The Roman's Road Stop #3 – Romans 6:23

delivered by Alan Jones, Kari Jones

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23 New International Version

opsōnion a soldier’s pay or allowance

For the wages of sin is death,
but…

…but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

charisma grace or favor

A GREAT GIFT…

  1. Has to be freely given
  2. Is something extravagant
  3. Has something of the receiver in it.
  4. Has part of the giver in it

Eternal Life – more than just life after death, a life that extends forever into the future

WAKING UP IN HEAVEN
Crystal McVea
https://a.co/d/de3dZpC

 

And while I say God was on my right and I had the sensation of turning to my right toward Him, what I really experienced was the understanding that everything around me was of God. The light, the brightness, the angels, the communication—everything was a creation of God. 
I understood that I was a part of Him, and that’s the moment I truly realized what being a creation of 
God truly means.

There was another sensation—a sensation that I wasn’t just aware of God; I was feeling Him. His radiance wasn’t simply something I could observe; it was something that overwhelmed every sense I had. In heaven we don’t have just five senses; we have a ton of senses. Imagine a sense that allowed us to not only see light, but also to taste it. Imagine another sense that allowed us to touch and feel light. Imagine yet another sense that isn’t taste or touch but some new way to experience something, creating a more amazing and rewarding connection than any of our earthly senses allow.

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:9 (NLT)

The Cost of Disipleship
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
https://a.co/d/7ZlvdLO

Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble; it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him.

Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.

Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: “ye were bought at 
a price,” and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23 (NIV)

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