Section 15
faith. Simply using the technique of reckoning according to the doctrinal understanding with out seeing the fact will always end in failure. Only after the Apostle Paul mentions the matter of knowing by seeing the fact (vv. 6-10) does he direct us to reckon ourselves dead to sin and alive to God (v. 11). Reckoning needs the seeing which results in believing. If we have seen the fact, we will believe it and reckon on it accordingly.
COOPERATION BY REJECTING
AND PRESENTING
As we reckon ourselves dead to sin and alive to God, we need to present our members as "weapons of righteousness to God" (6:13). Most versions do not translate this part of the Word this way. Instead of "weapons," the King James Version uses the word "instruments." However, the same Greek word is used in 2 Corinthians 6:7 in the phrase that is translated "the armor of righteousness." It is better to render the word "armor" as "weapons." Paul says that he has the weapons of righteousness. Thus, Paul's concept in Romans 6 of weapons of righteousness is due to the war between righteousness and unright eousness. Romans 7:23 proves that a battle is raging within man. Romans 13:12 says, "let us put