PMC SERMON “LIVE IT OUT” GUIDE Date: 17 April 2016

Text: Romans 6:15-23

Title: Let's Sin (2)

Preacher: Rev Chan Siew Chye

Series: Justified by Faith

[For Group Leaders:

- The following serves only as a guide. Please feel free to edit and adapt.

- You are strongly encouraged to allow members to share using the POP Journal (4Rs) at the beginning of your group time. This would deepen your fellowship and enrich everyone in the Word.

1. SERMON RECAP

(Visit pmc.org.sg to listen to the sermon and download a copy of the Powerpoint slides)

Two Types of Slavery:

· Slaves to Sin vs. Slaves to God (v 15-18)

· “By birth we are in Adam, the slaves of sin; by grace and faith we are in Christ, the slaves of God.” (John Stott)

Two Types of Progressions:

· Moral Deterioration vs. Moral Transformation (v 19)

· You can become who you are in Christ when you choose to discipline your bodies – your mind, eyes, ears, tongues, hands and feet – to act accordingly. 

Two Types of Outcomes: 

· Death vs. Life (v 20-24)

· We experience death in this life when wechoose to be enslaved by sin: loss of integrity, family breakdown, depression, broken relationship with God and etc. 

2. LIVE IT OUT

Discuss as a group

a.  What are some ‘clues’ that indicate there are areas of our lives that are still under slavery to sins.

b.  There is no half-way house. A person is either serving God or serving the flesh with its lusts.  What are some "common" temptations in life that are difficult to resist?  How can we as God's children make a clean break of them?

Share in pairs or at most threes

c.  If you had previously been obedient to sin in any area of you life, describe how it impacted your walk with God?  What was the turning point which brought you back to God? 

d.  Identify one area of your life that you still struggle with sin.  The speaker said the key to sanctification is to :

i.   Know who you are in Christ and

ii.  To act accordingly

Based on the above, what practical steps can you take to help you turn this area of your life to God?  

Pray for one another at the end.

3. PRAY

Please refer to the PMC Mobile App, “MyPMC”, for our weekly prayer guide. [Click on “PRAY”, then “Let’s Pray”]

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