This is teaching 3 of 4 from the Steel Wool Men's retreat at Camp Pinnacle in Voorheesville, New York October 3-5, 2025.
Listen the other teachings:
1 - Identity w/ Mat Hauser
https://youtu.be/p6lQknrtyGY
2 - Rest in the Lord w/ Rick Cohen
https://youtu.be/RmgbEhLUaak
4 - What do we need w/ Jeff Stasko
https://youtu.be/ioQ5uInWq9s
Save the date for the 2026 retreat: October 3-5th 2026.
For more information on the retreat visit: https://ironsheep.org/steelwool
Teaching Notes:
Read all of Romans 6
Rom 6.1 - Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? Read Rom 5.20-21. God’s grace (and free gift through Jesus Christ) covers a multitude of sins. So if we sin MORE, then we actually make the value of Jesus’ sacrifice greater… so lets just go crazy. Nope - you're missing the entire point and here it is:
Rom 6.2, “we are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?” - Paul is touching on the main point of the Chapter here, he will explain in more detail.
Rom 6.3-4 - Baptism.Baptism is a picture, right? What does it picture? Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection.We go down into the water, which symbolizes Jesus’ death and burial.We come up out of the water, which symbolizes Jesus’ resurrection.
Rom 6.5-7 - death to the old self.Jesus was killed and buried; in doing that, he became our spotless “passover lamb,” (“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Cor 5.21). BUT THEN, God raised him from the dead, to be the “first fruits.” The resurrection of Christ is critical! Just as he was raised from the dead, so too will we be raised to eternity in heaven with the Lord. Rom 6.6 - old self was crucified with him? YOU ARE A NEW CREATION. BORN AGAIN!“The body ruled by sin is done away with” - we are no longer slaves to sin.Person testimony - My obsession with pornography started in 7th grade.
Slave to sin verses:John 8.34, 2 Peter 2:19, Titus 3.3, Proverbs 5.22 and Ephesians 2.1-2. Satin wants you to stay locked in your chains.
Rom 6.7 - Anyone who has died has been set free from sin. Think about that.
Rom 6.8-11 - Christ died and was raised from the dead. He can not die again. So too, our old self has died, it's buried.
Rom 6.12-14 - DO NOT LET SIN REIGN, DO NOT OFFER ANY PART OF YOURSELF TO SIN AS AN INSTRUMENT OF WICKEDNESS. As Christians, when we accept Christ and are baptized into a new life with him, our old self is reckoned dead. We are no longer going to hell; we have a new destination at our death, and sin no longer has its chains wrapped around us. But SO many of us voluntarily put those chains back on. Kill the old self, put him to death, and embrace the born-again you.
Rom 7.14-25. You do not have to be perfect. I am not calling you to that, that's impossible. What I am calling you to do is to publicly declare the old self dead, and do the best you can to not allow that old sinful way of life to control your actions today. So, how did I break the chains that pornography had on me?1. I made a covenant with my wife, to tell her everything and be honest. 2. Rather than focusing on what I ought NOT to do, I focused on learning who God is.
Discussion Questions:
1. What does someone look like who is a slave to sin? How can you tell?
2. When in your life would you say you were a “slave to sin?”
3. How has a person who has physically died been set free from sin?
4. How can you, as a born-again believer, be an instrument of wickedness? What does that look like?
5. What does it look like to offer yourselves to the Lord as an instrument of righteousness?
6. What is a habitual sin that Christ crucified on the cross but you are allowing to still have power in your life?
7. Who has a testimony to share, of a victory over sin, that the Holy Spirit has helped you overcome?
