Lesson: ROMANS 6:6-14 (NIV based)
THEME - Declaring war on
one's sin and sin nature
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Q: Are you and I willing to live for God
to the maximum degree or extent? Are
you passionate about this?
Q: What steps do we need to take to be
totally set apart for holy use (sanctified)?
A: today - looking at the initial steps and their costs
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vv.6-10: we know vv.3,6,9
Q: We know what? A: we died to sin - it no longer has the power to keep us in
bondage to it if we know how to draw on God's power
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vv.11-14: v.11 we count
ourselves = consider (NAS), reckon (KJ)
Q: What does it mean to count ourselves
dead to sin (v.11)?
Q: How do we count ourselves dead to sin
but alive to God? A: there are 2 parts:
PART 1 - Battling our sin nature - see vv.12,13a,14
Q: How do we battle our sin nature, kill
our desire to sin (v.12), not let sin reign (v.12), not let sin be our master
(v.14)? Other scriptures? A:
1. set our minds against our personal
sin and upon what the Spirit desires - Rom. 8:5 -
be determined, declare war, willing to
change, hate your own personal sin!
2. take thoughts captive - 2 Cor.
10:5
3. refuse to obey evil desires -
Rom. 6:12,13a - do not submit or
yield, no matter what the cost, DON'T
FEED THE MONSTER!
4. root out areas of unknown sin -
Ps. 66:17-20 cherished sin;
Ps. 139:23-24 let God expose them, draw
on His power to convict,
listen to your spouse!
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BIG IDEA: Do you and I
hate our own personal sin? Are you and
I willing to draw on God's power to make us aware of what we are doing
wrong? Are we willing to let God show
us our sin daily and be willing to actively resist and fight it? Are we willing to reckon or count ourselves
completely dead to sin? Are you and I
willing to declare war on our own personal sin?
Lead a group PRAYER OF
COMMITTMENT
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Works Cited:
Bible. The Comparative Study Bible: A Parallel Bible Presenting New International Version, New
American Standard Bible,
Amplified Bible, King James Version. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984.
Bible. “The Holy Bible: New International Version.” The Bible Library CD-ROM. Oklahoma City, OK: Ellis Enterprises, 1988.
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