23 Oct 16
ROMANS SERIES, PART 3
Knock Him Out To Wake Him Up!
Mark Kotchapaw
You
will note that the Touching Base is taking on a bit of a new format. In order
to leverage this document for yourself personally or in a group, it will be
necessary for you to take notes, even pictures of various PowerPoint slides, in
order to capture key quotes in order to reflect on the text. We encourage you to take notes, develop your
own questions and engage with the text as you feed yourself and perhaps those
you lead.
This morning we
are into the third week of our series in Romans. We will be covering the first
7 chapters this fall.
Series Title: Good News Bad News
Description: From the
moment we wake up to the moment our heads hit the pillow, we can be bombarded
with bad news. Social media has made our world a lot smaller and exposed us
24/7 to the constant deluge of bad news. This fall we are starting a study in
the book of Romans. In the first 17 verses
Paul talks about the good news, the good news that he will expand upon in his
letter to the Romans. Join us as we unpack the good news, are challenged by it
and anchored in it.
To best use
this tool, listen to the message and take notes. If you are not able to join us
on the Sunday, you can listen to the message on our website. It is posted by
the following Tuesday. The teaching will
help you either as a facilitator of a group or for your own personal study to
engage with the text. Feel free to take pictures of various teaching slides
that may help you with your discussion.
Text:
Romans 3
Question: Why is it so hard to move inward?
Big Idea: Outward is our tendency, inward is His priority! (see V. 2:28,29)
Notes:
Come to terms
with the human diagnosis 3:1-20
How does Paul help them see the true
diagnosis?
a.
He
lists a series of questions (v.1-9)
b.
He googles (v.10-20)
What do we learn about the Gospel?
1.
The
Gospel shifts our point of reference from others to God.
2. The Gospel calls us to
move from what we feel to what God knows.
3. The Gospel includes the
bad news so that we will want the Good News.
Discussion:
In addition to
the questions you may come up with for group discussion here are a few more.
How at rest in
the love of God can a believer be when they are not willing to allow God to do
the deeper work in their heart?
What is it like
to live with the tension of the big idea? Outward is our tendency, inward is
His priority!
What is it like
to come under the conviction of the word of God?
How has
“comparrogance” affected your walk with God?
In what ways
can trusting God’s Word over my feelings be difficult?
Discuss the
role of feelings in our culture and how people create their own reality by
their feelings not the facts.
How does
understanding the bad news help one appreciate the Good News?
As a group read
v.21-31 and take time to pray back all that God has done for humanity that is
bankrupt of any righteousness.
How does your
reflection on this text encourage you to pray for the city, the nation and the world?
Mark Kotchapaw
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