Raised Into a Brand New Life Through the Gospel of Christ

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We are actually continuing our Gospel Explain series and we

are already at our week nine. Imagine that for nine

weeks we have been studying the Word of God. We've

been studying Romance, and we have been studying how Paul

is unpacking what it is to really understand the gospel.

You know, a lot of us might be saying a

gospel Alampon. I've heard that it's been shared to me.

But it's very important for us to slowly unpack it

why so that we will be a able to live

out the right gospel. You know, last week I shared

the Word last week and one of the things, or

one of the main points that I shared was this

that God chose you. God chose you, and that's why

he has forgiven you. God chose you because he loves

you so much. He has actually forgiven you for the

things that you have done in the past, and so

he has given us a clean slate. The Bible says

He has made your sins as far as the East

Avenue is from the West avenue, Macabil and Duluja, and

it's very far from each other. But the question some

of us are still thinking about today. You may be

a new believer, or you may be a believer for decades. Now,

the question that we ask is, Lord Bagnon, I've been

reading my Bible. I've been faithful. Lord. I actually attend

all the services, the online services. I make time to

have my devotion, I attend the victory group. But why

is it that there's this one sin that I feel

like I don't have power to overcome. Why is it

that there's this one sin that I can't break free from?

Why is it that there's this one sin that always

pops out when there's a new season in my life?

Why is it there's just one sin that I can't

I can't get free off. Lord, You've forgiven me for that,

but why is it still there? Why is it still

bothering me? You know, this is a concern of the

church before, during the time of fall, but it is

I believe a church. I believe we are still going

through today. You know, this pandemic actually allowed us to

see your old sinfulness, not in some of you and

I myself, No, I realized when I was locked in

there were hints of the old mean share because I

might lose what I have. But you know what, this

pandemic not only has brought out the old sinfulness of

our past, but it actually birth new ones. Nona, you know,

I believe God wants to encourage you today as we

unpack Romance chapter six, and Paul actually starts with this

Romans chapter six, verse one. He says, well, then should

we keep on sinning so that God can show us

more and more of his wonderful grace? And that is

the question. And so if God is merciful, if God

is loving, if God has forgiven me of all my sins,

you know, God shows you even at your worst, the

Bible says, and so he will just forgive me. You know,

some of us might think that way, We would rationalize

it and say, bahaa man, I need to live out

my life with this one thing. Bahanaman. It's there forever

that I can no longer overcome. Maybe the Gospel is

tell me that what is important is really a place

for me in heaven with Jesus. But you know what,

the Gospel is more than that. And I believe that

as we go through the next verses, as we go

through one to twelve, today, I believe God will set

captives free. I believe God will allow us to see

what it really means. Verse two, it says, of course not.

It was a very straight answer of Paul, Hello, why

would you think that way? You know, I've been married

for eleven years. We celebrated our anniversary yesterday. And one

of the things that I came to a conclusion with

when I was having our date known like date comny

pansa bahhi like take out lahame. You know, I realized

my wife has grown to be more patient. My wife

has grown to be more understanding and loving for the

past eleven years. But do I actually abuse that? Do

I say to myself and so I can do wrong things?

Because why she will forgive me? You know, we do

not respond that way as people of God. We actually

want to be better ourselves. We want to actually respond

in why because we have received so much and that's

why Paul is saying, of course not. You should not

continue the life of sin. He says, since we have

died to sin, and how can we continue to live

in sin? What Paul is saying is that the issue

that you went through before, Remember I saved you, Saben

the Lord say, oh, the issue that almost broke your marriage,

the issue that almost made you bankrupt because of Casino,

that issue of being unfaithful to your wife. Remember it

was not worth it. You remember you went to me.

And so God is saying, why would you want to

continue to do live life like that? So very excited

going on, I'm eating my words, and so allow me

to unpack this word of God today. You know, Paul

wants us to know a lot of things today. He

starts with verse three. It says in the ESV version,

do you not know?

What?

Does that mean? It's very important for us to know why,

because knowing is half the battle. If you remember that

cartoons type in your chat box what that is, Knowing

is half the battle. If we don't know what it is,

we won't be able to respond right. And so for Paul,

he starts with, we need to know. You know, there

are three people that are tuned in right now. One

is they think they know, the other is they really

don't know, and the other one is they have forgotten.

We all are part of these three segments. And I

believe this word is timely for you. Say that with me.

Wherever you are, You may lie down in your couch,

you may actually cooking dinner right now, just say that

this word is for me today. As we continue, it

says you need to know that all of us have

been baptized into Christ. Jesus were baptized in his death.

What does that mean? Paul was actually just saying that

we are already dead to sin and alive in Christ.

