Now, all of a sudden, you've yielded yourself to God, and God is the monarch, and God is the ruler.

Verse 17, God be thank.

Whereas you were the servants of sin, you've obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered to you,

and you've been made free from sin and become the servants of righteousness.

You see, you have a new monarch, you have a new Lord, you have a new master.

You know that sin separates you from God, that it's only destructive, and yet sin is still somehow enticing.

So how do you avoid the allure of sin?

John MacArthur is helping you answer those questions, as he shows you why you can know true freedom from sin.

That's the title of John's series, Here on Grace to You.

We are right in the middle of the Apostle Paul's arguments for why Christians can and should lead holy lives.

The first point, we are baptized into Jesus Christ.

The second, we are identified with the death and resurrection of Christ, and now to continue our study right there, here's John MacArthur.

Let's go to the third point and pick it up where we left off last time. This is really interesting.

The third point in Paul's progressive thought is that the body of sin has been destroyed.

Now this really is difficult for some folks, but look at verse 6, very simple.

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed.

That henceforth we should not serve sin for he that is dead is freed from sin.

Three facts in verse 6, marvelous things.

Fact number one, our old man is crucified with him.

Second fact, now that the old man is crucified, it says that the body of sin might be destroyed.

Now Paul conceives of sin as associated to the body.

I mean, it's obvious.

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