Free (3) – Staying Dead

Welcome to CROLCC, we are so glad you are here worshiping with us. We are in the 3rd week of our series Free and we have been talking about something no one likes to talk about – sin. Nobody likes to hear that they are a sinner. However we have said since the very beginning that you are sinner not because of something you have done, but because you were born in Adam. So when Adam sinned, sin entered the world and contaminated the world and since you were born in Adam, you were born in sin.

That is why you and I keep doing things we don’t want to do, even though we know it’s not to our benefit, we keep on doing it. But there is a way out, because when Jesus Christ died for our sins on the cross, He overcame the power of sin and took away the power of sin on us. So when we are in Christ, we died to sin and become alive to God. Therefore we said last week, sin is no longer your master, you can say that to sin.

So if we’re dead to sin, if sin isn’t our master, how do we live that out? What does it look like to live without sin as master over our mouths, our eyes, our minds, our insecurities, our appetites?

Moving Forward

Everyday, declare that sin is not your master, decide not to let sin rule you, and devote the members of your physical body as instruments to God.

Discussion Questions

1. Last week, we asked you to choose an area in your life that you might be struggling with and whisper: Sin is not my master. I am dead to sin but alive to God. How did it go? What did you learn about yourself?

2. How would you define the word “sin”

3. Have you ever tried to conquer sin in your life through will-power? What happened?

4. When you wrestle with sin, which side of the argument do you identify with, Adam (here I go again) or Christ (sin is not my master)?

5. What is one thing you can do this week to stop trying to imitate Christ and to let him live his life through you? What can this group do to support you?