A Life of Hope
Romans 1:16 NIV
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
Romans 1-3: The Gospel is the only hope for the world.
Romans 4-6: Through the Gospel, we were made right with God.
Romans 6:1-7 NIV
1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
Romans 6:12-18 NIV
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
3 Timely Questions for Believers:
I. Can I live like I want to after I’m saved?
The Holy Spirit makes us hungry, gives us desires, and compels us to live a life that is pleasing to Jesus, not pleasing to us.
3 Timely Questions for Believers:
I. Can I live like I want to after I’m saved?
II. How can I live a life that pleases God?
How to know where your desires are getting out of control:
- Where do you go from anger to enraged?
- Where do you go from healthy fear to crippling anxiety?
1 Peter 4:12 NIV
12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
3 Timely Questions for Believers:
I. Can I live like I want to after I’m saved?
II. How can I live a life that pleases God?
III. Where do I get the power to live the life God designed for me?
The Scripture teaches us that if you live for pleasure, people pleasing, power, and money, it will kill not just you, but everything you love.