ROMANS: More Than Togas and Tunics
Week 2 - Self Aware
June 12th, 2022
Pastor Kyle Johnson
Why do I
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools. —Romans 1:20-22 (NIV)
Our
Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.
—Romans 1:28-31 (NIV)
Our
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. —Romans 2:1 (NIV)
It’s okay to need an
What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. —Romans 3:9 (NIV)
In our faulty
Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? —Romans 2:4 (NIV)
I am not a
Notes:
Discussion Questions:
1 – Our world is consumed with self image. Talk about how this affects people’s behaviors.
2 – What is your view of sin? How much do you think this affects your life?
3 – When is comes to sin, why is comparisons with others such an issue?
4 – Read Romans 2:4. What does repentance look like to you? How does confession fit in your life?