“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies, envyings,
murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of
the which I tell you
before, as I have also told you in time past, that
they which do such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Galatians 5:19-21 .
“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and
he shall be holden
with the cords of his sins.” Proverbs 5:22 .
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves
servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto
death, or of
obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:16 .
2. What are the wages for serving sin?
Romans 6:23
17. When this happens what is our relation to the
sinful habits that once
enslaved us?
2 Peter 1:4
18. How is a person’s life different after being
liberated from the
servitude of sin?
1 Peter 4:2
“For the time past of our life may suffice us to have
wrought the will of
the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts,
excess of wine,
revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries.” 1
Peter 4:3 .
19. How does Paul emphasize again the new status of
the believer?
Romans 6:22
20. How should this new status affect our future
plans?
Romans 13:14
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that
ye should obey it
in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as
instruments of
unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto
God.” Romans 6:12,
13 .
21. Upon what condition may we continue to partake of
the power of
Christ?
Hebrews 3:14
“If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed; and ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31 .
22. If through unbelief a person falls back into his
former passions,
what has he probably forgotten?
2 Peter 1:9
26. Do we need anything that His divine power has not
supplied?
2 Peter 1:3
“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up
for us all, how
shall he not with him also freely give us all things?”
Romans 8:32 .
“But my God shall supply all your need according to
his riches in glory
by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 .
27. How may we obtain the transforming gift of God’s
righteousness?
Matthew 7:7
28. Then what positive action are we to take?
Romans 6:13
“For as ye have yielded your members servants to
uncleanness and to
iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members
servants to
righteousness unto holiness.” Romans 6:19 .
