Romans 6 Questions

Believers in Christ or Christians are dead to sin and live to God - Romans 6:1-11

1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1. Know that believers are died to their sins - Romans 6:1-2
   1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

   • What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

     • Why did Paul raise this question?

     • What is "continue in sin" means?

     • Is Paul is referring to particular sin?

     • What was our state before we become believers in Christ?

     • What is Paul's spontaneous response for this question "Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?"?

   • Why do Christians should not continue in sin?

     • What is "died to sin" means?

   • What are all the ways Christians continue in sinful life believing that grace may abound?

   • The real question or doubt for many Christians is about the God's plan of Grace:
     Is the plan of grace "safe"? Won't people abuse grace?

   • What really God's plan of Grace does to us?

   • Applications:

     • Do you believe that you died to your sins?

     • What is your attitude towards this death to sin?

2. Know that believers are died and resurrected with Jesus Christ - Romans 6:3-5
   3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

   • How do believers in Christ demonstrate their death to sin symbolically/literally/figuratively?
     3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

     • Read Baptism article and understand the basics of baptism:

       • What is baptism?

       • What are the two major baptisms referred in New Testament?

       • How water baptism pictured in Bible?

       • What does water baptism will not do?

       • What does water baptism will do? Why we need to baptize in water?

       • Is water baptism is optional to a Christian?

       • What are the three stages of encountering with the Holy Spirit?

       • What does the Holy Spirit baptism will do?

     • To which baptism Paul is comparing this?
       3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

   • What is baptized into Jesus death means?
     4a Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death,

     • What is buried with Him through baptism into death means?

   • What happens to Jesus after He baptized into death?
     4b that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

   • How we should walk?
     4c even so we also should walk in newness of life.

   • What happens to us when we united together in likeness of Jesus death?
     5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

     • What is united together in the likeness means?

   • Illustration of believers death and resurrection with Jesus Christ:

3. Know that believers are no longer slaves of sin and freed from sin - Romans 6:6-7
   6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.

   • What is old man means?

   • What is old man crucified with Jesus means?

   • Is this old man crucifixion is experience or fact?

   • What is slaves of sin means?

   • What are all the ways that our body ruled by sin (slave of sin)?

   • What is no longer slaves of sin means?

   • Do believers are free to sin once they are saved by the grace of God?

   • What is freed from sin means?

4. Know that believers are died to sin once for all but live with Jesus to God - Romans 6:8-10
   8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

   • What happen if we die with Christ?

     • What is the main difference between Romans 6:4-5 and Romans 6:8?

   • How we live with Jesus Christ?

   • Did Christ raise to die again?

     • In what way this impact us?

   • What is "Jesus died to sin" means?

     • Does He died to His sin?

     • To whose sin Jesus died?

   • Why Jesus lives?

   • What one more point Paul is keep repeating in Romans 6:6-10 compare to Romans 6:1-5?

     • What this really means to us?

5. Reckon/Believe that believers are dead to sin and live for God - Romans 6:11
   11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

   • What is reckon means?

   • What is believers in Christ needs to do first?

Application:

• Do you believe that you died to your sins?

• Are you dead to sin and live for Christ or live in newness of life? or
  Are you in between sin and life?

• Are you serving money or God?

• Did you die to sin and living for God by think fresh and feeding God's word?

• (Spurgeon)

  1. "If God has given to you and to me an entirely new life in Christ, how can that new life spend itself after the fashion of the old life?

  2. Shall the spiritual live as the carnal?

  3. How can you that were the servants of sin, but have been made free by precious blood, go back to your old slavery?"

How Believers in Christ or Christians have to live for God and not allow sin to reign them? - Romans 6:12-23

12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

• 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

  • What we need to do once we reckon/believe that we died to sin and live for God?

  • What are our responsibilities listed in Romans 6:12,13?

  • Is Paul is saying not to continue live in sin?

  • Why Paul said do not let sin reign in your mortal body instead of saying do not continue live in sin or sin no more?

  • Why didn't God change us to stop sinning and make us to obey Him automatically once He crucified our old man when we accepted Him as Lord and Savior?

