Sermon Series: Under the Hood
Sermon Title: How Do We Avoid Evil?
Passage: Romans 16:19-20
Speaker: Steve Howell

Use the following questions and directions based on today’s sermon as a starting point for spiritual discussions with your family or a small group of Christian friends this week.

‌‌Fellowship—Relationship with a Purpose

• Pick a favorite movie or book or album that you enjoy. How much different would it be if all the evil was filtered out of it? Would it be as enjoyable? How does your answer reflect your own heart?

Growth—Thinking About Spiritual Matters

• How would you define “purity” when it comes to spiritual matters?
  Who are the biggest influences in your life that drive you to be spiritually pure?
  

• Read 1 Timothy 4:7–8. Why is cleaning up your spiritual health more important than cleaning up your physical health?
  

• If a friend asked for Biblical guidance on how to avoid falling to temptations, where would you have them read? Write your answers on a sticky note and put it in your wallet for future reference.
  

• How do the people in your daily life (family, coworkers) impact your purity? Do they encourage it or make it a challenge? Why?
  

• What should be our motivation for avoiding evil and pursuing good? Read 1 Peter 1:14–16.
  

• How could you help protect others in the church from sin?
  

• Which of the five “practical” steps in the sermon notes* are you most likely to use? Why did you choose that answer?
  

Answers to the blanks under
“Practical Ways to Avoid Evil”: 
1. Then What
2. Swear
3. Blinds
4. 4: Conversation
5: Yourself.

• Brainstorm three more actions that could improve the way you pursue purity.
  

Prayer – Taking Your Thoughts to God

• Ask God to cleanse the hearts and minds of our church members, and for Him to guard us against the evil messages and influences that bombard us daily.