Sermon Notes
Date: 07/30/2023
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Romans
Key Text: Romans 6:15-23
Description:
Whom do you serve?
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and poses this question.
Because while it’s not uncommon for an unbeliever to see themselves as living in freedom while Christians submit themselves to bondage, the Bible paints a different picture.
For the one you serve is your master.
If you serve sin, you are enslaved to sin… and your path leads to death.
If you serve righteousness, you are freed from sin… and, instead, enslaved to God who gives eternal life.
Your choice.
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Questions:
The following are questions to help you think about the sermon, as well as offer a set of discussion questions for family worship, or gathering together in other settings. My prayer is that these questions will allow you to dwell longer, and meditate more, upon God’s holy Word and will be fodder for sanctifying conversations. — M.S.
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What, besides law, can make us sin’s slaves? (6:15-16; also Exod. 21:5-6)
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What is the outcome of slavery to sin? (6:16)
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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?
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What is the significance of “from the heart” in verse 17? What consequences does this have for people who were baptized without understanding or believing its proper purpose (this question relates to the earlier sections of chapter 6)?
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How does one become free from sin and a “slave” of righteousness? (6:17-19)
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What is the outcome of “slavery” to righteousness? (6:19-23)
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What level of moral latitude do contemporary Christians give themselves, trusting in God’s grace to forgive?
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How does a Christian know when he or she is taking inappropriate advantage of the grace of God versus being trapped unintentionally in sin?
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Besides the gift of eternal life, what benefits can you cite in your life that have come as a result of your dying to sin and becoming a servant of righteousness? Why are these benefits better than the “benefits” of the wicked?
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What do these verses teach about obedience and freedom from sin?
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