Romans: The Gospel for Everyone — Week 14 - Romans 6:5-14

Continuing in Romans 6:5-14, this message presses the implication of dying with Christ: we cannot claim death to our old self while still living in sin. Paul's word for being united with Christ is explored as being grafted in , with John 15's vine-and-branches imagery showing that pruning is part of maturity. The study reframes the Christian life as far more than a relationship—an abiding, mutual indwelling. It distinguishes baptism, done once, from repentance, the daily spiritual U-turn practiced because believers still struggle with sin on this side of heaven. The closing call is consistency: count yourself dead to sin but alive to God , offering every part of yourself as an instrument of righteousness, sustained not by willpower but by reliance on the Holy Spirit.