What a timely lesson this week. Each day the headlines report the despicable news of another person of influence or power indulging in deviant behavior. We read stories of men who risk everything to satisfy their lusts and passions. We wonder how such things can be. The answer is really quite simple – they are … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: Christians have the privilege of rejoicing not only in forgiveness of their sins but also in liberation from sin’s dominion in their lives. Lesson 7, November 18, 2017 1. Have a volunteer read Romans 6:6-11 a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is. … Continue reading –>
Read Romans 6:16. What point is Paul making? Why is his argument very black and white here? It is either one or the other, with no middle ground. What lesson should we draw from this very clear contrast? Paul comes back to the point again that the new life of faith does not grant liberty to … Continue reading –>
Overcoming sin. Have you succeeded in overcoming sin? If you don’t think you have, why worry? Aren’t we saved by grace and not by our works? Did Paul reject the doctrine of sanctification in favor of salvation by grace? What is the difference between being dedicated to God and being sanctified? Where sin abounded… Have … Continue reading –>
Our memory text shows us our first hymn: Hymn 109, “Marvellous Grace”. This hymn may be used for most of the days’ studies and is a theme throughout the week. The end of our Sabbath Afternoon study gives us our hope in the last words ‘saved by Jesus” : Hymn 340, “Jesus Saves”. Are your … Continue reading –>
Read Romans 6:14. How are we to understand this text? Does it mean that the Ten Commandments are no longer binding on us? If not, why not? Romans 6:14 is one of the key statements in the book of Romans. And it’s one we often hear quoted in the context of someone telling us Adventists that the … Continue reading –>
What admonition is given to us in Romans 6:12? The word reign shows that “sin” is here represented as a king. The Greek word here translated as “reign” means literally “to be a king” or “to function as a king.” Sin is all too willing to assume the kingship of our mortal bodies and dictate our behavior. When Paul … Continue reading –>
In Romans 5:20, Paul makes a powerful statement: “But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” His point is that no matter how much sin there is or how terrible the results of sin are, God’s grace is sufficient to deal with it. What hope that should bring for each of us, especially when we’re … Continue reading –>
Read for This Week’s Study: Romans 6; 1 John 1:8-2:1. Memory Text: “Sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14). If works can’t save us, why bother with them at all? Why not just keep on sinning? Chapter 6 is Paul’s answer to this important question. Paul here … Continue reading –>
As a child on family vacations, I loved standing on the ocean’s shore, imagining what lay on the other side. I would watch the waves roll in from who knows how far away. I would see ships sailing for far-away lands that I could only dream about. After I grew up and became very busy, … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “Help in Daily Living”, pp. 470-472, in The Ministry of Healing; “Christ the Center of the Message,” pp. 383, 384, in Selected Messages, book 1; “The Temptation and Fall”, pages 60-62, in Patriarchs and Prophets; “Justification,” pp. 712-714, in The SDA Encyclopedia. “Many are deceived concerning the condition of their hearts. They do not realize that the natural … Continue reading –>
“Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous” (Rom. 5:18-19). What … Continue reading –>
