A Different Kind of Slave
March 9, 2025

03.09.25 A Different Kind of Slave.jpg

  1. We should be
    Reveal Answer
    when it comes to not sinning! (Ephesians 5:15; Galatians 5:13; 1 John 3:6; 2 Peter 3:14; 1 John 2:1; Proverbs 4:23-27; John 14:15; James 4:17)


2. We are all a slave to
Reveal Answer
or to
Reveal Answer
; there is no middle ground. (John 8:34; 2 Peter 2:19; Matthew 6:24; Proverbs 25:26; Luke 9:23; Exodus 20:3; Galatians 2:20; 1 Corinthians 6:12, 10:23; Titus 2:11-12; 1 Corinthians 7:22; James 4:4; Philippians 3:18-19)


3. When I commit to obeying God’s Word, I am asking God to
Reveal Answer
area of my life. (Isaiah 45:9, 64:8; Jeremiah 18:6; Ephesians 2:10; Romans 12:2; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Proverbs 3:5)


4. I am
Reveal Answer
for God, and my life’s journey is all about becoming
Reveal Answer
and
Reveal Answer
like Jesus. (Hebrews 3:1,12:14,13:12; John 17:17; Philippians 1:6; 1 Peter 1:14-16; John 14:26; Philippians 2:6-8, 12-13; Matthew 6:33; John 3:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 2 Timothy 2:21; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Hebrews 10:14)


5. Sin leads to
Reveal Answer
, which we have all earned it. But praise God for the
Reveal Answer
of eternal life delivered to us through
Reveal Answer
! (Proverbs 14:12; Galatians 6:8; James 1:5; Philippians 3:19; John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Corinthians 15:21-22; 2 Corinthians 5:21)

Taking it Further to Help You THRIVE…

  1. Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching, was there anything that particularly caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?


2. What is it like to have sin for a master? What is is like to be a slave to God? (When discussing, think about freedoms we have or don’t have, powers at work in our life, near- and long-term outcomes and consequences of each, etc.)


3. Paul stressed that those who were once slaves of sin had become obedient from the heart to God’s Word (verse 17). What does it mean to be obedient from the heart? What other kind of ‘obedience’ is there? Explain the difference.


4. We referenced the potter and the clay in Sunday’s message. I am the clay in God’s hands, and He wants to make me as He (the Potter) desires, molding and shaping every area of my life. What part(s) of your life might you be withholding from Him / resisting His molding / fighting against Him? Why is it hard for you to let Him be the Potter in these areas?


5. On Sunday we talked about ‘sanctification’ (verse 19). What does that word mean and what does sanctification ‘look like’ in the life of a born again believer in Jesus Christ?