For Trinity 4 we continue reading in Romans 6. Paul continues to anticipate objections to his radical claims about the freedom that we now have in Christ.
To do so, he draws parallels between our old way of life and new life in Christ. Whereas we were slaves to sin, we are now slaves to righteousness. But that parallel breaks down, because the two masters are so different. Slave pays its wage (death), but righteousness offers us the gift of new life in Christ by his grace.
Hidden within this passage is both Paul’s partially realised eschatology—and as a result, repeated reference to us being in a spiritual battle, in which the bodily life we lead offers us weapons of righteousness in the spiritual conflict.
The excellent Grove booklet on A Christian Approach to Sport mentioned half way through can be found here.
The gospel reading is Matthew 10.40–42, in which the disciples are described as the presence of Jesus. The video discussion is here…
and the written commentary is here.
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