Over the past few Sunday’s we have been investigating some of the peculiar ways that Scripture speaks of our new identity in Christ, particularly as found in Paul’s letter to the Romans. We’ve labeled these as the ‘odd paradoxes’ of our identity in Christ, the new identity we share by virtue of our union by faith to our Savior.

Of course, in the technical sense, they are not true paradoxes at all since they are not contradictions.  They only appear to be in logical conflict with one another.  But they do challenge us to think very hard, and prayerfully, about the glories of the eternal salvation that has been won for us by Christ.

So far we’ve discovered that, in Christ, we are:

Gentiles and Jews–Romans 2:28-29

alive and crucified–Romans 6:4

This Lord’s Day, we will consider a third curious claim about our identity based upon Romans 6:16-20.  In this passage, the Apostle Paul explains that, in Christ, we are simultaneously free and enslaved.

In order to prepare for our message, take some time to read carefully the full context of this passage, which is Romans 6:5-23.