If God has already forgiven so many of my sins, does one more really make a difference? Many believers ask that question, and in Romans 6 Paul answers it with a short, firm no. The sermon walks through the three pictures he uses to explain why: baptism as death and resurrection, slavery that leaves no neutral option, and marriage to a law we have died to. Listen in if you want to see why God’s grace is free, yet never was cheap.
Discussion questions
For your small group or for personal reflection after the sermon.
- Paul answers an objection: if salvation is by grace, should we keep sinning so that grace may increase even more? Why was this question so important for the divided Christians in Rome?
- In Romans 6 and 7 Paul uses three pictures: baptism, slavery and marriage. What does each one teach about why a follower of Jesus should not keep living in sin?
- The speaker compared the belief that salvation depends on good deeds outweighing bad ones to the Egyptian scale that weighed the heart. Where do you see this kind of thinking today, including in your own heart?
- Paul writes that the law stirs up a desire to break it, like children told not to go into the water. How does living under grace and in the power of the Holy Spirit change the way you relate to God's commands?
- According to Paul, everyone is a slave either to sin or to God, and there is no neutral option. In which areas of your life are you tempted to stand somewhere in the middle?
- The speaker stressed that grace is not cheap, because it cost the Son of God the cross. How can remembering that price help you this week in a specific struggle with sin?
