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2 Scripture: Romans 6:1-1 4 THE LIFE THAT WINS ~ /,,,,. Q 7 a.li-.::---- Intro: PERSUADED THAT HER ONLY SOLUTION WAS SUICIDE, A YOUNG ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER EDGED HER WAY OUT ON A LEDGE OVER 200 FEET IN THE AIR. CANNON THEODORE MILFORD, A MINISTER, WAS ABLE TO GET WITHIN TALKING DISTANCE OF HER. FOR ONE HOUR HE PLEAD WITH ALL OF HIS PERSUASIVE POWERS, TRYING TO GET THE YOUNG GIRL TO RETREAT FROM THE LEDGE--BUT, AT LAST, THE YOUNG GIRL JUMPED! I DO NOT DOUBT THAT THEODORE MILFORD DID HIS BEST, PERHAPS BETTER THAN MOST OF US COULD DO. YET, A H AUNTING QUESTION KEEPS RETURNING TO MY MIND. AND I ASK IT OF YOU. "WHAT IF YOU HAD BEEN TALKING TO THAT GIRL ON THE LEDGE? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE SAID TO HER, OVER 200 FEET IN TH E AIR? II COULD YOU HAVE LOOKED WITHIN YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE AND SAID, "THIS IS THE LIFE THAT WINS - THIS IS THE KIND OF LIFE THAT FINDS VICTORY?" THAT YOU HAVE AN ANSWER IS MOST IMPORTANT. FOR SOMEDAY YOU MAY BE THE ONE IN THE SECRETARY': PLACE--PERHAPS NOT ON A LEDGE OF STONE--BUT ON THE LEDGE OF A MORAL, SPIRITUAL OR EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN. AND IN THAT HOUR YOUR ONLY SALVATIO WILL BE THE KNOWLED9iE THAT YOU ARE LIVING 1 'rhe LIFE THAT WINS :,,. )_, "" :... l t. 1,,,. 1 The Life That Wins: I. BEGINS BY FACING A PROBING QUESTION - -VS 1 f o<c.:j:: u,,- e-vt "?-,./_.;..c;(_<'~,.;,. -/It, /~ r/f~ S:.J.' - ls. This i s a question you must squarely face: "Are you going t o continue in sin or are you going to make a clean break with sin? "7 What are you going t~?,o _~b.out it~ 9 ;11y _w_he!1_ yo~ re c ~u:age~_us enough

3 to face this que::::tion hone stly and to answer it candidly will you ever attain "the life that wins!" Yours will be a life of defeat and dismay until you come t o this point of integrity in your Christian life. 1. Which Unmasks the Sincerity of YourReligion --vs. la - -Exegesis: Paul asks the Christians at Rome if they are in dead earnest about their faith o He wants to know what their decision is for he wants to know the sincerity of their religion. --Apply: You have played "hide-and-seek" long enough with your religion. Place all pretense aside and ask, "Am I or am I not sincere about the matter of Christian living?" "Do I really want to do anything about it?" "Or am I content to sit upon the rock of salvation and dangle my feet in the wa tep of sin? " 2. Which Reveals Your Concept of God's Grace --vs. la & b --Exegesis: This question is occasioned by what Paul had just previously said in Roman.s 5:20b "But where sin " Paul is saying, "No Matter how much sin there might be committed, there is always an unlimited resource of grace to cover the sm.. ~ A wrong concept o f grace concludes, "Let us continue to sin in order that God's grace ~,,, may have opportunity to continue to abound. (1) That may be that of "ch~ap gra c e " --ILLUS: "So what? I know I am not perfect. Who Is? After all God will pick up the tab. " i.e. Like a delinquent wealthy teenager who knows ahead that Dad will pay the fines, pressure those who enforce the law, and in general "take care of things," no matter what he does. (2) That.may i mpart false secu_rity --ILLUS: "We are saved by grace through faith and that not of ourselves!" "It's all of God and nothing is required of me--i can

