SERMON OUTLINE Sunday Sept Oct 8th, 2017
PASTOR DAVID COOKE: Being “Religious” Isn’t the Answer,
Faith Is Romans 3: 1-31
• The Main Thing
• You Have Questions?…
• Because Here Is The Problem
Everybody is the when it comes to sin.
From “head to toe” we are .
• And The Law Reveals This Brokenness In Everyone
Romans 3:19-20
Exodus 20: 1-17, Deut 5:6-21
• Religion Is Not The
• Something Greater…
Romans 3:21
• Is The Answer
Romans 3:22-24
Faith in is the answer
1. A – accept who you are
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
2. B – believe who Jesus is
the gift of grace who justifies you before God.
3. C – choose to commit to follow Jesus.
• What God Has Done
Romans 3:25-26
• Is Not The Answer, IS
Answers: Same, Broken, Answer, Faith, Jesus, Religion, Faith
LIFE GROUP STUDY GUIDE
Welcome/Mingle/Eat
Ice Breaker …
Who is a person whom has had a transformative impact on your life? How
did they do this?
Group Covenant
Prayer Tithe Give your time to God. Before your sermon discussion, pray
together.
This Week “Being ‘Religious’ Isn’t the Answer, Faith Is” Romans 3:1-31
We continue this week with…
1. How are the Jewish people different from others, from Paul’s perspective? How are they the same as everyone else?
2. Paul continues making the point he began at the end of Chapter 1 – the
world has a sin problem and we all contribute to this sin problem. In
3:10-18 Paul uses multiple passages from the Old Testament to make
his point. Is Paul exaggerating the problem to make his point?
3. How are we impacted by sin from “head to toe”? Read Exodus 20:1-17
and write down where sin shows up in comparison to the Ten Commandments.
4. What kinds of things do people do to address their sin problem so it
doesn’t have as big an impact? Why is it limited in its ability to change
us?
5. So, the Law makes us aware of brokenness, but doesn’t fix the brokenness. (3:19-20) Read 3:21-24 – What is the answer that Paul reveals?
6. What does it mean to “believe” in Jesus? (3:22)
7. How does believing require a person to have faith?
8. Read Hebrews 11. What is faith and what is the power of faith?
9. Have you believed in Jesus, taking this step of faith? If yes, tell someone your story of faith. If no, what keeps you from believing? Talk with
someone who has believed about what you are wrestling with.
