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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Freedom from the Presence of Sin

Posted by Pastor Pat on December 19, 2008

So…what does it mean to be freed from the presence of sin? First, it would assume we understand to even the smallest degree what impact sin has had on our lives and circumstances. Think of all the trauma and heartache that exists in the world. Think with me of every tear that has been shed from the complete and utter anguish of soul when it is visited by hopelessness and dashed dreams.

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Freedom from the Power of Sin

Posted by Pastor Pat on December 17, 2008

Romans 6: 7 – “for he who has died is freed from sin.”

It is the freedom from the penalty of sin that now affords me freedom from the power of sin. Sin’s authority over a people marked by the cross has been completely removed. Our death to sin has freed us from sin. Sin is no longer to rule over us. Sin once reigned and its reign resulted in death (Rom. 5:21), but sin’s reign has come to an end (Rom. 6:12).

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Freedom from the Penalty of Sin

Posted by Pastor Pat on December 16, 2008

“For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,” Romans 8:3

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