Romans 6:1-14
Romans: The Foundations of Faith
“A Matter of Life and Death”
(Romans 6:1-14)
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The Best Life Now - Swindoll
Remember Who You Are - Stott
Finding Your True Self - C.S. Lewis
Baptism: Spiritual and Symbolic (Dry and Wet)
Questions and Answers (6:1-2)
Question: _____________________________________________ ? (6:1)
Answer: _______________________________________________ ! (6:2)
Our Identity in Christ: Death to Sin (6:3-10)
• The Pattern of Christ
• The Practice of Christians
Our Identity in Christ: Life to God (6:3-10)
• The Pattern of Christ
• The Practice of Christians
Application: Making it Work (6:11-14)
• A Way of Thinking: Contemplate and be controlled by truth thoughts!
• Negatively: I am dead and unresponsive to sin’s pull on me!
• Positively: I am alive and responsive to God’s will and rule in my life!
• Finally: Grace properly understood is the ultimate motivator!
The Life You’ve Always Wanted
has been secured by Christ’s death to sin and life to God
and is experienced by our death to sin and life to God.
Next Steps
• Live decisively, if you are completely dead to the pull of sin.
• Live decisively, as if you are fully alive to God’s will in everything.
This Week’s Growth Guide
God’s Word is both central and critical to your spiritual growth. We invite you to utilize the Growth Guide during the week to further your application of the Truth from the message.
• Monday - Ephesians 2:1-10
• Tuesday - Galatians 4:1-7
• Wednesday - Galatians 4:8-20
• Thursday - Colossians 2:6-15
• Friday - Romans 6:15-23
Home Church
Our Home Churches meet weekly to facilitate quicker relational depth, study the same passage taught Sunday to help apply Scripture in the context of community, and pray with one another. Home Church helps our body seek God’s best for one another.
Home Church Questions
• How is everyone really doing this week?
• Read Romans 6:1-14.
• What was the main point of the message this week?
• What elements of your life give you “identity”? How do you think of yourself (Arkansas, Hog Fan, Tennis Player, Business Owner, Mom)?
• What are some things in this passage that make you thankful?
• Paul makes a connection between the death and resurrection of Christ and our death and resurrection. What are the parallels?
• This passage speaks of both dying to sin and living to God. Which one is most important for you to focus on this week?
• Paul ends this section by saying, “We are not under law, but under grace.” Why is this so important to remember?
• This all sounds well and good in theory. 1) We are united with Christ, 2) We are dead to sin,
3) We are alive to God, 4) We live under grace. Does it really work?
Finances
Weekly Budget 25,962
Giving For 10/25 23,956
Giving For 11/01 19,817
YTD Budget 467,308
YTD Giving 434,473
(under) (32,835)
Generations Campaign
Total Pledge 1,602,882
Received-to-date 1,472,332
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Elders and prayer team available
During both worship services, we will have elders and/or members of our prayer team under the “Hope” and “Love” signs in the front corners of the worship center available to pray for you
after the sermon during the praise time (while singing).
New to Fellowship?
We are so glad that you joined the Fellowship Family to worship this morning. If you are joining us for the first time or have been checking us out for a few weeks, we are excited you are here and would love to meet you. Please fill out the “Connect” section of your bulletin, tear it off, and bring it to the Connection Center in the Atrium, we would love to say “hi” and give you a gift.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child collection week is almost here! We are excited about your involvement as we work toward our goal of 6001 boxes! The GO Store, located in Downtown Conway, is the perfect place for you to buy approved items to put in your box for a fraction of the cost of retail. That means, if you plan to pack 1 box, you might be able to pack 2 or 3 boxes for the same amount! Also, we need MANY volunteers for OCC Collection Week, November 16 - 23, so please visit the Fellowship app on your phone and click the OCC icon to sign up or visit the website and click on the OCC menu.
Dedication sunday | November 22 | 9 & 10:45 a.m.
Join us Sunday, November 22, during the 9 or 10:45 AM service as we dedicate all the shoeboxes that have been received and pray for the children, families, and communities that God will change through sending out hope in a shoebox. The entire church will be together in the main services during the worship service, with the exception of the toddler hall. The toddler hall will be open to drop off birth-toddler aged children during both services. A special morning is in store as we are led in prayer in a variety of languages and together ask God to do big things.
Christmas Offering | Generations | Renewal Ranch
Our elders have determined our annual Christmas Offering will address 2 areas this year. First, we will provide $10,000 to Renewal Ranch, a vital ministry partner of Fellowship that has suffered financially during this COVID season. Second, we will put Fellowship on strong financial footing by fulfilling the remaining $150,000 of the Generations campaign before we go to permanent financing in February, 2021. Together, we can make a difference now and into the future by giving to the Christmas Offering. To be part, go to fellowshipconway.org/give, sign-in and select “Christmas Offering.”
Human Trafficking | Kainos Justice School | November 20 & 21
Over the past few years, members of the Fellowship Family have traveled to Germany for 7-10 days to get first class education on human trafficking through leaders of an organization called Kainos, at their justice school. The Kainos Team from Stuttgart, Germany is bringing their justice school online this year, allowing you a great opportunity to get the same information in two days. We invite you to be a part of this virtual seminar and learn a range of topics including online outreach and prevention of human trafficking, prayer walking/virtual prayer walking, and Bible study. Time: Friday 6-9pm and Saturday 9am-2pm. Cost: $50 includes lunch and materials. Sign up at www.fellowshipconway.org/register.