romans 6: 11
Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus

Reckoning is simply believing what God says is true
I am dead to sin
Assistance to the thief are include:
Sin –impatience
Selfish indulgences –food, sleep, alcohol (things)
Memories of past failures
Fear of the future
Identity crisis –a feeling that you are no important and nobody cares?
Freedom from Sinning
Roman 6
The Believer is Dead to Sin & Alive to God
Instruction to the Mind: Know
(Romans 6:1-10)
Instruction to the Heart: Reckon (Count, Consider)
(Romans 6:11)
Instruction to the Will: Yield(Present)
(Romans 6:12-23)
Instruction to the mind -know

Romans 6:1-2
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?

When Jesus died, we died in Him and with Him
When Jesus was buried, our old life was buried in Him and with Him
When Jesus arose, we arose with Him in newness of life
We are in Christ and we have a new relationship to sin
We are freed from the power of sin
Therefore we have the privilege of living in victory over sin.
Instruction to the Will: Yield (Present)
Romans 6: 12-14
Sin comes in as a guest and then becomes a friend.
Then the friend becomes a servant and
Then the servant becomes a master
What we should Yield (Present)
…….but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God

A living sacrifice (one who is alive from the dead)
Jesus
Isaac
Living sacrifice
Jesus Christ in heaven with a glorified body
Only work of man in heaven are his wounds
Isaac yielded and willingly put himself on the altar
Isaac died and was (in a type) raised from the dead.
What we should Yield (Present
Romans 12:1
Our bodies
Presenting our body seems ordinary but is also the most important spiritual act

What is worship?
Where do you worship?
When do you worship?
How do you worship?

Woman at the well
Christ –redemption
Church –proclamation of the good news
Our bodies are to be the temple of God
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Our bodies are the tools for God

God can use your hand/fingers
God can use your mouth
God can use your feet
God can use your eyes
God can use your ears
The Good Samaritan
Take care of your body
Gas tank
What we should Present
Our mind
Romans 12
Why?
Because the mind controls the body
What you think about is what you do
Proverbs 23:7
Our will
Romans 12:2
Know
Sin enslaves
Jesus has set us free

Reckon
You are dead to sin and alive to God
What God says in His word is true for you

Yield (Present)
Your body
Your mind
Your will
Your heart to God
Daily

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