The Gospel to Saints

Exchanged Life Counseling applies the message of faith-based sanctification to remedial discipleship and pastoral care. One of the most important passages in the Bible that conveys the message of identification with Christ is Romans chs 6-8. John Van Gelderen of Revival Focus has recently published an excellent exposition of this portion of the Epistle to the Romans. This is from the book’s description:

“Which best describes you: a struggling sinner or a saint reigning in righteousness?
Romans 6–8 is a life-changing portion of Scripture. The sad truth is, many Christians don’t realize it. While Romans 1–5 is the gospel to sinners, showing people the way to salvation in Christ, Romans 6–8 is the gospel to saints, showing believers the way to life in the Spirit.
Just as sinners need the good news of Jesus, so likewise saints need the good news of the Holy Spirit. The gospel to sinners provides freedom from the penalty of sin. The gospel to saints provides freedom from the power of sin. Just as sinners must believe in Jesus, so also saints must believe in the Holy Spirit…” – RevivalFocus.org

This book is now on the GFI certification track reading list. Here are other recommended resources on Romans 6-8.

Romans Verse by Verse, by William R. Newell
https://ccel.org/ccel/newell/romans

The Gospel For the Believer (Exposition of Romans 5-8), by Robert Jones
https://gracenotebook.com/the-gospel-for-the-believer-exposition-of-romans-5-8-chapter-1/
[4 part series]

Dr. John Best’s audio and video teaching
https://grace-fellowship-international.myshopify.com/collections/john-best

“Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life … knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin … Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 6: 4,6,10,11 NKJV

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