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Romans 6:15-23 – A Study

Keith Waters Bible Studies 23rd June 201923rd June 2019blessing, death, Jesus, life, salvation, sin, slavery 0 Comment

If you missed the sermon, you can pick it up here.

Read through the passage and pray asking the Lord to open it up to you.

Why does Paul ask his question in verse 15?
What images come to mind when we think of slavery? Compare this to what you know of slavery in the first century A.D.
Look through the passages again and pick out the various contrasts between being a slave to sin and a slave to God. Talk through each one.
In which ways can and should we apply this passage to out lives?

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Bible Study Romans 5:12-21

Keith Waters Bible Studies 2nd June 20192nd June 2019bible, doctrine, faith, Grace, new connexions, salvation, sin, study 0 Comment

This study is based on the Sermon from Sunday June 2nd

Discuss as a group what thoughts people have about life and death.
Why does Adam get the blame, when it was obviously Eve who took the first bite of the fruit?
In the sermon we looked at both the doctrine of original sin and the doctrine of representation. These can be quite deep things but equally the concept is simple. As a group talk through and confusion that there might be and why they are both important.
Look at and discuss the contrasts Paul makes between Adam and Christ.
How ought we apply this passage to our lives in 21st century Britain?

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Micah 5 Study

Keith Waters Bible Studies 7th November 2016bible, communication, discipline, eschatology, faith, Holy Spirit, hope, Israel, Jesus, judgement, justice, Micah, new connexions, prayer, redemption, repentance, salvation, sanctification, Trinity 0 Comment

Note to leaders: As with all studies, please don’t feel you must cover all questions, fine if you can, but rather take a few of the questions and do them justice that rush through 🙂

If you missed the sermon, you can pick it up here: The King from eternity

Verse 1 seems at complete odds with the rest of the chapter, what is Micah pointing to (cf. 2 Kings 25?);
Bethlehem was a tiny hamlet, what else do we know about Bethlehem from the bible? Also, why would God chose Bethlehem and not Jerusalem?
At the end of verse 2, consider what it means: ‘whose origins are in the distant past’. How should this impact a) our understanding of who Jesus is, b) our view of creation, c) our reading of the Old Testament?
Discuss verses 3-9, what are these verses pointing to?
Verses 10 to 14 at first glance look like more judgement, but are they? – if not what are they about – if so how does it fit with the rest of the passage?
Who is the last verse addressing and at which time?

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