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Proverbs 4:23, Romans 8:1-4

August 15, 2021

Proverbs 4:23

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

Romans 8:1-4

1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Read Proverbs 4:23

  1. What do you think the author is getting at when he tells us that everything we do flows from our heart? If this is true, what are the implications for us in our daily life?

  2. What do you think the author is getting at with the phrase “Guard your heart?” What does the phrase mean? In very practical terms, how might you go about the business of guarding your heart?

Read Romans 8:1-4

  1. In your experience, what is the difference between ‘condemnation’ (which Paul says is not part of the Christian experience) and guilt (which Christian can experience as much as anybody)? How are they similar? How are they different?

  2. When you read the phrase, “the law of sin and death,” what comes to mind? What do you think Paul means?

  3. Consider verse 3: what precisely was the law powerless to do? How does Jesus accomplish that? What difference should that make for the way we go about our daily lives?

  4. Let’s discuss some very clear, practical, real ways that we ‘live according to the flesh” and also “according to the Spirit.”