Rooted - Week 12
Wednesday Night – Fill-In Notes 11.17.21
Scripture: Romans 6:1-14
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
This Week’s Question: What does it mean to belong to Christ? What does it mean to have died to sin?
Big Thought (Summary): Christ has set us free from sin’s reign and has given us new life in Him. Now, by His power, we can reject sin and choose holiness.
Main Point 1: Because of Christ, we no longer have to
Quote: “As believers in this life, we do not live without sin but we do not live in it.”
Main Point 2: This new life is free from sin’s
Main Point 3:
Sanctification: Being made more like Christ.
Remember:
• God is for us!
• He wants us to succeed more than we do!
• God has freed us!
• You no longer have to obey your sinful desires!
• God has given us new life in Christ!
• We can now choose holiness.
Big Thought (Summary): Christ has set us free from sin’s reign and has given us new life in Him. Now, by His power, we can reject sin and choose holiness.
Ask Yourself:
• Do I consider myself dead to sin and alive in Christ?
• What area of my life do I feel like God could never change? Why do I think that way?
• How can I take possible temptation out of my life?
SGQ’s (M.S.):
• What does “baptism” symbolize?
• What does it mean for the Bible to say we have “died to sin” if you and I still struggle with sin?
• When you sin as a Christian, what do you think God thinks about you? Does His love ever change for you? How do you know?
SGQ’s (H.S.):
• What is the difference between “sinning” and “living in sin”?
• How would you explain to your unbelieving friend that you are “freed from sin” and yet will still continue to struggle with sin until we reach eternity?
• What does Paul mean when he says in Romans 12:1 to, “…present your bodies as a living sacrifice…”?
Notes:
Presented to the FC Student Ministry by Nick Kakaris on November 17, 2021