When In Rome: Oops, I Did It Again

Here are some questions to help you process this message and apply it to your life:

1. What was (or is) your favourite subject in school? What do you like about it?

2. I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. (Romans 7:7-8)

In the message we heard that it’s “human nature to want what we don’t have.” Why do you think that is? 

3. So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. (Romans 7:14)

Garry said, “We all have a sin problem, the problem is we don’t think we have a problem with sin.” Do you agree/disagree with that statement? Why/why not?

4. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. (Romans 7:18-20)

Do you find those verses encouraging or discouraging because it seems as though Paul is saying we can’t overcome sin and do the things we know we should?

5. How does the reality of Paul’s life as a Jesus-follower encourage you in your own life?