We're actually going to talk about this for the next

few minutes. What does it really mean to be dead

to sin and alive in Christ. We need to know

this as people of God because it will determine how

we'll live our lives. So what does it mean? Verse four,

he says, for we died and we were buried. You know,

a person who is dead needs to be buried. You

can't be buried if you are alive. And what do

we see? And when something is dead, that may be

a plant, that may be a person, that may be

whatever that is what do we see. You know, it's lifeless.

It does not respond when you talk to it. It

won't respond. Why it's dead already. And that's why Paul

was saying that we need to bury the dead. It's

not responding anymore. You know. Going through this, studying, this

preaching all throughout this week, I actually was praying, Lord,

how do I actually preach this? And God reminded me

of my old self that I would say to you

that my dead self, the dead francis the dead to sin.

You know, I went back memory lane and this is

what I realized. Lord, Wow, I couldn't imagine living that

life until today. It gives me the goose bumps now,

and I'm thankful for it because those things that I

never want to remember, those things that haunted me in

my lives, are already dead. The Bible says it was buried, buried,

It says buried with Christ. By baptism. Paul now actually

talks about baptism. What is baptism. It's actually immersion when

when on the Baptist baptized Jesus and Binaptaiza are you

would actually rise? But the baptism that Paul was talking

about was the life of Jesus and the death of Jesus,

and that he actually rose again. I remember when I

was in Macau Cominilla, Tim and our team went to

Macau for ten days. We were able and privileged to

witness and actually baptize the new people who were part

of victory Macau. And one of them I still remember

his name is names Jiggy big guy. He's a I

think around six to one. And guess what we were

actually baptizing him in a baptub in our hotels. And

so when Jiggy went in and said, pastor Baha in

the Omalubug and late Alabast would go Baha me my

e one me my ew and Acelana in Dina who goes,

you know, bad water. Baptism is an internal reality of

what crisis is done. It's a public generation. But when

we receive and accept and know the story of Christ,

what we're saying is that we identify with him, we

are part of him. And that's why when he was submerged,

when he was baptized, he was actually once again raised

from the dead, it says, and just Christ was raised

from the dead by the glorious power of the Father

now we also may live new lives. Very important to

know today. What does it mean to be dead to

sin and alive in Christ? It's this that God has

given us new life. We have new life in Jesus.

Say that with me wherever you are, new life in Christ.

Why is that very important? You know a lot of

people when they go to God, when they accept God,

the invitation of God, what would they do. They would

want the forgiveness, Lord, forgive me, I want to free

me from this, and so they would receive Christ just

like an altar call. But what happens. They just want

the forgiveness, but they continue with the old life. They

just want the forgiveness of God, but they don't embrace

the new life. One of the stories that I've always

share is one of our Victory Weekends where there was

this girl in Green Hills way back who actually was

excited to get baptized. But at the same time, as

soon as she was submerged, nonilu blum a too big

a maya. We would raise her, you know, we would

tell them, you know, let this is a celebration, so

you have to actually declare, shout freedom, I'm free. And

everyone was celebrating but this one particular woman, as soon

as she was actually raised a picture of being raised

with Christ, she actually cried, cried, and you would see

in her face that it was not a crime. It

was not tears of joy, but there was sadness. There

was sorrow, and she was going through a hard time.

We were concerned, and so one of the victory group leaders,

her victory group leader, actually talked to her, ministered to her,

and we learned this. She was so sad, she was crying.

You know why. You want to know why? Thank you

for the three people that said why. It's because she

knew that as soon as she was raised from that water,

it was also a signal to start a new life.

It was for her to decide to leave the relationship

that she was in. It was a wrong relationship that

she had to leave. It was a wrong relationship that

she had to break free from. You know what, only

through a new life that comes from Jesus that we

can live lives away from our pasts. Amen. Not only

that verse six, it says we now, yeah, and Manipabasa,

we know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ,

so that sin get this. Paul says, lose its power

in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.

Sin might lose its power in our lives. You know,

to be slaves is to be powerless. To be slaves

is to be overpowered by the master. And so the

question is who is the master? In our past it

was Sin? But you know what, Jesus turned off that switch.

Jesus killed the power that no matter how high the

voltage of sin, there is that how much how you

are controlled by sin, the vaccina moga. You know what,

God killed that power. He turned it off. One of

the things that I've experienced during this pandemic was actually

to change the battery of our car. And so what

happened months before the pandemic, we were able to engine

wash our car and so it's really clean. Soplin is

in love. It's just having a men. Know, when Indian

bug starts a big behin Indian battery. I popped the

hood and I saw it was very clean. It was

it actually I felt like it was new. But you know,

when I called Moto light and when they got there,

this is what he said, sir, put in battery klana,

not in balatan. So Indian putting and jumps start Cri Lana.

