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SPEAKER
Steve Hill
SCRIPTURE
Romans 7:1-13
BIG IDEA
Performance stifles grace.
OUTLINE
- The law system had a beginning and an end.
- Original Purpose of the Law
- Defines Sin
- Incites us to Sin
- Impossible standard
- Demonstrates God’s Character
- Believers died to the law.
- A new freedom
- A new relationship
- A new purpose
- A new motivation
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- When you play mini-golf, do you tend to play more to have fun or to keep score to win? Why?
- To what degree does your understanding of following Jesus match a scorecard mentality (checking off boxes of behavior)? Has that changed in the last few years? If so, how?
- Pastor Steve said believers have died to the law. Explain your understanding of this idea. What does it mean for your daily life?
- There is inherit tension between trying to follow Jesus with certain behaviors and living by grace. Discuss how this tension manifests itself in your life.
- Are you able to follow Jesus with growing gratitude and freedom? Why or why not?
NEXT STEP
- I will choose to believe I can follow Jesus with gratitude and freedom.