Christian Life Class Notes

May 17, 2026

CHRISTIAN LIFE – LESSON 8

Imputation & Sin Nature Part 2

1. The Christian’s Mental Activity

   1. A summary of the problem with the sin nature – Rom 7:21-8:4

   2. The importance of the Christian’s frame of mind

      1. Col 3:1,2

      2. Rom 8:5-7

   3. The relevance of imputation

      1. Mentioned in Romans 6

      2. Explained in Romans 4:17

      3. Details given in Col 3:1,2 and Rom 8:5-7

      4. The potential effects of adopting God’s view of us

         1. Eph 4:22-24

         2. Gal 6:15

         3. Col 3:9-11

         4. John 15:4

2. The Christian’s Defense Against the Sin Nature (Romans 6)

   1. The imputed situation – 6:1-5

      1. Dead to the sin nature

         1. Rom 6:2,3

         2. Rom 7:4

      2. Immersed into that death at salvation

         1. 1 Cor 12:12,13

         2. Gal 3:27,28

      3. Raised with Christ

         1. Rom 6:4,5,8,11,13

         2. Eph 2:5,6

         3. Col 2:12-14; 3:1

   2. The known freedom from the sin nature – Rom 6:6-10

   3. The reckoned death and life

      1. How you handle the information – Rom 6:11

      2. The expected effect of doing this – Rom 6:12

   4. The yielding to God

      1. Stop yielding to the sin nature – Rom 6:13a

      2. Yield to God as alive from the dead – Rom 6:13b

      3. The effect on our relationship to law – Rom 6:14

   5. The necessity to yield to one or the other

      1. Rom 6:15-23

      2. Gal 5:16,24

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