It's dead. You know, it has no power. It actually

won't allow your car to move forward. It actually ough't

allow your car to turn on. There, it won't allow

you to do anything. Why because it's dead. The battery

is dead. Why am I saying this? You know, the

battery actually looks like it had power, but the reality

is it didn't have any It's just that baggage that

it's there. It's useless already. And so what am I saying?

You know what? Sin has lost it power? And this

is a very powerful moment. If you're at home, if

you're with someone, say this with me. Sin has lost

its power over my life. I want you to declare

that once again, Sin has lost its power in my life.

You know, when you compare the two batteries, the new

one and the old one, it was the same model.

You know, you would look at it and you feel

like oho. But you know what, God has turned off

the power of the enemy. God removed the power from them.

Why is that very important? I want to show you

a picture of the cross. Do you see that? You

know this cross actually has sins that are nailed on

the cross. And this is what Christ not did. If

you are able to read those sins, whatever has been

a struggle in your life, you know, the enemy is

actually sharing to you that it's not actually crucified. As

if it is, it still has power, but really it

does not. There is no power in those sins anymore.

Why it's been nailed on the cross, it's stuck there,

it's been buried, it's been wiped out clean. Sin has

no more power in your life. Again, sin has no

more power in your life. You know, when it tells

you to do things and you listen to it, it

actually doesn't have any power. The question is are you

still listening to that voice? As you continue verse seven,

it says, for when we died with Christ, we were

set free from the power of sin, not only sin, powerless,

what else? Because power? Paul says, we are set free.

You know, slaves, when they are free, they can do

anything they want. But some of you might say, lemon

bro the most sabini. You know, the devil made me

do it. Hello, why are you doing it? It has

no power over you. You know I learned this. No,

just like what I've been preaching today, we need to

know this. Why because if we don't know. We don't

know what to do best example, And I love sharing

this testimony because this is my personal testimony. You know,

I've been a believer for quite some time. But there

was this one sin I was talking about a while ago.

There's this one sin that actually I kept it from

everyone Lata. I actually did it while nobody's there, so

that nobody will get hurt. Alamna man Lord beginning as

having to okuru diba. That's how I rationalized it. I

was actually addicted to smoking. I smoked a lot, as

in soul Brah, I smoke three packs a day of

the tents no, and I was so consumed by it,

but that even though I wanted to quit, I couldn't.

I would always say, yohana sah, you got turned them by.

But taanato, it's gonna kill me, you know, said this

afternoon as you have done diriching. You know, I was

addicted to it. I could not get free from it,

even though it was not good for me. Imagine that.

But you know, when I learned that there's freedom in Christ,

I learned that it is not by my might that

I can win this battle from this addiction, but only

through Christ. When I learned that it was Christ's battle

for me. When I learned that I needed to be still,

when I learned that I needed to surrender it to God.

You know what happened, miraculously when I prayed to God.

The next day, there's no craving. Otoma practically stopped. I

was not. I didn't experience being a cold turkey, a

hot turkey, a lempo whatever. I was free from it.

And guess what I actually the next day, I actually

developed an allergy when I smell smoke. Imagine that from

being in bondage to smoking to being free. You know,

sin has no more power in our lives. We need

to know this. Sin has no more power. And you

have been set free. We have been set free by Christ.

You know. The problem is some of you have been

set free, but you feel like you're still in that cage.

Some of you are set free already, but you feel

like Indiannam and Telegray. You know what God is reminding

you today. You need to know this, that you have

been set free. And so if the enemy is telling you,

turn off that preaching now. Macgjosi, you know what that's

a lie. You know whenever you hear these words India.

But I need to carry this sin, but I just

need to hide it forever. You know what, that's a

lie and it's not you talking. It's the enemy deceiving

you and lying to you. Why And that's why it's

very important if you can actually save you know. One

of the powerful verses that I hold on to is

this found in James Practical Faith. James four, verse seven

says submit yourselves therefore to God. We go back to

God and say, Lord dicto. Just like my story and

how I got I broke free from that addiction. And

the important part is this, resist the devil, Resist the devil. Devil, Oh,

my Lord, forgive me, resist the devil life. Oh, thank

you Lord. Na going back to the spirit. They need

this STRUCTI on a calaban. His name is devil, indeed devil.

Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Isn't

that encouraging that we can actually live our lives away

from the enemy. Resist him and he will flee. He

has no Powerada, no less than I am. As we

continue verse nine, and Paul gives us a proof of

why we need to know this and what is the

most important part that we need to know. Verse nine,

He says, we are sure of this because Christ was

raised from the dead and he will never die again.

