Romans - Chap 6 The Necessity of Sanctification #6

Continuing on with the NECESSITY OF SANCTIFICATION while borrowing from the outline found in Matthew Henry's Commentary:

Previously:
1. Rom 6:2 We are dead to sin, to sin is a contradiction of our profession.
2. Rom 6:3 Baptized into his death so it is necessary to conform to Christ's death.
3. Rom 6:9-10 Buried with him It is necessary also to conform unto Christ's RESURRECTION
4. Rom 6:14 we have new covenant promises, effectual and mighty, shall we sin against such love and grace.
5. Rom 6:15 to think we have license with such promises of encouragment is to "suck poison from them."

Now:

6. Rom 6:16 Our state is known by that to which we yield obedience

Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Hence such sanctification is necessary to know our true state - it reveals it to be true - without is to claim to separate justification and sanctification and cannot be.

Rom 6:17-21 From our former state -- YE WERE SERVANTS OF SIN[1]

Rom 6:19 - The body is made a drudge of sin - it was voluntarily yielded.[2]

Rom 6:20 Ye were free from righteousness[3]

[1] Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol VI, McDonald Publishing, P. 403.

[2] Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol VI, McDonald Publishing, P. 404.

[3] Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol VI, McDonald Publishing, P. 404.