ROMANS Study Guide

been given by Christ…it is like knowing we have $50 in our

pocket which then allows us to “act” like we have the much

money in our pocket.

2) Revelation causes us to “see” what we have in Christ and

reckoning causes us to “step out” on what we have in Christ .

We now let what we know we have determined how we will

act in our daily life.

3) Reckoning does not replace Revelation… you must “see” before

you can act. If you are working from someone else’s

revelation, it is no good. It must be real to you to raise your

faith.

b. Reckoning that I am “dead to sin” means that I step out in bold

resistance to what is tempting me or attacking me. And on the

positive side “I have been resurrected in Christ to walk in a new

life”. I can step out into the impossible, into full obedience of the

beatitudes (Matt.5) and reflect the fruits of the Spirit (Gal.5:22).

3. Presenting (yielding) : Rom.6:13, 16-17

a. Presenting means to choose (continually) who I yield my body and mind

to as servant to serve.

1) Every day I must fight this battle…in moments of temptat ion

and testing… who will I present myself to?… because who I

present myself to has the power over me whether for evil or for

righteousness.

2) This presenting can be a long-term process of fighting a strong

temptation or attack on my faith. It may require much

endurance through discouragement, crushing disappointments

or temptations associated with success, etc. There has to be a

building of consistent trust and faith in what God is revealing to

us. Some believers grow weary and “throw the towel in” and

give up the fight.