Preaching Point: The Power of Christ’s resurrection enables you to live effectively for God today while eagerly awaiting your own bodily resurrection at Christ’s return.
Main Text: Romans 6:1–11 1
Teaching Points:
Expect a New Life with New Desires vv1-4
Be Spiritually Motivated by Your Future Resurrection v5
Deliberately Live for God Today vv6-11
Application Questions:
Write down one observation or application you found helpful from this week’s sermon.
Read 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Romans 6:12–14. How would you compare these verses to some cultural ideas of what being a Christian looks like? What do you think are some factors contributing to peoples’ increasingly causal attitude toward what your life should look like as a professing Christian?
a. How can you begin changing our culture's perspective of what being a new creation in Christ entails?
Read Romans 6:5–7. How can taking the time to explain the significance of Christ's resurrection to a Christian struggling to overcome sin in their life provide a more significant benefit to them than simply confirming that everyone sins and no one is perfect?
Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18. Why is encouraging other Christians with their future resurrection and being personally motivated by your resurrection on the last day an important discipline for the Christian?
Read Ephesians 2:10 and Luke 1:74–75. Why is choosing to deliberately live for God through the power of Christ’s resurrection a non-negotiable part of one’s new life in Christ? Write down one thing you can do to deliberately live for God this week and share it with your LifeGroup.