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2. Eph 2:8-9 (RSV) "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your
own doing, it is the gift of God-- 9not because of works, lest any man should boast."
3. Eph 2:5 (RSV) "even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together
with Christ (by grace you have been saved)," Even our faith is a gift of God!
4. John 3:3 (RSV) "Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.""
5. Rom 5:1 (RSV) "Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
6. Rom 5:18-19 (RSV) "Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one
man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. 19For as by one man's
disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made
righteous."
III. The Cross
A. First Half of the Gospel - Jesus shed His blood
1. Blood side of the cross - Jesus shed His blood for our forgiveness
All sins forgiven for all time - Past, Present and Future
Justified before God
In right standing
Did not remove our sin nature!!
B. Rest of the Gospel - Jesus died, we died
1. Body side of the cross of Christ
2. Jesus did not just shed His blood; His body died.
3. We died with him!
Rom 6:3-7 (RSV) "Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into [immersed
into**] Christ Jesus were baptized into [immersed into**] his death? 4We were buried
therefore with him by baptism into [being placed into His**] death, so that as Christ was
raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5For
if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him
in a resurrection like his. 6We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the
sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. 7For he who
has died is freed from sin."
4. Sin Nature destroyed - the sin nature we inherited from Adam.
5. Immersed in Jesus, He died, we died
Water baptism a picture of what happened spiritually to us
Water baptism represents physically what the Holy Spirit did spiritually - put us in Christ
Baptized into the body of Christ spiritually
1Cor 12:13 (RSV) "For by one Spirit we were all baptized [immersed**] into one
body [not in water but in the body of Christ**] -- Jews or Greeks, slaves or free -- and
all were made to drink of one Spirit."
6. The “old man” or “old self” of Romans 6:6 (the sin nature of Adam) died when Jesus
died
own doing, it is the gift of God-- 9not because of works, lest any man should boast."
3. Eph 2:5 (RSV) "even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together
with Christ (by grace you have been saved)," Even our faith is a gift of God!
4. John 3:3 (RSV) "Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.""
5. Rom 5:1 (RSV) "Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
6. Rom 5:18-19 (RSV) "Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one
man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. 19For as by one man's
disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made
righteous."
III. The Cross
A. First Half of the Gospel - Jesus shed His blood
1. Blood side of the cross - Jesus shed His blood for our forgiveness
All sins forgiven for all time - Past, Present and Future
Justified before God
In right standing
Did not remove our sin nature!!
B. Rest of the Gospel - Jesus died, we died
1. Body side of the cross of Christ
2. Jesus did not just shed His blood; His body died.
3. We died with him!
Rom 6:3-7 (RSV) "Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into [immersed
into**] Christ Jesus were baptized into [immersed into**] his death? 4We were buried
therefore with him by baptism into [being placed into His**] death, so that as Christ was
raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5For
if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him
in a resurrection like his. 6We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the
sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. 7For he who
has died is freed from sin."
4. Sin Nature destroyed - the sin nature we inherited from Adam.
5. Immersed in Jesus, He died, we died
Water baptism a picture of what happened spiritually to us
Water baptism represents physically what the Holy Spirit did spiritually - put us in Christ
Baptized into the body of Christ spiritually
1Cor 12:13 (RSV) "For by one Spirit we were all baptized [immersed**] into one
body [not in water but in the body of Christ**] -- Jews or Greeks, slaves or free -- and
all were made to drink of one Spirit."
6. The “old man” or “old self” of Romans 6:6 (the sin nature of Adam) died when Jesus
died
