Help with Being Holy: Bad Slavery, Good Slavery

Romans
Written By Steve Estes

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Romans 6:15-23
July 24, 2022

Sermon Outline

1. Everyone is a slave to either righteousness or sin

  • We tend to think, "I'm my own person"

  • Experience confirms we are slaves

  • Scripture teaches we are slaves

2. In your pre-Christian life, sin was a terrible slave master

  • Slavery to sin led to shame

  • Slavery to sin leads to death

  • Sin inevitably leads to more sin

3. Righteousness is a wonderful slave master

  • Noteworthy contrast between the two slaveries

4. Applications

  • If your life basically ignores God, why would you be confident of eternal life?

  • If righteousness feels like drudgery, you may not be a Christian

  • If you are a slave of God...

Benediction

Revelation 22:3: No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his slaves will serve him. They will see his face.

Revelation 22:21: he grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen.

Steve Estes

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