4 live as I please--god's grace is s ifficient!" - -Apply: The reason there are so many "mean Baptists" is that so many have a wrong concept of God's Grace. They have no intention of straightening up their lives and a ltering their pattern. GR,"tC RfQ1111U'i- 'f?el'f/vfa'1<e 3 II. REQUIRES AN UNDERSTANDING OF) THE MECHANICS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE --vss 2-10 I --Exegesis: One must understand what a Christian life s.,, how it came about a nd how it rate s before he c a n live it. --ILLUS: Stanley Collins dn T ULSA, 1%;-~ and 98 Olds at turnpike gate. All the mechanisms were there, but he had no understanding of them and thus failed to benefit from them. --Apply: The r eason so many Christians are not getting consistent victory ov., in s f ot tha..t they do not <> p,vr,. G -r r; v1}'.a_... ':I:- ~ to live the 1fe that w ins. They just do not have an adequate understanding of the mechanics of the Christia n life. --It ~&_Life: 1. Which Has Experienced a Separation - -vss. 2,'fe.nd - Lt.S,.,,_ --Exegesis: "Dead to sin1 11 De a t h is not extinction --but s eparation. We have not experienced,"extinction " in relation to sin but we have experienced "separation. " Physical death is separ~rion of soul and body. Here it refers to separation of the believer from t he power of our s inful nature. (1) From sin I s domination \IV ~_\'V\. - ~ 2 Paul asserts that a Christian ' s continuance in ha bitua l sin is an impossibility it

5 on ground that the nature which before salvation made us sin habitually, has had its power broken. We have been separated from sin 1 s domination and to UvP. llnder it again is a mechanical impossibilief. (2) ~ the soul 1 s emancipation --vss. 6-7 (esp. 6b & 7) --Exegesis: = that which is antiquated, beloi ina to a ~ orld f has been - to some CR ~ Wl. - ~ f:s, if. forme civ11iza 10n -Qyel:l 11 = "to render idle or inoperative, to put out of commission." =ve::~" = from the verb whose stem is the same as the noun "bond slave" --"habitual slavery to something." --Apply: Thus the Christian life is a life that God has emancipated from slavery to sin. You re free-.-so live like a free man! You have the right to live the life that wins!~ S-L..u-c..., 2. Of Identification (With Christ) Re"f..vc-,..n<I/ c;,,.,...; --vs. S (1) In His death --vs. Sa "likeness" speaks of our identification with Christ. --E~e,gesis: _ :t is not the cortditional particle of an unfulfilled condition. It is a fulfillea condition, meaning, '!in v;iew of the fact have been planted speaks of an intimate 11 union and personal identification. Verb is nerfect tense-an action completed in time past and having present results. (2) In His resurrection --vs. Sb "we shall be" a future of logical result. --Apply~: ti yco now walk in' the energy of a new life principle surging through )'a~~eing, ~!:!: ~;:: 1 7:::;;; ;::~t;:': 1~el~~~f~~:nen identified with a Winner. So live like a member of a winnino team! 'f

6 Implanted within the Christian is a new nature for he is made a partaker of the divine nature of Jesus Christ. (1) Of a new "heart"., 'llrl --vs. 3 ~ IF;J/S~Kst>I f %J.':,///inr" --Exegesis: 'this is a.s.i ipematm:a l,. "baptism" which took place the moment the believer placed his faith in Christ and resulted in the implantation of a new heart in the believer. -, ILLUS: This is a divine "heart transplant." Although we hear a great deal about the possibility of the body's rejecting the new heart, there is no possibility of our old body of sin rejecting this "new heart" --for the "new heart" rejects the old body ("man") (see 6a) a :L,4- --ILLUS: ~ heart pa.µ.pg!l~ho received a transplant from an ekial-rom"a donor. It was the first time in medical history that a heart rejected the body. (2) Of a new power --vs. 4!/i-~ raised up " = evidence of the Divine power in Christ. s OJ '.... -ILLUS: Thi s new relati on with Christ gives us both the desire and the power to do God I s whl.._,.,.r.-_'j 't i God which worketh in you both t will and t of his good pleasure." (QWjlffl!~Y 0th the power to resolve and the strength to perform His good ple~sure. ") (3) Of a new life

7 I l I,.,.,, I 1/ rvciv"n-e~ d ;,- 1 -fe =._ the new life implanted which is a motivating energy, providing both the desire and power to live "the life that wins." III. IS EXPERIENCED BY FOLLOWING PROPER INSTRUCTIONS --vss J r --ILLUS: (Wuest p. 96 with variations) "In the Cgse of a Christian who does not understand Romans VI, the new spiritual mechanism which he r:eceived when he was '-saved, operates, but not at its highest efficiencv.

