Small Group Discussion
unashamed | Romans 6:15-23
- What, besides law, can make us sin’s slaves?
- What is the outcome of slavery to sin?
- What are the obvious ways that people become slaves of sin?
- What choices do we have regarding whom we serve?
- What does verse 16 teach regarding our power to choose whom we will serve?
- May we choose to be no slave at all?
- Read Matthew 6:24. What do both passages assume about our lives?
- How are Jesus and Paul calling attention to the importance of our choices while also emphasizing that the authority in our lives is never us
- How do you pursue “obedience from the heart” as opposed to disgruntled effort?
- How do the two approaches feel different?
- What kind of results does each tend to produce?
- You can see that Paul qualifies the phrase “slaves of righteousness” by saying he is speaking in human terms.
- Why is it important to keep in mind that obedience is something we are pursuing “from the heart”?
- What role does “the standard of teaching” play in the kind of transformation Paul is describing?
- Why is it important that “eternal life in Christ Jesus” is not just about a quantity of life for the follower but is even more about a quality of life?
- How do we silence the self-condemning voices from our past mistakes with the application of grace?
- Read Galatians 5:16-24. Where is God focusing your attention as you read the passage?
- What is an area of your life where you are still pursuing obedience to sin?
- What is an area of your life where you have already experienced transformation?
- What is an area of your life where God is calling you to greater obedience to righteousness?
- What is something specific you are looking forward to about complete sanctification and eternal life?