Lecture Outline:

Aim: Faith in Jesus Christ is profoundly transformative.

I. Promise Through Faith (Romans 4.1-25) 

T1: Faith in Jesus Christ transforms ruined sinners to righteous saints.

a. How does your life testify to the transformation faith in God has worked in you?

b. What was once dead in your life but is now raised to new life?

c. What “ruin” has been profoundly changed to righteousness?

d. Which of God’s promises to you need to appropriate by faith?

II. Peace Through Faith (Romans 5.1-11) 

T2:  Faith in Jesus Christ transforms enmity with God into peace with God.

a. How confident are you in your approach to God?

b. How freely and frequently do you draw near to Him?

c. What spurs you on to a vibrant relationship with the Living God? What is hindering it?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: In Christ, a believer’s victory is guaranteed.

I. Lifting A Standard (Judges 4) 

T1: A believer’s guaranteed victory over sin and death is the result of Christ’s finished work.

a. What is oppressing your spirit?

b. Which of sin’s shackles are keeping you stuck in a cycle of defeat?

c. Where do you need the Spirit of God to lift a standard over you and guarantee your victory? How earnestly will you persist in the fight?

II. Lifting A Song (Judges 5) 

T2: A believer’s guaranteed victory over sin and death is a mighty deed to be celebrated.

a. How often do you set aside time to simply celebrate God?

b. Which specific mighty deeds of God could you celebrate in your daily time of prayer?

Aim: Christ’s righteousness is the only remedy for sin’s ruin.

I. Divine Diagnosis: Ruined (Romans 3.1-20) T1: A believer’s proper pride is in God and His justice.

a. What is your response to God’s divine diagnosis of the universal ruin of mankind?

b. Who or what are you taking pride in? Is your pride a ruined pride in worldly privileges and possessions or a righteous pride in God and His justice?

c. How do you or could you express your pride in His holy character and His perfect justice?

II. Divine Declaration: Righteous (Romans 3.21-31) T2: A believer’s proper pride is in the ONLY One Who pleases God the Father: Jesus Christ.

a. In what ways do you show the world you are proud Jesus Christ is Your Savior?

b. When the eyes of the world watch how you live, how does it demonstrate the righteousness Christ died to give you?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: God uses His people as instruments to advance His glory.

I. Filled Instrument (3.7-11) 

T1: Instruments for God’s glory must be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and obedient to His will.

a. In what specific ways is God using you as an instrument for His glory?

b. How are you walking in obedience to His will for your life?

II. Flawed Instruments (3.12-31) 

T2: Instruments for God’s glory surrender every strength and weakness for His use.

a. How is God using you for His glory?

b. What excuses are you making to avoid surrendering your life to the glory of God?

c. Which weaknesses are keeping you from doing what God has called you to do?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: Sin is incompatible with God’s design.

I. Excuseless Depravity (Romans 1.18-32) 

T1: Because sin is incompatible with God’s design, our need for Jesus Christ is critical.

a. In what ways do you suppress the truth about God?

b. What excuses do you make for continuing in your sin?

c. How sick and tired are you of your sin? 

II. Eternal Destinations (Romans 2.1-29) 

T2: Because sin is incompatible with God’s design, His judgment is just.

a. What is the condition of your heart? Is it hard and impenitent or soft and repentant?

b. Is your way of living and thinking more defined by the fruit of the fall or the fruit of the Spirit? On the Day of Judgment, will you reap God’s rewards or His wrath?

c. What good works are you busy doing to honor and glorify God?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: True believers must never forget the mighty deeds of God.

I. Forgetfulness (Judges 2.1-11) 

T1: Remembering God’s mighty deeds guards against covenant-breaking actions.

a. Which truths about God do you need to recall to guard against spiritual amnesia?

b. How could a deeper understanding of your covenant relationship with God change how you live out your faith?

II. Faithlessness (Judges 2.12-3.6) 

T2: Remembering God’s mighty deeds fuels faithfulness to Him.

a. What are you doing or thinking that reveals unbelief or worldliness is creeping into your walk of faith?

b. How might God be testing your faith through your current struggles or difficulties?

c. Which mighty deeds of God do you need to meditate upon to fuel your faithfulness to Him?

Aim: God calls believers to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I. Gospel Slaves (Romans 1.1-7) 

T1: God calls believers to be His kingdom-advancing slaves.

a. When were you redeemed from a life of slavery to sin to a life of slavery to Christ?

b. What are the positive aspects or blessings of being His slave?

c. How is God using you to advance His kingdom?

II. Gospel Salvation (Romans 1.8-17) 

T2: God calls believers to eagerly and shamelessly proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

a. How prepared are you to proclaim the gospel?

b. How might your failure to share the gospel indicate you are ashamed of the gospel?

c. What can you do to obey God’s call despite your fear being hated, rejected, or ostracized?

Aim: God’s holiness demands our full obedience.

I. Full Obedience (Judges 1.1-20) 

T1: God’s holiness demands a full obedience that gains the victory over sin.

a. What undefeated sin is ruining your life?

b. Which specific sin are you allowing to metastasize into other areas of your life?

c. How might your failure to trust in God’s sovereign power limit your victory over sin’s power?

II. Failed Obedience (Judges 1.21-36) 

T2: God’s holiness is spurned when we fail to fully obey His commands.

a. In which area of your life are you spurning God’s holiness?

b. How might your pursuit of happiness or worldly success involve a failed obedience to God’s commands?

c. Starting today, what will you do differently to fully obey God’s commands?

d. How in awe are you of God’s holiness?