8 tlll. ls EXPERIENCED BY FOLLOWING PROPER INSTRUCTIONS ) 1. Which Require an Accurate Calculation --vs. 11 "reckon"= "to count, compute, calculate, take into account." The, operation of your new spiritual mechanism demands a most accurate calculation. - -:ILLUS: If owner s manual says 7 quarts of oil and you add only 4 your calculation is off and you may well lose your engine. If 7 amp fuse and put in 20. If requires premium fuel and put in Conatane calculation off and efficiency down, etc (1) Based on. the fact _that the_power of sin is_ broken --vs. 11 a. (2) Based on the fact of your possession of a divine nature --vs. llb. (no longer depend on self but Christ. "Thru Jesus Christ ") 2. Which Emphasize a Forbidden Continuation --vs ILLUS: At 6,000 miles instructions forbid the continued use of break in,oil. Sustained high speed s first few 100 miles, etc.

9 3. Which Off er a certain Exhortation --vs. 13 (1) That is negative --vs. 13a "Stop habitually putting your memben at the rervice of sin." --Exegesis: "Your members" - your hands, feet tongue, eyes, mind. --Apply: Were your feet-the instruments of righteousness or unrighteousness this past week? Did you use them to take you some place where no Christian ought ever to go? --or the side of some soul in need. Tongue, etc. (2) That is positive --vs. 13b "yield" used twice in this verse both times the tense is different. First time, refers to habitual action; second time, refers to a n act performed once for all.,~ti (]) CON: Verse 14 promises tha we will ce and answer the probing question ~ n n derstanding of the mechanics of the Christian li nd faithfully follow the proper instructions, we shall be free from the - dominion of sin and shall~joyfully live "the life that wins." Read vs. 14. "The life that wins" -- it's yours for the taking! I., (( -- ~ L L?>t J a,_,..--;,2..,-1.-t~ 1 tl t 5" I I 'r.,,{ -"' -r.l 7~ -f ~ ~--v\--t,v@? ~:J.a.->

10 The Life That Wins Romans 6: Pew Bible page 978 Sunday, January 21, 2001-A.M. Can you look within your own experience and say, "This is the lift that wins--this is the kind of lift that finds victory?" The Life That Wins: I. Begins by Facing a Probing Question--vs Which Unmasks the Sincerity of Your Religion--vs. 1 a 2. Which Reveals Your Concept of God's Grace--vs.1 a & b ( 1) That may be that of "cheap grace" (2) That may impart false security II. Requires an Understanding of the Mechanics of the Christian Life--vss ,..One must understand what a Christian life is, how it came about and how it operates before he can live it. --It Is a Life: 1. Which Has Experienced a Separation- vs. 2 (1) From sin's domination-vs. 2 (2) For the soul's emancipation--vss. 6-7

11 2. Of Identification (With Christ) (1) In His death- vs. 5a (2) In His resurrection-vs. 5b 3. Which Has Received an Implantation ( 1) Of a new heart" -vs. 3 (2) Of a new power-vs. 4b (3) Of a new life-vss. 4c Ill. Is Experienced by Following Proper lnstructions- vss Accurate Calculation-vs. 11 "reckon" 2. Forbidden Continuation-vs Certain Exhortation-vs. 13 1,rf}!jrlifi 1#111 wilt,,, ij; lf "Jtr15 for l#t ta.iijtgl

12 subject ()rfv,,-is.,., Sv cc. G sj TEXT-~R~am=a-o~s~c~:l~-~l-4. TITLE THE LIFE THAT WINS SCRIPTURE READING E.F ;;z () CLASSIFICATIONr,,i17l x;.. ch~lat 7lt EXPOSITORY ---BIOGRAPHICAL ---TEXTUAL ---TOPICAL ---DEVOTIONAL DELIVERIES: Date Hour Place First Baptis 2/11/68 onca City, Oklahoma Fi r st Bapt is a.m. San Angelo, Texas 3us. Men's Bible a. m. San A.ngelo, Texas Clas s First -Bapt ist p. m. San Angelo, Tex as FBC 9-] 0-78 p. m. San Angelo, Texas F.B. C p. m. Sa n Ang e lo, Texas F.B.C a. m. San Angelo, TX f: 3.C.. 1-at-01 A.A{. $',N Ai4fdfl, i"j<. Results and Comments: 2 Lette!'.; XXX+ 3 let ter s, l Bapt. XXX+++ XXX+++ XXX+ 2 L 1e (XXX+++ ) 2 L ; ( XXX+++) 1 Red. ;