Life Through the Spirit - Romans 8:1-17
Understand It
- What is the status of a person who trusts in Jesus Christ? (8:1)
- How is a person set free from the law of sin and death? (8:2)
- What did God do that the Law was powerless to do? (8:3-5)
- What is the difference between those who live according to their sinful nature and those who live according to the Spirit? (8:5-8)
- How can a person know if he or she is controlled by the sinful nature or by the Spirit? (8:9)
- What promise is given to people living in the Spirit? (8:11)
- What kind of obligation do Christians have? (8:12-14)
- What happens to the person who lives according to the sinful nature? (8:13)
- By what means can a person find life? (8:13)
- What is true of people who are led by God’s Spirit? (8:14)
- What kind of spirit do God’s children have? (8:15)
- What are the benefits of being a child of God? (8:15-17)
Apply It
- What area of your life do you need to turn over to God’s mighty power? How will you?
- What changes have you been resisting in your life that you are now willing to allow your loving heavenly Father to complete?
Future Glory - Romans 8:18-27
Understand It
- How did Paul describe the difference between his present and his future? (8:18)
- What is the world waiting to see? (8:19)
- For what reason has the world been forced to wait? (8:20-21)
- To what human experience did Paul compare his waiting? (8:22-23)
- For what are the children of God waiting? (8:23)
- What is and is not genuine hope? (8:24-25)
- What causes us to wait patiently? (8:25)
- How does the Spirit help us in our weakness? (8:26)
- For whom does the Spirit intercede? (8:27)
- What is the relationship between God and the Spirit? (8:27)
Apply It
- In what circumstances of your life do you need to wait patiently for God to act?
- For what can you ask the Spirit’s help this week?
More Than Conquerors - Romans 8:28-39
Understand It
- How does God work in all the situations and events of a person’s life? (8:28)
- For whom does God promise to work all things for good? (8:28)
- Who is our ultimate example? (8:29)
- How does God seek to change His people? (8:29)
- What does God want each person to become? (8:29)
- What has God done to make people what He wants them to be? (8:30)
- What made Paul confident that God takes care of His people? (8:31-32)
- Why should we feel confident that God is not against us or condemning us? (8:31-34)
- Where is Jesus Christ right now? (8:34)
- What possible tragedies or hardships are unable to separate us from the love of Christ? (8:35-39)
- What kind of persecutions have God’s people often faced? (8:36)
- How are God’s people to respond to persecutions and tragedies? (8:37)
- What gives God’s people the ability to respond in triumph to persecution? (8:37)
Apply It
- How can you commit your difficult circumstances to God this week?
- How can you show trust in God to work out your circumstances for good?
