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The War Within (Romans 7:21-25)

February 1, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - body, mortal body, Romans, Sanctification

One of my favorite movies is The Lord of the Rings. I watch it every year, usually around Christmas. While most of the characters are appealing, the most psychologically complex and spiritually interesting character in that movie is Gollum. (I think you can make a good argument for Gollum being the unwitting hero of the

Four Entities in Sanctification (Romans 6:12)

November 25, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - body, lusts, Romans, Sanctification

In vv 1-11, Paul had been giving the Romans theological truths about the ramifications of being “immersed” (or “baptized”) into Christ and therefore into His death and life. But up until now he had not given any practical application. Not yet. But armed with the insights about how God regarded them, and how they should

No Longer a Slave to Sin (Romans 6:6c-7)

November 17, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - body, Romans, Sanctification, Sin

You’re a slave. There’s no escaping that fact. The question is—whose slave are you? If you sin, then you’re a slave to it. That’s what Jesus taught: Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin” (John 8:34). The addict knows this. But I think that, at

Doing Away with the Body of Sin (Romans 6:6b)

November 15, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - body, Romans, Sanctification

Why shouldn’t Christians continue in sin? For Paul, the answer, in part, is because your old man was crucified with Christ. And God did that to your old man for a reason— knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should