That's very important. He did it once. Death has no

longer Death no longer has any power over him. Verse ten.

When he he died, he died once to break the

power of sin. You know, Jesus dying on the cross

was more than enough. He doesn't need to die and

die again. He just needs to defeat it one time.

You know what. We are partakers of that victory, it says,

But now he lives. We live for the glory of God.

He lives for the glory of God. This is a

very important part that we need to know. Paul says,

we need to know this that Jesus has won the victory.

It's very important that he has not only did it

to forgive you, but to give you a free new

life and to free you from sin. And he turned

off the power of sin. John eight, verse thirty. Success.

So if the sun sets you free, you are truly free.

I'm gonna say this, and I hope you get this.

You know, the enemy in calabanat In is one of

the great deceivers. And even though Talon Nasha sore loser Yan,

so he will do his best to distract you, to

get you off your game, so that you will also

lose in life. But you know what, God has already

won the victory. Flee, resist the devil, and he will

flee from you. Amen, it's the devil. Okay, it's not devil,

all right, as you can tinue you. Verse eleven, Paul says,

not only do we need to know? He starts with this,

so you should also consider yourselves to be. What does

that mean? Consider yourselves to be? It's not only knowing,

but also believing. Why Because to know is to have

it here in your mind, but to believe is to

have it here in your heart. The Bible says we

need to consider ourselves as if we are already victorious.

Why because that is the reality. To consider yourselves that

we are no longer in the power of sin. We

have changed power. Who is the master of your life? Now?

It's not sin anymore, it's Jesus. You know. I remember

the story of a Christian no and he actually went

in a one way street pandemic man the money quite

one way milium Basna traffic enforcer answer w w j D.

What would Jesus. Do it's just Christian Sabina brother, yeah,

brother with Saba beatitudes. The boss as a beatitude. Blessed

are the merciful, so that you will also receive mercy.

So sab traffic enforces to mataua tapos mini antik it.

Do you want to know what the traffic enforcers said

to this Christian? You guys want to know. If you

want to know, just type it. I want to know.

I'm gonna tell you this is what he said. The

Bible also says sin no more. You know, the Bible

will tell us that we can live our lives free

from sin. Yes, sin is there in front of us. Yes,

we are not perfect. Yes we will sometimes fall down,

Yes we will. We're not perfect until we meet Christ.

Not But you know what, we can actually live our

lives stop sinning. We can actually have that choice not

to continue to sin. Why because it has no power

over us anymore. We are already free from sin verse twelve.

And before I read this verse and this is our

last text. You know. Not only is Paul saying that

we need to know that we are already dead to

sin and alive in Christ. He says we need to

believe that we are dead to sin and alive in Christ.

And that's why, just like my story a while ago,

Verse twelve actually summarizes this, we need to live it out.

Do not let sin control the way you live. The

Bible says, do not give in to sinful desires. So

the question is what are we doing with our lives.

Are we accepting defeat or are we believing in declarin

that we have won the battle over sin? The Bible

says we are already a new creation. The question is

how do we respond? How do we live it out?

I like this verse and I always share this to

the guys. And I'm talking to the guys, the single

or married guys. You know, I know you may not

say it, you may not share it, but there is

always that temptation in the battle of purity. And I

want you to keep this verse in heart. I want

you to keep this Bible verse near you so that

you can declare it when you are in that situation

where you and there is temptation coming near you. It

tells Psalms one one nine, verse nine, how can a

young person keep his life pure? He can do it

by holding on to your word. We can actually live

our lives pure when we hold on to the word

of God. When we continue to meditate on the word

of God. You know, I just need to get my

Bible to just make a point. I'll be back in

your screen, okay, and I'm back. You know D. L.

Moody said this. You know this Bible will actually stop

you from sinning. I'm going to say that again. You

know this Bible will stop you from sinning. But you

know what the reality is, sin will also stop you

to read this Bible. We need to live our lives

in meditating in the world because this word of God

is a lamp to our feet that guides us, It

directs us, It allows us to be free from temptations.

The Bible says, God will give us an escape from

the trials that we will go through. You have to

remember this, and I'm going to end with this where

we started. We are already what dead to sin and

alive in Christ. Not only do we need to remind

ourselves to know, we also need to remind ourselves to believe,

and we need to live it out. I'm gonna say

that again. We need to know that we are already

dead to sin in alive in Christ. We need to

believe it that we are already dead to sin in

alive in Christ, and we need to live it out,

to live a life that is pleasing with the Lord.

Second Corinthians, chapter five or seventeen says, Therefore, if anyone

is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old

has passed. Behold, the new has come. We're gonna say

that again. Behold the oldest past own and the new

has come. That is who you are in Christ. Amen.

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