Lesson
7
NEWNESS of LIFE
Romans 8:1-39
Today’s Verse:
Romans 8:11
"But if the Spirit of Him that
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the
dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you."
Up
until a week ago, Dina considered herself the luckiest young woman alive. She
was a Christian who loved the Lord, and who knew Jesus loved her specially. She
was blessed with an excellent paying job, a lovely husband, and two wonderful
girls.
Nothing and no one could prove to her that God wasn’t good. However,
her story changed when tragedy struck last week. She was sitting
in the front seat with her husband, who drove their silver Camry, while
her girls sat behind. They were so engrossed in conversation, laughing
out really loud that they didn’t realize quickly enough that they were
head-on with a trailer which had waded off its own side of the road
and had lost brake functionality.
Dina
woke up five days later from her coma, and was told today that the accident had
killed her husband and one of her girls, and had left her other daughter
permanently disabled.
Dina
now questions God’s love for her.
What new
thing can you tell Dina about God’s love that will make feel hopeful again?
God's love isn't all
about rosy rosy smooth smooth - sometimes, we realize more of His love in our
valley experiences. Remember the story of the Footprints? http://llerrah.com/footprints.htm
Does our
love for God or our attitude towards God affect God’s love for us in any
way? Why or why not?
NO -
We can't do enough good
to earn His love anyway; so we can't do enough bad to lose it.
AWESOMENESS!!!
What Do I See?
Read
the entire passage for today Romans 8:1-39. Write down your Lesson
Topic and any key ideas you see.
Lesson Topic
In the Spirit? Then, No
Condemnation!
Key Ideas
1. Carnal vs. Spiritual
Mindedness
2. The Spirit of God
dwelling & working in us
3. Spirit of adoption
making us joint-heirs with Christ
4.
Predestination/Foreknowledge
5. The Love of God
FUN BOX
What
did you have for lunch today?
It's still 6am, I've not
had lunch yet
What Can I Infer?
1. What two kinds of lives do we see in
this passage? Contrast them. – 8:1-25
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Spiritual
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Carnal
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
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No Condemnation
Freedom from law of sin and death
Spiritually minded
Life and peace
Spirit of adoption to call God Daddy
Suffering and glorification with Christ;
glorious liberty
First fruits of the Spirit; Redemption of our body; Saved by hope
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Condemnation
Bondage and death in the law of sin
Carnally minded
Death; Enmity with God;
cannot please God
Spirit of bondage to fear
Bondage of corruption
Lost!
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2. As a
Christian, what does it mean, to you, to have a new life? How do you live that
out every day?
I. A new life means - I
am not condemned. I have the mind of Christ. He is my righteousness. I am His
righteousness. I am on earth just as He is. I am the light of the world. I look
like Him. I sit in heavenly places with Him. I have Eternal Life inside of me.
The resurrection power works in me and quickens my mortal body. I am of a kind
that has never existed before. Satan is so pink jealous of me. I have all the
fruit of Spirit, because I have the Spirit of God within and upon me. I have a
mansion in Heaven. I have authority. I have dominion. When I speak it is done.
II. By looking at Him, beholding
His glory and becoming changed into His image more and more from glory to
glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord - 2 Corinthians 3:18. Never forgetting who
I am (James 1:22-25) but pressing on to the mark of the prize of the high calling
of God in Christ Jesus - Philippians 3:14. By adding to faith virtue; and to
virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and
to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
kindness agape - that I will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge
of our Lord Jesus - 2 Peter 1:3-10
Lesson Summary: In one sentence, summarize Paul’s
main point in this passage
Being in Christ Jesus and
indwelt by the Spirit of God makes us completely free from sin and its
consequences.
What
Do I Do?
Self-Assessment
From Romans 8:31-39
1. How can we be sure that bad times
are not a signal of God’s displeasure with us?
First of all, God does
not give anyone evil. There is absolutely no evil in Him. God's love is
unwavering regardless of how much good or bad we do. He is the Father of Light
in whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning. Only good things come from
Him - James 1:17.
But there are times when
we take wrong turns in life, which can bring us suffering. If the Spirit of God
dwells in us, we can know when and how we are taking wrong turns, and we can ask Him to guide us in the right path.
At other times, we may
just be in a place of learning with God; with Him refining us in fire like silver - Malachi 3:3.
Those times, definitely, are not fun. But learning to trust God and find the
treasure in our dark times will produce in us people who look more like Jesus
2. Why do some people tend to turn away
from God’s love during difficult times in their life?
Because they don't know
better. We seem to always try to find quick solutions to our problems and this
unfortunately can cause us more harm than good.
3. How can suffering and hardship
strengthen us and deepen our love for God?
If we are wise and
directed by the Spirit of God, sometimes, suffering and hardship draws us
closer to God, and God is ever willing to pull us even closer to Himself to guide us
through
Weekly Self-Assessment Action Plan
1.
Tell someone about the
love of God in Christ
2.
Seek for treasures in the
darkness of life
3.
Look more into His Word
to become more and more like Him
4.
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