Southview Baptist Church
Letters to the Church | The Gospel — God’s Invitation to Righteous Living
This week, Pastor Nathan Wakefield resumes our Letters to the Church series. In Romans 6:15-7:6, we learn that followers of Jesus must continually offer themselves to righteousness, reject sin’s deceptive mastery, and cultivate the fruit of new life in the Spirit. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Slaves — Everyone is a slave to something (6:15‑18).
• Misunderstanding of grace: “Am I free to do whatever I want?” (v.15)
• The reality of slavery (16).
• The gift of obedience (17‑18).
Action: Make a point of offering yourself to righteousness.
• Misunderstanding of grace: “Am I free to do whatever I want?” (v.15)
• The reality of slavery (16).
• The gift of obedience (17‑18).
Action: Make a point of offering yourself to righteousness.
2. Free — Believers have a real choice (6:19‑23).
• Freedom and responsibility (19).
• Choosing sin (20‑21).
• Choosing God (22‑23).
Action: Reflect on sinful choices — where could I instead submit to God?
• Freedom and responsibility (19).
• Choosing sin (20‑21).
• Choosing God (22‑23).
Action: Reflect on sinful choices — where could I instead submit to God?
3. Example — The binding of marriage pictures our status with righteousness (7:1‑3).
• Law governs the living (1).
• Marriage vows apply while both live (2‑3).
Action: Evaluate your status — are you dead to the law?
• Law governs the living (1).
• Marriage vows apply while both live (2‑3).
Action: Evaluate your status — are you dead to the law?
4. Life — Death to what binds us brings real life (7:4‑6).
• Union with Christ results in death to the law and a change of ownership (4).
• The law reveals sin but cannot curb it (5).
• Freedom from the law allows us to serve the Spirit (6).
Action: Make it a goal to bear fruit.
• Union with Christ results in death to the law and a change of ownership (4).
• The law reveals sin but cannot curb it (5).
• Freedom from the law allows us to serve the Spirit (6).
Action: Make it a goal to bear fruit.
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