Quiet Time in Romans 6
- Filip
- Mar 14, 2022
- 3 min read
EXPAND TO READ: ROMANS 6 (HCSB)
The New Life in Christ
1 What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply? 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life. 5 For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin’s dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, 7 since a person who has died is freed from sin’s claims. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him, 9 because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will not die again. Death no longer rules over Him. 10 For in light of the fact that He died, He died to sin once for all; but in light of the fact that He lives, He lives to God. 11 So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires. 13 And do not offer any parts of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness. 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under law but under grace.
From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not! 16 Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey—either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred to, 18 and having been liberated from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. 19 I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to moral impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from allegiance to righteousness. 21 So what fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now, since you have been liberated from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification—and the end is eternal life! 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
PERSONAL JOURNAL:
SIN (verse 16): Since coming to faith, I have not truly given myself 100% as an obedient slave of righteousness to You, Father. I have my toes dipped at the same time in the pool of sin and the pool of righteousness out of my own selfish desires instead of being obedient to You. Please forgive me for my disobedience, Father. Forgive me for my back-and-forth and my hesitance to be all-in with my obedience towards You. Help to keep me on Your path, Father, so that I no longer allow myself to be a slave to sin any longer. I am too weak to do this alone, so I need Your strength to help me navigate the treacherous seas of this world so that I may be able to always remain on the path You want me to be on, Father.
PROMISE (verses 22-23): The last two verses here are again the best promise I feel You’ve ever made to us. You promise us that Your Son, Jesus, is our sanctification and that He liberates us of all of our sins. You promise that through Him we gain the gift of eternal life. Thank You so much for this undeserving promise that You have already made good on, Father. Jesus is our Lord and Savior and without Him I know for sure I would be lost.
ATTITUDE (verse 16): Here You essentially show us two directions we can have with our attitude of obedience. We can either be obedient to sin or we can be obedient to righteousness. Help me to navigate my way daily towards being obedient to righteousness, Father. I know I struggle with this attitude often, as I do frequently give into my sinful nature. I also know that with You I can take on any challenge in this world. Help me to remember that You are always there with me to help me break free of the chains of sin in this life, Father, so that I am only obedient to righteousness.
COMMAND (verse 12): The command You give here is concerning sin once we’ve accepted Jesus in our lives as our Lord and Savior. You tell us to not let sin reign in our mortal bodies. You tell us to not give into the desires that sin teases us with. Help me to be strong enough to follow this command, Father. I do struggle with this quite a bit, but I know that with You by my side I can resist anything this world wants to put in front of me that I may desire in the moment.
EXAMPLE (verses 11-14): In these verses, You give us such an amazing example of Your love towards us and how we should be living because of the amazing sacrifice You made on our behalf. You tell us that because of Jesus’ death and resurrection that we too die and are resurrected into a new life when we accept Him as our Lord and Savior. That we are no longer bound to live a life ruled by sin, rather we can now live under Your grace through all things. Thank You so much for Your Son and the sacrifice You made for us, Father. Thank You for showing me that I am no longer under judgement of law for my transgressions, but instead I am under Your grace which allows me to feel and embrace Your love instead of my own guilt and remorse in this life. Help me to continue to become a better, more Godly man in this life, Father, so that I may glorify You and Your grace to those around me.
*DAILY NOTE: There’s a lot of conviction towards me about sin and obedience in this chapter. Like I said earlier, I do often like to dip my toes into the pool of sin and the pool of righteousness at the same time, but I never fully submerge myself in the pool of righteousness. I don’t know why I keep trying to hold onto my old self and my old ways, Father. I feel like throughout my faith, I’ve constantly been one to regress to my old self instead of truly embracing the new self You’re turning me into. I’ve seen and reaped from the greatness that You bring into my life, yet for some reason I still find it “easier” at times to simply go back to my old ways. Help me to be better at this in my life, Father, so that I no longer regress. Help me to always remember that the easier path is not always the safest or best route to take in this life and especially in my faith.
EXPAND TO READ: GENERAL NOTE FOR MY QUIET TIMES
I always "sandwich" my quiet time with God in prayer and do it in a location that I will not have any distractions so that I can be focused on my quiet time with God. Do not worry about how short or long your journal entries are for that day's quiet time. Just focus on the actual quiet time and relational conversation with God through the Holy Spirit and His Word. The journaling is an enhancement to your quiet time conversation with God, but also to allow you to reflect on things later as you can look back on your journal entries later when you do the chapters again in the future to see how you have grown. See the FAQ for more detail on how I do my quiet time.
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