We will use these questions as talking points during our Scripture Study this Wednesday night at the Daughter's of St. Paul, 243 King Street. 715-830pm.
Understanding:
1. 6:1-23 What potential misunderstanding does Paul want to address in this section? What does such logic betray?
2. 6:4 What are the principle effects of Baptism? What is Paul alluding to when he describes this mystery?
3. 6:16 What is the point Paul is making here? Who are the respective masters he is talking about? Where was the first master leading?
4. 6:23 What wage and what gift are being described in this verse?
Life Application:
1. 6:2 How would you answer this question for yourself? How "dead" to sin do you think you are, in practical terms? How do you deal with the tension between the Christian call to holiness and any patterns of sinful behavior you detect in yourself?
2. 6:12-14 How might your actions show that you are no longer under the dominion of sin? For example, if you dislike an acquaintance, how might you act so that your dislike does to control you? If you are afraid of a commitment, how might you act so that fear does not dominate your behavior? According to v.14 what should be the dominant factor in your behavior?
3. 6:17 If you were a musician, what would it mean to play a score, with all its notes and expression markings, from the heart? By comparison, what might it mean to "obey from the heart" a standard you have been taught? Does that obedience enslave or free you?
4. 6:20-23 If the reward of obedience to God is holiness, you should b able to see some sign of it when you look back on your life. What indications do you see that sin has less of a hold on you now than it used to? What are your spiritual interests?
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Questions for Romans Chapter 6
We will use these questions as talking points during our Scripture Study this Wednesday night at the Daughter's of St. Paul, 243 King Street. 715-830pm.
Understanding:
1. 6:1-23 What potential misunderstanding does Paul want to address in this section? What does such logic betray?
2. 6:4 What are the principle effects of Baptism? What is Paul alluding to when he describes this mystery?
3. 6:16 What is the point Paul is making here? Who are the respective masters he is talking about? Where was the first master leading?
4. 6:23 What wage and what gift are being described in this verse?
Life Application:
1. 6:2 How would you answer this question for yourself? How "dead" to sin do you think you are, in practical terms? How do you deal with the tension between the Christian call to holiness and any patterns of sinful behavior you detect in yourself?
2. 6:12-14 How might your actions show that you are no longer under the dominion of sin? For example, if you dislike an acquaintance, how might you act so that your dislike does to control you? If you are afraid of a commitment, how might you act so that fear does not dominate your behavior? According to v.14 what should be the dominant factor in your behavior?
3. 6:17 If you were a musician, what would it mean to play a score, with all its notes and expression markings, from the heart? By comparison, what might it mean to "obey from the heart" a standard you have been taught? Does that obedience enslave or free you?
4. 6:20-23 If the reward of obedience to God is holiness, you should b able to see some sign of it when you look back on your life. What indications do you see that sin has less of a hold on you now than it used to? What are your spiritual interests?
