Monday, March 26, 2012

LESSON 5 --- VICTORY OVER SIN

 

READ Romans 6

1.  What is sin?  How would you define it in your own words?

2.  Why should Christians avoid sinning?

3.  What are the consequences of sin?

4.  What are the results of obeying God?

5.  What example did Paul use to help the Romans understand his point?

6.What does it mean to be a slave to God?

7.  Why do believers continue to struggle with sin?

8.  After reading this chapter, how does what you just read challenge your attitude toward sin in your life?

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Bible passages on victory over sin

  • John 1:29 -- The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
  • John 8:34-36 -- 34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
  • 1 John 1:7 -- But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
  • 1 John 3:4-9 --  4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. 7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.
  • 1 John 5:18  -- We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.

6 comments:

M Johanna M said...

1 Sin is anything that defiles us before God.

2 Because we are supposed to be in the world but not of the world, surrounded by sin and not sinning.

3 Death

4 Righteousness, Eternal Life

5 We died with Christ and were raised with him as well.

6 It means that you serve God and only God.

7 Because we are human.

8 I think I need to redefine what I think of as sin, I said earlier that sin is anything that defiles us I need to relearn what defiles us.

Josh said...

1: sin is an evil act that takes you away from God

2: because it saddens god

3: eternal suffering in hell

4: eternal life in heaven

5: I don't know, something convincing I guess

6: say what? O.O

7: because sin is the comfortable life that leads to your distruction

8: nothing has changed

Jordan said...

1. Sin is gong against love
2. For we were told to love and to sin is to not love someone
3. Death
4. Eternal life in Christ
5. Read Romans chapter six
6. I don't know
7. We struggle because we are still of the flesh and untill it is gone we will continue to struggle
8. I don't know

Deanna said...

Deanna's answers...

1. I don't know how to describe sin... It just is. Always there, never gone, knocking at your door.

2.??? Umm, because it's bad.

3. You punish yourself more then God will ever punish you.

4. Good things...

5. I don't know

6. We aren't slaves to God.

7. Like I said before, it's always there. Teasing you, trying to make you fall.

8. Never regret anything you've ever done, because at one point, it's exactly what you wanted to do.

Nicole said...

Sorry, I think I'm a little late to the party...

1. Sin is not doing what God told us to do.

2. If we really love God we won't do what makes him sad.

3. Seems to me if you keep on sinning and don't ask for forgiveness you go to Hell, because you belong to Satin.

4. Eturnety with God. (not sure if that's spelled right)

5. Ditto Johanna she said it very well

6. It didn't say slave, it said Servant....but we are serving God, and only God.

7. Because Satin is still present and he still tempts.

8. It makes me not want to sin any more, because it said that the people who want to do sin belong to Satin, not God.

Pamela (a.k.a. The InfoJunkie) said...

Never late to the party... no worries. :o)

We had some great discussions yesterday. I am going to post my notes later today.