SERMON OUTLINE Sunday Nov 12th, 2017
ROMANS: Changed Heart, Changed Life
Romans 6:1-14
• Leveraging Grace??
Romans 6:1-2
• Shaped By Symbols
Romans 6:3-4
• All Things Are Possible
Romans 6:5-7
A. Freedom! (Romans 6:6-8)
B . Living Between the Times
The
Our
The Critical (Romans 6:11)
Choosing Your Attitude and Perspective
• Living Like You Believe
Romans 6:12-14
A. Know Your (Romans 6:12)
B. Stepping (Romans 6:13a)
C. Stepping (Romans 6:13b)
V. Living in Freedom (Romans 6:14)
Answers: Past, Future, Mindset, Enemy, Away, Into
LIFE GROUP STUDY GUIDE
We connect in Life Groups to:
• Connect with God and each other
• Connect the Bible to life
• Connect with the community through serving together
Welcome/Mingle/Eat
Leaders: See Agenda Helps document.
Ice Breaker In thinking about the past 7 days, aside from sleep and work
(stay-at-home parenting counts as “work”), what stands out as a worthwhile investment of your time and energy? What made it worthwhile?
Prayer Tithe Give your time to God. Before your sermon discussion, pray
together.
This Week “Changed Heart, Changed Life” Rom. 6:1-14
1. Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching, was there anything that you heard for the first time, caught your attention, challenged,
or confused you?
This week we read about the dilemma we can all fall into – “To sin or not
to sin.” The Bible gives us a number of reasons why our new lifestyle of
“no longer following my own way” is the best life for us.
2. What motivations do the following verses give to not make God’s
grace “cheap” but to follow him as he calls us? Ps. 119:1-2; Phil. 1:6; Heb.
12:7; 2 Cor. 5:10.
3. At Cold Springs we say that, “Jesus followers – follow Jesus!” What
challenges have or do you face as a Jesus follower?
Verse 9 tells us that Jesus conquered death (the product of sin). He represents the immortal life that awaits all who have faith in him. Paul makes
the point that we are to live in this tension of eternity and today… a type of
in-between. We are to see ourselves as, “dead to sin and alive to God in
Christ Jesus” (v.11).
4. How do Romans 12:1-3 and Galatians 2:19-20 encourage us to follow
Jesus?
Following Jesus is a choice of who we identify with. Choosing life means
finding our identity in Jesus. We align our heart with his. Matthew 6:21
tells us that, where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Notice
the action of treasuring precedes the heart’s longing for. You love what
you most live for… it is an act of volition.
5. Write down the top six areas in your life that require your energy, time
and resources.
6. Now write the top six areas in your life that you consider essential to all
you value and hold dear.
7. How do these two groups align together? How do they not?
8. How does God’s grace show up in your areas of struggle? (Rom. 6:14;
1 Cor. 1:18; Gal. 2:21).
TAKING IT HOME
9. Looking back over this week’s sermon and study guide, what’s the
most important thing for you to remember and put into action?