    • Did God create Adam as slave of unrighteousness to sin?

    • Did God create Adam as slave of righteousness to obey God?

    • Did God expect Adam to be a slave of righteousness to obey God?

    • Did God not have power to create Adam to obey Him automatically from the day He created?

    • Why then God didn't create Adam to obey Him automatically from the day He created?

  • Application:

    • Why many Christians never experience this freedom but still continue to sin or slave to sin?

  • How many times in Romans 6:12-23 Paul says "yield or present"? What it means?

  • To what Christians must not present themselves?

  • To what Christians must present themselves?

  • Why does the Lord want your body/flesh/members of your body/yourself?

  • What could be the outcome of our flesh if we present to Sin?

  • What could be the outcome of our flesh if we present to God?

  • How we must present ourselves as instruments for God? or How we are to "yield or present" to God?

    • What is the real challenge we face to completely surrender ourselves to God?

      1. Why do true believers in Christ feel a pull to sin inside even though they reckon/believe that their old man is crucified?

    • What God asked us to do with our flesh? or What do we do with the flesh with the old man dead?

• 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!

  • Does sin dominion over Christians or believers in Christ?

  • Why sin shall not have dominion over Christians or believers in Christ?

  • What it means that Christians or believers in Christ are not under law?

    • Is it possible for anyone to enter into heaven by keeping the law?

    • Why God gave the law?

    • Why Christians are no longer under the law?

    • Are Christians subject to moral law such as Ten Commandments and Jesus' and apostles' teaching on New Testament?

  • What it means that Christians or believers in Christ are under grace?

  • What it means that Christians or believers in Christ are not under law but under grace?

  • What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace?

  • What are the differences in the question in Romans 6:1 and Romans 6:15?

• 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

  • What it means?

  • What is the outcome if you choose obey someone or something?

  • Do you realize the importance of this verse? (Explain this verse with some biblical examples and personal examples)

    • To Whom the kingdom of this world now belongs to?

    • Is it not the kingdoms of this world now belongs to our Lord? Is it not Jesus Christ reigning this world now and forever and ever?

    • Did God delivered this world to Satan?

    • To Whom God delivered this world?

    • When and Who delivered this world to Satan?

      1. Does that mean that Adam & Eve gave this world to Satan?

    • How Adam's disobedience to God made him to give this world to Satan?

      1. Is there any verse in the Bible shows that provides clear evidence about this transaction?

  • Do you thing Adam and Eve committed a big sin like adultery?

• 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.

  • Why was Paul thanking God?

  • What does "obeyed from the heart" describes?

  • What is "that form of doctrine" means?

  • How did we become Christian or accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior while we were yet sinners?

  • What happens once we set free from sin or once we became Christians or accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior?

  • What does it mean to be free from sin and to become a slave of righteousness?

  • Are we really became slave of righteousness?

  • Does set free from sin means that we never have to sin again?

  • Does sinless perfection in this body is an illusion?

  • Application: Are we became slaves to righteousness or God?

  • How did we live before we become Christian?

  • How are we need to present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness?
    How are the Christians or believers in Christ needs to present ourselves to God?

    • How we need to follow the dictates of God?

    • Application: Have you become slaves to righteousness or slaves to God? or
      Are you ready to surrender your life as slave to God?

• 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • Whether you were concerned about righteousness when you were slaves of sin? (Share your thoughts and experience)

  • Is this not a real freedom when we are not restricted to do something that we like even though it is not right? (defend your answer)

    • Is it possible to live that way forever?

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    • What could be our response?

      2. •  Is there any limit or end for these investments?

         • Is this security long lost till the end of your life?

           • Application: Do you believe that this?

         • What this system really does to us?

         • Is this what real freedom?

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         • Did prodigal son find real freedom?

  • What is the fruit (outcome) of being a slaves to sin?

  • What is the fruit (outcome) of being a slave to God?

  • Is eternal life is gift of God or fruit (outcome) of being slave to God? Why?

  • Is "wages of sin is death" is a warning for the lost, or a warning for the Christians (believers in Christ)?