6:21-23 What does this passage summarise?

The passage summarises the transition from sin to salvation. It sums up our Christian walk entirely: the fruit we produce proves our spiritual state and determines our eternal destiny. So we need to always be clear in our minds about the power of the resurrected Christ within us that enables us to live a victorious, holy life in Christ that glorifies God (CP 7:5-6; 1Jn 2:13-17; Rev 22:11-12).

If it were not possible to overcome evil John would have no occasion to write 1Jn 2:13-17, and neither would Rev 22:11-12 have been recorded for us, but as we have seen throughout this study, Ro 6 teaches us how we are empowered by God to overcome sin through our identification with Christ's death, burial and resurrection, and we either acknowledge our responsibility to God and act on His enabling power through Christ in us to live a victorious, holy life, or we will fail of His grace (CP Ga 2:20-21; He 12:12-15).

Many believers who are drawn away and enticed to sin by their own lusts blame the devil, but God does not. He holds us all personally responsible for everything we do (CP Pr 4:23; Ecc 9:3; Jer 4:1-4; 17:9; 25:5-6; Eze 18:30-32; 33:12-13; Joel 2:12-13; Mk 7:21-23; Lu 6:45; Jas 1:13-16). These scriptures all make it perfectly clear that sin originates with us. We are solely responsible for it thus it is imperative to know the truths of Ro 6 and allow them to direct our Christian walk.

(See comments on all Ro 6 questions, also Ro 3:9, 5:12-14, 7:4, 7:7-23, 8:1-2, 8:3-4; Ga 5:17; Jas 4:5 and 1 Jn 3:6-9 and author's studies Romans 6 - a Study on God's Empowering of Believers through Jesus Christ to Overcome Sin in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 1), The Power of God in Christians to Overcome the Devil,

The Doctrine of Grace and Regeneration and Sanctification Defined in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2), and What being Born Again Means in his book Foundational Truths of the Christian Faith).

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