To show how powerful sin is, Paul describes how hard sin is to battle against.

Paul has said some negative things about the Law of Moses, and so explains that the problem is the way our sin has responded to God's Law. He wants us to understand that the Law is holy, righteous, and good.

All of us were enslaved to sin because we were born under the law and had no righteousness of our own. Through Christ, we are set free from the bondage of our sin and through the power of grace, live holy lives in submission to God. Grace's reward is eternal life and sin offers death.

Through Jesus's sacrifice, we die to ourself and experience new life, and through Jesus's resurrection he redeems us in the next life. Now, we are called to die to self in order to be god's righteousness instruments for his kingdom.

In this message we dig into why those who have died to sin cannot continue living in sin, by showing how we died and rose with Christ. We also explore what exactly Jesus does to free us from sin's power, and how we can experience this in an ongoing way today.

To magnify what Christ has done for us, Paul spells out what Adam's sin did to humanity, and how Jesus saves all who trust him.

Paul explains why the hope of heaven will not put us to shame or disappoint us, and the reason he gives is because God has shown his love for us on the cross.

We have many reasons to rejoice in Jesus; even in our suffering!

Man-made religion tells us to try to earn blessings from God by obedience. But in this passage Paul explains why that is impossible, and why it's only faith that brings God's grace which guarantees his promises to us through Christ.