There is one name that stands above the others, a name that defines us in this world. It is a name we almost never refer to ourselves with. It is the name “slave", slaves of Christ. Isn't it interesting that the dominant word to describe who and what we are is a word we never use. It is the word used in our passage today to answer why sin can no longer be a part of our lives. Turn to Romans 6:15-23.

As a believer in and follower of Jesus, the Scripture teaches that we are freed from sin. Sin has no power over us. I wonder if there is a single believer in here today who feels that way. Romans 6:1-14 describes for us a process of transformation, where what is true about us becomes something we can practically experience.

As a believer in and follower of Jesus, the Scripture teaches that we are freed from sin. Sin has no power over us. I wonder if there is a single believer in here today who feels that way. Romans 6:1-14 describes for us a process of transformation, where what is true about us becomes something we can practically experience.

I fear that sometimes the church has been guilty of taking the fun out of life. It is certainly the view the world has of the church. We have made the word pleasure almost synonymous with sin. God likes pleasure. He gave it to us.

I fear that sometimes the church has been guilty of taking the fun out of life. It is certainly the view the world has of the church. We have made the word pleasure almost synonymous with sin. God likes pleasure. He gave it to us.

The passage we are going to look at today gives us one of the most amazing portraits of God's love there is in the Bible, especially in this genre. It is a discussion of God's love for us. This passage teaches a lot about us, but it is not about us. What it is teaching about us is simply to provide the backdrop for where God displayed His love. We are going to see two things about God's love. First, it is amazingly not self-centered. And second, it is amazingly sacrificial.

The passage we are going to look at today gives us one of the most amazing portraits of God's love there is in the Bible, especially in this genre. It is a discussion of God's love for us. This passage teaches a lot about us, but it is not about us. What it is teaching about us is simply to provide the backdrop for where God displayed His love. We are going to see two things about God's love. First, it is amazingly not self-centered. And second, it is amazingly sacrificial.

Have you ever heard some words that were an overwhelming relief? But maybe words like "you're cured", "you're free", "you passed", "you won", or today, "you got the job". These are words that seemingly save our lives, give us hope, give us a chance, get us off the hook. There is a flood of relief that washes over us. That should be happening as we move through Romans.

Have you ever heard some words that were an overwhelming relief? But maybe words like "you're cured", "you're free", "you passed", "you won", or today, "you got the job". These are words that seemingly save our lives, give us hope, give us a chance, get us off the hook. There is a flood of relief that washes over us. That should be happening as we move through Romans.

The faith you show in getting on a plane is a biblical like faith. That is not how our culture defines faith. Our world sees religious faith as something you do instead of evidence or fact. Science and fact have been juxtaposed with faith as if they were opposites. The biblical concept of faith though is not something you do in the absence of evidence, but in light of the evidence.