Paul's Gospel: Look back from week 8 (Romans 7:7-25)

The Gospel According to Paul: Romans 7:7-25

Study Questions:

Understanding Sin

1. Purpose of Law (vs. 7)

               *If it weren’t for the law, my sin nature would not have been _____________________ to me.

2. Perversion of Sin (vs. 8)

               *Sin sought an ____________________  through the law to distort and misrepresent it.

3. Penalty of Sin (vs. 9-12)

               *Because of sin, the very law which promised me life proved to be __________ to me.

4. Proclamation of Sin (vs. 13)

               *The law did not produce death in me; it was __________ which produced it.

5. Power of Sin (vs. 14-16)

               *The power of sin is evident in that my __________ is sold under it.

6. Place of Sin (vs. 17-20)

               *Sin is in my ____________ , or the seat of my passions and desires.

7. Pitfalls of Sin (vs. 21-24)

               *A major difficulty in being sold under sin is my _______________ with it, causing a war within my heart and mind between my new spiritual and old sin natures.

8. Passing Away of Sin (vs. 25)

               *Thanks be to Jesus Christ who _____________ me from the body of death, ruled and controlled by sin.

*Point to learn: Sin is a powerful, influential tool of the enemy which fuels his economy of death and fear.  With the defeat of sin through Jesus’ atonement, we have victory over the devil, sin, and ultimately death. 

Word Bank: Heart, Opportunity, Sin, Apparent, Death, Relationship, Flesh, Delivers

Paul's Gospel: Look back from week 7 (Romans 6:15-7:6)

The Gospel According to Paul: Romans 6:15-7:6

Study Questions:

I. The long lost memory of sin. (vs. 15-18)

               1. Should we continue in sin because we are no longer under the law? Yes or no?

               2. Why not?  (2 reasons):

                              A. Because You are slave to whichever master you __________ .

                              B. Because we who are in Christ have committed ourselves to obey the _______________ of God.

               3. Sin leads to ____________ while ______________ leads to righteousness.

*Point to learn: The power of sin in our lives: its dominion, its rule, its influence, should become for us like a long lost memory, because the further away we get from it, the smaller space it takes up in our minds and actions.

Word bank: Obedience, Righteousness, Obey, Death

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II. Freedom from the law does not mean we are lawless.  (vs. 19-23)

               1. For nonbelievers, freedom from the law leads to more ____________________ .

               2. For believers, freedom from the law leads to ___________________ .

               3. To sanctify something is to set it _________ for special use.

               4. While the wages of our sin is death, the gift of God is ______________ life through Jesus.

*Point to learn: When we were slaves to sin, we didn’t care for the things of God.  But now that we are slaves to God, He is busy separating us from sin and making us holy.

Word bank: Sanctification, Eternal, Lawlessness, Apart

III. Release from the law does not mean we are anonymous. (vs. 7:1-6)

               1. Just as the death of a husband frees the wife from the law which binds them, death to the law frees the believer from its ________________ .

               2. When a death happens in a marriage, the law which makes marriage to another wrong is no longer __________________ .  Similarly, when a person dies with Christ, the law is not binding on him anymore.

               3. God has saved us in order that we produce __________ .

*Point to learn: Now that we are in Christ, we no longer hide behind the law.  We are not bound to it any longer, so we live openly before God and the world.  We cannot claim Christ and not live for Him; we seek to produce fruit while being continually sanctified.

Word Bank: Requirements, Fruit, Binding 

Paul's Gospel: Look back from week 6 (Romans 6:1-14)

The Gospel According to Paul: Romans 6:1-14

Study Questions:

I. The death of sin. (vs. 1-4)

               1. If grace abounds all the more in sin, should we then continue in sin so that we see God’s grace all the more? Yes or No

               2. Why not?  (2 reasons):

                              A. Because a new birth implies a new ___________ .

                              B. Because baptism into Christ indicates death to __________ .

               3. Christians should be defined by _____________ of life.

*Point to learn: So many, while claiming an identity with Christ, are really identified by things of the world.  Not necessarily sinful things like work, leisure, and hobbies can become idols in our lives when we place them above Christ.

Word bank: Newness, No, Sin, Life

II. The declaration of life.  (vs. 5-11)

               1. ___________ with Chris is all encompassing.

                              A. If we are united with Christ in a death like His, we shall surely be united with Him in a ______________ like His.

               2. Unity with Christ is _______________ .

                              A. Freedom in Christ is accomplished by ____________ to self and to sin’s _____________.

               3. Unity with Christ is ________________ .

                              A. Death no longer has ___________ over Christ, and therefore, us.

*Point to learn: Paul personifies sin in this chapter, seeking to show us its powerful influence and mastery over us.  However, in the power of Christ we render sin and death pointless and its control over us powerless.

Word bank: Life, Unity, Power, Liberating, Death, Dominion

III. The definition of ‘dead to sin and alive to Christ.’ (vs. 11-14)

               1. Being dead to sin means I don’t allow sin to __________  in my body and mind.

                              A. When sin reigns, we obey its ____________ .

               2. Being dead to sin means I don’t present my body as an _______________ of sin.

                              A. When sin reigns, our bodies become a weapon in the _________ against God.

               3. Being dead to sin means I don’t allow the ________ to lead.

                              A. When the law leads us, we live and die to God according to our own ___________ to the whole law.

*Point to learn: Being dead to sin means I give no provision for it, I don’t indulge in it, and I surely don’t try to manage it.  I slay it, and seek God’s rule and reign in my body and mind through the Holy Spirit.

Word Bank: Instrument, Obedience, Reign, Passions, Law, War