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Q4. (Romans 6:17b) How does good doctrine affect the way we live? Why should we honor good doctrine? If we shouldn't look down on doctrine itself, what kind of teaching should we be avoiding? Good doctrine will cause us to be obedient. If I read the Bible, and I understand doctrine, I will obey what that doctrine teaches. I avoid doctrine that is false. I understand it is bad doctrine, because I read my bible and I know what it says.

Q3. (Romans 6:15-18). What does obedience have to do with slavery? In what way does doing acts of righteousness demonstrate your slavery to God? In what ways does doing bad things demonstrate a slavery to sin? How is such a slavery or bondage broken? What part does obedience have in breaking this bondage? In what areas is God speaking to you about a fresh obedience in your life? I used to smoke cigarretts-a pack a day. I was a slave to that cig! I had to have it! I told people that if I weren't smoking, someone would die! Then, I lost my good-paying job. Things changed drastically. I had to decide what I could no longer afford to buy, and let it go. Because I'm saved, and I know smoking is wrong, I begged God to remove the urge to smoke and I asked that He remove the nicotine addiction from me. I decided that I wanted to do right, and now that I can no longer afford them, cigs had to go! So-now that I am cig-free, there are times when I am tempted to smoke. Just one cig-it won't hurt. Who will know? God will know! And, I'll be addicted to nicotine all over again! No way! When God sets us free, we are truly free! God set me free! He took the need to smoke away, and healed me of the addiction. His love is worth everything to me!

Q2. (Romans 6:13) In what ways do you "offer the members of your body" to either sin or God multiple times in a day? Why is it that we can sin unconsciously? How can we begin to offer our members deliberately to God? What changes will it take in our daily life to do this? The answer to all these questions is this-I chose to follow Jesus. However, sometimes I will do a thing without even thinking about it. For instance, when my better half tries to get me riled up, and he says something that he knows will make me mad. I start arguing, and it turns into a scream fest. That is not godly! For me to slow down and think about what is reall happening, I would be able to recognize the fact that he is doing this on purpose. He want me to scream at him. The right response would be for me to just get away from him and let him think about what he is doing. I can choose to get away from him and let him choose to stop what he's doing. These choices happen numerous times a day. The battle between good and evil rages, and we are in the thick of it! We are Christians, and the devil hates us. Therefore, he is always trying to knock us off our feet. I need to consciencly decide to slow down and think about things before I act. Choose to act like Jesus would have me act. Do what Jesus would have me do. Determine to follow Jesus, and get Him involved in my life.

Q1. (Romans 6:12) What does obedience have to do with the "reign" of sin? We obey whoever owns us. If I am living in sin, then sin is who I obey. but-since I now belong to Jesus, He it is who I obey! Jesus is reining over me! Glory to God!

Q5. (Romans 6:11) What does it mean to "reckon, consider, count" in verse 11? Does this actually mean that we are convincing ourselves of something that isn't really true? What will be the effect in our lives if we actually do consider it to be true that we died with Christ's death with regard to sin? Now I am like Christ, because I was buried and resurrected like Him, so-to-speak. No. Jesus lived a sinless life, and He was obedient even to death on the cross. Now I see myself as being buried with Christ in sin, and risen to new life. This means that I want to be like Christ, and that is what I am ever striving for-to be like Christ. I will never be perfect in the flesh, but I am always trying to be like Jesus.

Q4. (Romans 6:6-7) In what way has our "body of sin," our "flesh," our old nature been made powerless because of our crucifixion with Christ? In what way have we been freed from slavery? What difference does this understanding make in our struggles against temptation? We no longer want to do what our flesh would have us do. We are now one in the spirit with Christ. It is hard to explain, but now that we have crucified our flesh, we are now involved in the battle of the ages! Our flesh is at enmity with our spirit. We are no longer held in slavery by our sinful flesh, but that doesn't mean that flesh will just lay down and give up! Flesh will rise up and throw us for a loop if we are not rooted and grounded in the Word of God! We have freedom from this slavery, because we have given up the old ways.

Q3. (Romans 6:1-7) Is Paul referring to a figurative "death" to sin, or to a kind of historical, actual death? Whose death is he talking about? How does this death become our own? To what degree is this just theological mumbo-jumbo or does it have some basis in reality? Bottom line-When we are baptized, we are saying that our old man is dead, and we now have new life. We no longer want to do the things we did before we accepted Christ! Jesus died so that we could have this new life! Inside is changed! We now want to be like Jesus, and that is what we move toward. Old things have passed-all things are new!

Q2. (Romans 6:3-4) In Paul's reference to baptism in 6:3-4, what does "buried" (6:4a) correspond to in the act of baptism? What does "Christ was raised from the dead" (6:4b) correspond to in baptism? Under water=death. out of water=resurrection.

Q1. (Romans 6:3-5) In what sense does baptism bring about our union with Christ? In what sense does baptism symbolize our union with Christ? When we are baptized, going under the water represents Jesus' death, and coming out of the water represents new life in Jesus!

