Grace-Motivated Progressive Sanctification

Discussion QuestionsSermon Overview: Because God has freed you from sin's mastery by grace, live for him.1. A question about grace: does grace mean we can keep living in sin? (v. 1)2. What God has done by grace: through union with Christ, we are freed from sin's mastery (vv. 2-11)3. What God enables by grace: we can and must live for God (vv. 12-14)Digging Deeper:    Read Romans 6:1-141. In Romans 6:1, Paul (the author of this letter) asks a question: “Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?” What misunderstanding of the nature of grace is Paul here addressing? Why is it important that we get this right?  What might be some of the consequences of getting this wrong?  2. We who are in Christ have been freed from our slavery to sin. Are there specific, concrete ways you have seen this spiritual reality (deliverance from bondage to sin), in your own life or the life of someone close to you? If so, please share.3. Who is someone in your life who does not yet know Christ and his grace? How might you share with them what God, by his transforming grace, has done in your life (from #2 above), as a way to point them to Christ and their need for him?  When will you share this story with this person?  Invite others in your GC to pray for you and your conversation. 4. How has grace freed us from sin’s mastery? What does it mean that we have been freed from sin’s mastery? What does that not mean?  5. What does it mean to be “in Christ”?6. Our gracious God wants us to be motivated by his grace. And yet, sadly, we can find ourselves motivated by other things, like guilt, shame, fear, or pride. As you examine your own heart motivations, what, other than grace, has at times motivated you?  Why do you think that is? 7. How can we keep living life for God motivated by grace and not by something else?8. What is an area of your life in which you would like to pursue greater godliness, motivated by grace? How does grace motivate you?  9. Pastor Brett helped us see from 6:12-14 that, with the enabling of God’s grace in our lives, we can (and must) live our lives for God. Does this truth encourage you? If so, how so? Prayer