Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. This verse mentions sin, wages, and the gift of God. What is sin? What is the cost of sin? What is the gift of God? Choose life or death - the choice is yours.

1. Life & Death

2. Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses
today against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and
cursing; therefore choose life, that
both you and your descendants may
live;

3. Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.

4. Romans 6:23
This verse speaks of three things:
• Sin
• The wages of sin
• The gift of God

5. Life & Death
• Sin
It is missing the mark
A drop from a higher position
A departure from a straight line
It is a transgression (1John 3:4)

6. 1John 3:4
Whoever commits sin also commits
lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

7. Life & Death
• Sin
It is missing the mark
A drop from a higher position
A departure from a straight line
It is a transgression (1John 3:4)
It is unrighteousness (1John 5:17)

8. 1John 5:17a
All unrighteousness is sin …

9. Life & Death• Sin
It is missing the mark
A drop from a higher position
A departure from a straight line
It is a transgression (1John 3:4)
It is unrighteousness (1John 5:17)
It is a failure to do good (James 4:17)

10. James 4:17
Therefore, to him who knows to do
good and does not do it, to him it is
sin.

11. Life & Death
• Sin
It is missing the mark
A drop from a higher position
A departure from a straight line
It is a transgression (1John 3:4)
It is unrighteousness (1John 5:17)
It is a failure to do good (James 4:17)

12. Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.

13. Life & Death
• Sin
• The wages of sin

14. Acts 17:28
…for in Him we live and move and
have our being, as also some of
your own poets have said, ‘For we
are also His offspring.’

15. Isaiah 59:1,2
1 Behold, the LORD’s hand is not
shortened, that it cannot save; nor
His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.

16. Isaiah 59:1,2
2 But your iniquities have
separated you from your God; and
your sins have hidden His face
from you, so that He will not hear.

17. Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as through one
man sin entered the world, and
death through sin, and thus
death spread to all men,
because all sinned—

18. Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.

19. Life & Death
• Sin
• The wages of sin
• The gift of God
• External eternal life!

20. Job 7:16
I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
Let me alone,
For my days are but a breath.

21. Psalm 55:6-8
6 So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a
dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
7 Indeed, I would wander far off, and
remain in the wilderness. Selah
8 I would hasten my escape from the
windy storm and tempest.”

22. Revelation 21:4
And God will wipe away every tear
from their eyes; there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There
shall be no more pain, for the former
things have passed away.

23. Life & Death
• Sin
• The wages of sin
• The gift of God
• External eternal life!
• Through Jesus Christ

24. Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us
with every spiritual blessing in the
heavenly places in Christ.

25. Galatians 3:26,27
26 For you are all sons of God through
faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of
you as were baptized into Christ have
put on Christ.

26. Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.

27. Romans 6:23
This verse speaks of three things:
• Sin (vs. God)
• The wages of sin (vs. the gift of
God)
• The gift of God (Death vs.
External eternal life)

28. Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses
today against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and
cursing; therefore choose life, that
both you and your descendants may
live;