Discussion Questions

Sermon Overview

Live out your freedom from condemnation and sin by the power of the Spirit.

Digging Deeper

Read Romans 8:1-13

1. There are many precious and encouraging truths in this passage. Which one do you find most encouraging? Why?

2. What point of application that Pastor Brett made from this text did you find most relevant to your life? Why?

3. If you are a follower of Jesus, you have the Holy Spirit. What is a situation you are facing/anticipate facing where it would be good to keep this in mind?

4. What does “putting to death the deeds of the body” (8:13) mean?

5. God calls us to depend on the Spirit’s power to pursue a righteous life. Is there an area of your life you’d like to see growth in? What would it look like to depend on the Spirit and his power for this area?

6. Our pursuit of holiness is to be done out of a joyful response to what God has done for us. What might that look like for you?

7. One aspect of “putting to death the deeds of the body” by the Spirit’s power has to do with where we set our minds (vv. 5-6). What things occupy your mental bandwidth? What do you daydream about?

8. To what extent is meditating on truth from God’s Word a part of your thought life? How might we grow in this, and help each other in the process?

9. We are to put sin to death, not partially but completely. Is there an area(s) of your life in which you are perhaps seeking merely to limit sin, rather than put it to death (once and for all)? How might you move toward a more killing of sin in your life? What would help you in this?

10. We pursue holiness with the confident hope that those who put sin to death by the Spirit’s power “will live.” Does this reality motivate you? How so?