Nov 10, 2024
Three Questions about the Law – Romans 7:7-25
By: Ben Lairamore
Series: Romans
Questions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- Have you ever felt provoked to do something wrong because of an emphasis on a command or rule not to do it? What example can you give?
- According to 7:7 what does the law expose? How have you experienced this in your own life? How might Jesus’ further elaboration upon the commands of God in Matthew 5-7 intensify this exposure?
- According to 7:12, God’s law is holy, righteous, and good. Why does God’s law, which is good, lead to death?
- In 7:14-25 we see that the law (without the Spirit of Christ) does NOT have the power to save or transform people. What is the solution for this dilemma according to 7:24-25?
- How is the gospel of Jesus Christ and the indwelling Holy Spirit empowering you to grow as a servant of righteousness.
- How might the teaching of Galatians 5:16-24 shed light on today’s passage?
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- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- Have you ever felt provoked to do something wrong because of an emphasis on a command or rule not to do it? What example can you give?
- According to 7:7 what does the law expose? How have you experienced this in your own life? How might Jesus’ further elaboration upon the commands of God in Matthew 5-7 intensify this exposure?
- According to 7:12, God’s law is holy, righteous, and good. Why does God’s law, which is good, lead to death?
- In 7:14-25 we see that the law (without the Spirit of Christ) does NOT have the power to save or transform people. What is the solution for this dilemma according to 7:24-25?
- How is the gospel of Jesus Christ and the indwelling Holy Spirit empowering you to grow as a servant of righteousness.
- How might the teaching of Galatians 5:16-24 shed light on today’s passage?
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- What is the law? Who is the law NOT binding on?
- How did Paul illustrate this principle in verses 2-3?
- What does Paul say has happened to fellow believers concerning the law?
- Since the believer has died to the law, who does he now belong to?
- What is the result of belonging to and being united with Jesus?
- When we were still living in and controlled by our old sinful nature, what impact did the law have on us? Why does this teach us that people need the Gospel and not just a list of rules?
- What does it mean to serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code? As a believer, what does this change look like in your own life?
- Oct 27, 2024What are you a slave to? – Romans 6:15-23Oct 27, 2024What are you a slave to? – Romans 6:15-23By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What does it look like to be a slave to sin?
- What is the ultimate outcome of being a slave to sin? How do people experience now, a foretaste of sin’s destructive outcome? What examples can you provide?
- What does it look like to be a slave to righteousness? How does the true Christian move from being a slave to sin to become a slave of God? (See verses 17-18.)
- How is the Christian to live in light of who he is a slave to? (See verse 19.)
- How does Paul argue in today’s passage that being under grace does not encourage the believer to sin?
- What evidence can you see in your own life that you have been delivered from slavery to sin and have become a slave of God?
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- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- Do persons ever wrongly understand the Gospel of grace as giving them a license to live in more and more sin? How does today’s passage address this wrong way of thinking?
- What does it mean to say that the Christian died to sin when he was converted? How do you see this reality in your own life?
- According to verse 11, how is the Christian to regard himself? Why is it so important that we know and remember who we actually are as Christians?
- In what area do you need to remember that sin is not your master anymore and instead present yourself to God as a servant of righteousness?
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- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What two persons are contrasted in Romans 5:12-21?
- How are Adam and Jesus seen to be the same and different in our passage?
- What does Adam’s reign of death look like? What examples of this reign do we see around us in our world today?
- What does Jesus’ reign of life look like?
- Have you moved from being under the reign of Adam to being under the reign of Jesus? How do we make this move (see verse 17)?
- If you are under the reign of Jesus as your head, how do you see His reign transforming your own life and others around you?
- Sep 29, 2024Reasons to Rejoice – Romans 5:1-11Sep 29, 2024Reasons to Rejoice – Romans 5:1-11By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- In 5:1 is there any uncertainty about the believer’s justified status and relationship of peace with God? Why is it so important for Christians to be assured of these things?
- In 5:2 we rejoice in the “hope of the glory of God”. What does this mean?
- Have you walked through suffering and trials that God has used to strengthen and mature your faith? What did this look like in your own life?
- Are you currently walking through a time of suffering? Can you choose to rejoice in this suffering, knowing that God will use it for your growth?
- How have you experienced God’s love being poured into your heart through the Holy Spirit?
- In the description of God’s love in verses 6-10 what stands out to you most? Why?
- Sep 22, 2024Father Abraham – Romans 4:1-25Sep 22, 2024Father Abraham – Romans 4:1-25By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- Why do you think Paul used Abraham’s faith to illustrate the idea that one can only be made right with God through faith and not by works?
- What specific promises of God did Abraham believe? How are these promises fulfilled in Christ? (See Genesis 12:1-3; 15:5-6; 17:5)
- What other person from the Old Testament is given in today’s passage as an example of being counted righteous by faith?
- How does Paul defend his position that Abraham is the spiritual forefather of all who believe (or trust God’s promises that are fulfilled in Christ)?
- What descriptions of Abraham’s faith do we see in verses 17-21? Who and what were ultimately the object of Abraham’s faith?
- How is your faith as a Christian like Abraham’s faith?
- Why is it such incredible news that all who believe in Jesus are counted righteous in Him? Who can you share this good news with?
- Sep 15, 2024NO Boasting! – Romans 3:27-31Sep 15, 2024NO Boasting! – Romans 3:27-31By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- Sep 1, 2024How to be Right with God – Romans 3:21-26Sep 1, 2024How to be Right with God – Romans 3:21-26By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What do the words justified, grace, redemption, propitiation, and faith mean?
- Why is our passage such good news? How does this good news encourage you personally?
- Who is salvation given to according to verse 22?
- Why is it so important that we understand that we contribute nothing to earning or deserving salvation?
- What is meant by “divine forbearance” in verse 25? What example from the Old Testament of this divine forbearance can you recall?
- Why is the cross essential for God to be both “just” and the “justifier” of the one who has faith in Jesus?
- Christian, how will you live differently in light of this amazing gift of salvation you have received?
- Aug 25, 2024Everyone is Guilty – Romans 3:1-20Aug 25, 2024Everyone is Guilty – Romans 3:1-20By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What group of people is Paul speaking about in Romans 1:18-32?
- What group of people is Paul speaking about in Romans 2:1-29?
- According to Romans 3:1-2 is there an advantage to having access to the oracles (Word) of God? If so, what is the advantage? Does this advantage automatically save anyone?
- According to Romans 3:10-18, who has a sinful nature, sinful words, and sinful deeds?
- How does the world seek to deal with people’s feelings of guilt and shame? How do these worldly remedies for guilt and shame, make it more difficult for us to convince people that they are sinners in need of a Savior?
- According to Romans 3:20, what does God’s Law provide for us? How might this relate to the obstacle of convincing people that they are sinners in need of a Savior?
- The clear conclusion of Paul’s argument in Romans 1:18-3:20 is that ALL people are sinful and in need of a Savior. Does this knowledge provoke an urgency in you to share the good news of salvation with the lost? What lost person might you need to be praying for and seeking opportunity to be a witness to?
