Sufficiency of God's Grace In Temptation

Sufficiency of God's Grace In Temptation

June 13, 2010 | Todd Cyphers
Romans 6:1-14

Sufficiency of God’s Grace in Temptation

Romans 6:1

 

Romans 6:1               Page #1130

 

I.          Know the Truth                                                      

  1. When Christ died, believers died with Him.
  2. When Christ resurrected, believers were made alive in Him.
  3. One day, believers will be like Him in His resurrection.
  4. All believers died to the eternal condemnation of sin.
  5. All believers died to sin being our master.

II.        Consider the truth - Believers are commanded to live out who we are in Christ: dead to sin and alive to God.

I have been freed from the control of sin, but I am not yet free from the influence of the “flesh”.

Flesh is the presence of indwelling sin that we inherited from Adam that has not yet been removed from us. This includes attempting to rely on old thoughts, habits, & feelings to experience life.  

III. Present myself to God

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Questions for this week:

I.  For Starters:

  1. What three truths do you believe about God without any doubts?
  2. What would you say is the toughest habit to break and why?
  3. What does knowing God’s attributes do for you in your life of living victoriously over sin? (Example—does mediating on His holiness affect the choices you make during the day?)

II. Overview of Scripture

  1. Read Romans 7 and answer the following questions:

 

  • What is a Christians’ relationship to the Law? Vs 1-6
  • What is now our purpose in this world? Vs 4
  • How could our life be described before Christ? Vs 5
  • What are some differences in our lives now that we know Christ? Vs 6
  • How does the Spirit of God in us move us to please God in a way that the Law (The commandments of God) could not? (see Phil. 2:12-13)
  • What did the Law do to us? Vs 11
  • How does God view the Law? Vs 12
  • Reading verses 14-23, what did Paul blame for his not being able to do what he “wants” to do?
  • How does Paul describe himself in the grips of his fleshly temptation and if one feels this way for very long, what will be the consequences? Vs 24a
  • What is Paul’s answer to getting out of the grips of his flesh? Vs 24b

       2.   Read Romans 8:12-17 and answer the following:

  • What “must” we do in order to live victoriously? Vs 12-14
  • What is the result of living by the sinful nature? Vs 13
  • How can we know who is truly a “child” of God? Vs 14
  • In the midst of temptation, what is the Holy Spirit doing? Vs 15-16
  • What future event should encourage us to live a holy life? Vs 17

III. Growing deeper

1.         When you feel tempted to sin, what is your way of addressing the temptation?

2.        When you feel feelings of condemnation, how do you address those feelings?

3.        What counsel would you give a fellow believer who is getting weary of fighting sin?

4.        Pray for one another. Use the above truths to guide your prayers.

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