May 18, 2025

"Doing What You Know"

“Doing What You Know”
Romans 6:11-14
Central Idea: To overcome sin, you must agree with what the Bible
says about you and give yourself to the true King.
I. What we need to know (3-10)
To overcome sin in our daily life, we need to know the truth that…
• we are united with Christ in baptism.
• we are raised with Christ from the dead.
• being united, with Christ we no longer need to obey our old self.
• we are united with Christ in his complete & final victory over sin & death
II. To overcome, sin you need to ____________ yourself dead to sin
and alive to God (11)
• _________ ______________ given in the book of Romans
“consider” = take into ____________, to ___________ it to be true
• Simply put, it means to _____________ what God says is true
in His Word, is really true in your life.
III. To overcome sin you need to present yourself to the _______ (12-14)
• “Therefore” (12) - truth of 6:1-11 now ________ upon
• “reign” (12) = a king, to _______ as a king (complete authority)
• “Do not let sin be king in your life.”
• “present” (13a) = to present yourself for _____________
• STOP presenting yourself for service to _______.
• “instruments” (13) = “____________”
• Don't let the ______________ get a hold of the arsenal of
your body.
• “present” (13b) = to present yourself for service to God
• Dethrone _______ and enthrone _______.
• Romans 12:1
• We’re ________ to sin. We’re ________ to God.
• Seen in how we _______ our body for His glory, not for sin.
• The encouragement of the ___________ (14)
• Statement of _______: Sin will not master us, because we are
not under law, but under grace.
• If I am trying to use the Law to achieve the righteousness of
God, then I am in huge _____________.
• The Law does not help me in my quest for ________________
• The Law _____________ me before God.
• BUT under grace, I am righteous and from that place of
certainty I can ________________ sin.
Application:
1. This text does not imply that it’s ________, _______, or automatic.
• Knowing, considering and presenting is not the entire
___________ to our sin problem.
• We are in a spiritual ___________.
• It is a necessary ______________.
2. Start _________ doing what is right.