Romans 6
What does it mean to be "baptized into Christ Jesus?"
6:3: To be baptized into His death with Him
What fruit did you have then int he things of which you are now ashamed of?
6:21 Shame and death.
What happens when your mind is ruled by the Spirit?
8:6 Life and peace!!
Name 2 attributes (quality, character, characteristics of God) that we talked about last week.
Love
Just
Gracious
Merciful
What is needed in order for humans to be in the Spirit, and not in the flesh?
8:9 The Spirit of God to dwell in you.
Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, what must we do?
6:4 We walk in the newness of life
Now, you’ve been set free from sin
–Became slaves of God.
What fruit do you have now?
6:22 Fruit to holiness/sanctification. The end of it is eternal life!
2 parts: What does it mean to live in accordance with the flesh and in accordance with the Spirit?
8:5 Live according to the Spirit: Set your minds on what the Spirit desires
Live According to the flesh: Set your minds on what the flesh desires
What is God's ultimate goal/ plan for us?
Now that we are saved, what hope must we hold on to?
8:23 Eagerly waiting and hoping for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.
25: Hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it paitiently.
Sin is dethroned!! So DON'T do this.
6:12 Give sin an opportunity to rule over your life!
Or to obey its desires and cravings!
According to Romans 7, why can we, in flesh, NOT follow the laws?
7:14 Because law is spiritual and I am carnal sold under sin.
How do we become heirs of God?
8:17 Be the children of God. Then suffer with Him and we may glorified together.
Sin came into this world
8:19-20 Corrupted the entire creation
Wages of sin = death
spiritual death and physical death
How can our mortal bodies be sanctified?
•8:11 : If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you
–He will give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
When we are crucified with Jesus, name 3 things that He accomplished for us from chapter 6.
6:6 Old man died
Body of sin is dead
no longer slaves to sin
Because I do what I don’t want to do (evil), what does it prove?
7: 16-17 That the law is good
it's the sin that dwells in me
Name 3 outcomes when your mind is ruled by the flesh.
8:6,7 Leads to death.
Hostile to God
Doesn't submit to God's law, Nor can it do so
Before Jesus came to the earth, how did God allow humans to pay for our sins?
What does it mean to live according to the flesh?
Also provide 5 examples.
Set your mind on what the flesh desires and your mind is ruled by the flesh.
Fit in, living in sin, chasing the world, fruits of death, putting anything else above God, even personal needs.
Petty, looking at women, not showing true love, sensitive to the world, words, tone, language, etc.
Once you have been crucified, buried, and resurrected with Christ Jesus our Lord, name 2 ways you must view yourself.
6:11 Dead/unresponsive to sin's appeals
Alive to God in Christ Jesus (Live daily for His pleasure)
Who does our mind and our flesh serve? And how can we be delivered?
7:24-25
•Thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord!!!!
–My mind serves the law of God
–My flesh serves the law of sin
How can the righteous requirement of the law be FULLY MET in us?
8:3,4 Jesus condemned sin in the flesh.
Nailed the power of sin on the cross. Died, buried, Resurrected, ALIVE in us.
AND If we walk according to the Spirit and not the flesh.
What is the righteous requirement of the law? (Bible verse)
And why couldn't the law meet its own requirement?
For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. – James 2:10
Because our flesh is too weak.
Name two of the biggest desires of the Spirit of God and explain them.
Setting you mind on the things that the Spirit desires and letting your mind be ruled by the Spirit.
Give life to our mortal bodies: Spiritual fruits. Abide in Him (Jn 15:4)
Children of God. Adopted. Heirs. WE must suffer with Christ! Be the church in our daily lives!