Q4. (Romans 6:2-5) According to this passage, at what point do we move from being under the headship of Adam to the headship of Christ? Is there anything we must do to bring about this change in headship? What are the implications of us having died with Christ? When we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we were baptized into His death. Then, when we came out of the water, we were raised in His resurrection! We were changed, and given a new life-a new spirit! Old things have passed away-all things are now new! Now-when we pass from this life, we will be resurrected, just like He was! It just doesn't get any better than that, people! Except the fact that we will have new lives, and live ...well, forever without end! And-always be in the presence of our Lord and Savior! So much to look forward to!

Q3. (Romans 5:15-19) By what right does Adam represent all humankind? By what right does Christ become head of all who become his disciples? If Christ is not our "representative" or "head," how can his death for sins be effective for us? Adam was the first to be created, and he was given authority over all creation. Because Jesus was born a man, and gave His life for man, He now has the right to be my head. If Christ were not my head, then His death would mean nothing, since He came to die for my sins. I believe in Jesus as my Savior-therefore He is my head!

Q2. (Romans 5:13, 20) What is Paul saying in these verses? Can there be sin without law? In what sense does the "trespass increase" (5:20) when the law is present? The law is good, in that it exposes our sin. Yes, there can be sin without law, because there was no law before Moses. Only when the law came about, could we see and understand how sinful we were.

Q1. What kinds of circumstances in modern life can you think of where a single person acts for an entire group? In what ways are members of the group tied to this person? When a man makes decisions for his family. He marries a woman, and children are born to the union. At that point, the man is responsible for providing for wife and children. His decisions affect the family.

Q4. (Romans 5:9-11) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present? Reconciliation means bringing back together-no more separation. God can not be in the presence of sin. He can't help us if we're sparated from Him. Jesus died so that we could have newness of life-no more fear of death, and freedom from condemnation. Jesus gave His life, so that we could have eternal life!

Q3. (Romans 5:6, 8) Why is it so important to embrace the truth that "Christ died for the ungodly" (5:6), that "Christ died for sinners" (5:8)? According to 5:8, did Christ die for us at our best or at our worst? How does this give us assurance against the devil's lies about us being too bad to forgive? Because without this hope-that Christ died for us when we were yet sinners-there would be no reason to believe in Jesus. We can never "measure up" to the standards that God has for us in this life. Jesus died for us while we were still in sin. When the devil comes whispering to us that we are not good enough, we can just spank him and send him on his way! devil is a liar and a thief-he would love nothing more than to rob us of our faith in Jesus' salvation. Not going to happen!

Q2. (Romans 5:2-5) According to this passage why should we rejoice in our sufferings and tribulations? One by one, what is the importance to our lives of: perseverance, tried character, and hope? We should rejoice in our sufferings and tribulations because we are being taught patience, experience, and hope. Perseverance is important because we go through trials, and we need to learn how to keep fighting the good fight through Jesus. The trials are continuous-they almost never stop coming. Tried character is important because trials come to tear down our testimony, and our relationship with Jesus. So, we need to learn how to keep ourselves from doing or saying anything that will compromise our testimony, or bring a bad light to our Savior. Hope is important because we need the hope that we have a better life coming, to keep us from getting discouraged and turn away from Jesus. Sometimes I find myself wishing that God had given us more information about eternity. I understand why He didn't but still, it would be great to have a little more knowledge.

Q1. (Romans 5:1-2) According to verses 1-2, faith is a key to salvation. For Abraham (4:3), what was the relationship between faith and justification? For us (5:1-2), what is the relationship between faith and justification? In your own words, just what does it mean to be justified? Abraham believed what God said-that caused him (Abraham) to be justified. For us, it is of faith, that it might be by grace. In other words, our faith in what God says justifies us. Therefore, we have access to God through Jesus' death on the cross. Just like I said, I have faith that Jesus died for my sins. Therefore, because Jesus died for my sins, I have access to God, and I have an Advocate in Jesus! I have gained so much because I believe in Jesus' redeeming death and resurrection! Justification is one of the things that I have because of Jesus' death on the cross!

Q1. (Romans 5:1-2) According to verses 1-2, faith is a key to salvation. For Abraham (4:3), what was the relationship between faith and justification? For us (5:1-2), what is the relationship between faith and justification? In your own words, just what does it mean to be justified? Abraham believed God. We believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He died for our sins.

Q4. What about Moses

Q3. (Numbers 25; Revelation 2:14) Though Balaam wouldn

Q2. (Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-15) What precipitated the plague of snakes? Is being impatient with God

Q1. (Numbers 20:1-13) What did God tell Moses to do to bring water out of the rock? What did Moses actually do? In what way did he sin? What emotions and attitudes were behind his sin, do you think? What must leaders do when they sin in these ways? He told Moses to speak to the rock. Moses struck the rock. Moses disobeyed God. Pride They must confess and repent.

Q4. (Numbers 17) What was the root cause of Korah

Q3. (Numbers 14) Why is this failure to enter the Promised Land so serious? What did it represent on the people

Q2. (Numbers 12) What was Miriam