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Date of Sermon: June 20, 2021
Main Idea: Death in Christ makes it possible to serve God Key Verse: "Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God." Romans 7:4 Bible reading: Outline: I. Death Releases Us From the Law (1-3) A. The Principle (1) B. The Analogy (2-3) 1. Bound to the law of marriage (2a) 2. Released from the law of marriage (2b) 3. Free to belong to another (3) II. Death in Christ Releases us from the Law (4-6) A. Death to the law in Christ's death (4a) B. Resurrected with Christ to belong to him (4b) C. Belonging to Christ, bearing fruit for God (4c) D. Living in the flesh (5a) E. Sinful passions aroused by the law (5b) F. The fruit of Death (5c) G. Death's release (6a) H. Serving in the new way of the Spirit (6b) |