Lecture Outline:

Aim: A Holy Bridegroom requires a holy Bride.

I. Living Sacrifice (Romans 12.1-13.14)

T1: Christ’s holy Bride is a living sacrifice in active pursuit of Christlikeness.

a. How are you giving yourself to God as a living sacrifice?

b. What parts of yourself might you be refusing to lay on the altar?

c. Which of the world’s customs or standards are keeping you from standing out as Christ’s holy Bride?

II. Loving Servant (Romans 14.1-15.13)

T2: Christ’s holy Bride is a loving servant empowered by the Holy Spirit.

a. In which current circumstance are you finding it difficult to love your siblings-in-Christ?

b. How is your flesh failing to give you what you need to love others well?

c. What do you need to do to surrender to the Holy Spirit to receive His love, joy, and power?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: Believers fulfill their God-given potential when they live set apart for Him.

I. Samson’s Revenge (Judges 15)

T1: Living set apart for God guards against assimilation with the world.

a. In what ways are you simply going with the flow and assimilating into the world?

b. How might assimilation into our current culture be hindering you from reaching your fullest God-given potential?

II. Samson’s Ruin (Judges 16)

T2: Living set apart for God guards against wasting our God-given potential.

a. What are you failing to do to live set apart for God and His purpose for your life?

b. What have you identified as God’s purpose for you? How are you living out that purpose?

I. God’s Right (Romans 9)

T1: God’s sovereign election is a mercy extended to unworthy sinners.

a. What do you believe makes you worthy of God’s saving grace?

b. How might your works be infecting what you believe is fair concerning your salvation from sin?

c. How might works be corrupting the right view of the gospel of Jesus Christ?

II. God’s Reasons (Romans 10)

T2: God’s sovereign election involves our human responsibility to share the gospel.

a. When was the last time you shared the gospel?

b. What causes you to disobey Jesus’ command to participate in the Great Commission? What excuses are you making?

III. God’s Remnant (Romans 11)

T3: God’s sovereign election is how He remains faithful to His ancient promises.

a. What is your relationship or your view of the Jewish people today?

b. How could the truths of Romans 11 move you to fervent prayer for God to restore His chosen people, Israel?

c. Which of God’s ancient promises inspire you to become a ‘pro-semite’?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: God uses flawed people to accomplish His divine purposes.

I. Righteous Remnant (Judges 13)

T1: God uses flawed people to accomplish His purposes through the strength of the Holy Spirit.

a. Which of your flaws or weaknesses are keeping you from wholeheartedly serving God?

b. How might the flaws or weaknesses of fellow believers keep you from trusting their ability to serve God effectively?

II. Reckless Rebel (Judges 14)

T2: God uses flawed people to accomplish His purposes, but they still experience the consequences of their rebellion.

a. How does your rebellion against God manifest itself?

b. Which of His commands draw out your disobedience?

c. What do you insist on doing because it is ‘right in your eyes’?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: Holy Spirit power makes us conquering Christians.

I. Alive in the Spirit (Romans 8.1-13)

T1: The Holy Spirit drives out our flesh to take up residence in us.

a. What evidence do you see in your life that the Holy Spirit lives IN you?

b. How readily do you draw on His indwelling power?

c. What might you being doing to quench the Holy Spirit’s power?

II. Adopted by the Spirit (8.14-30)

T2: The Holy Spirit adopts wretched sinners and transforms them into the likeness of

Christ.

a. Whose child are you? How confidently do you call out to God with the words “Abba! Father!”?

b. How closely do you resemble Him?

III. Amazed at the Spirit (8.31-39)

T3: The Holy Spirit ignites our praise with His assurance of our salvation.

a. Which part of the Holy Spirit’s assurance of salvation do you most need to meditate upon?

b. Which of Paul’s questions address your deepest need or your darkest doubts?

c. Which truths about your salvation prompt your greatest praise? Beginning now, how will you offer your praise

to Him?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: God’s promises are perfect and their fulfillment is guaranteed.

I. Repentant? (Judges 10.6-18)

T1: God’s perfect and guaranteed promises are rooted in His jealous love for His people.

a. What are you doing to provoke God’s jealousy?

b. In what ways are you failing to be faithful or put God first in your life?

II. Raised Up (Judges 11.1-33)

T2: God’s perfect and guaranteed promises ensure the victory over our enemies.

a. What enemies are vexing your soul today?

b. What has you feeling defeated, oppressed, or crushed?

c. Which of God’s perfect and guaranteed promises will you employ to gain the victory over your enemies?

III. Reprehensible! (Judges 11.34-12.15)

T3: God’s perfect and guaranteed promises should cause us to be careful when making and keeping promises.

a. How careful are you to do what you say you will do? Does your “yes” mean “yes” and your “no” mean “no”?

b. In which situations might you be foolishly and unnecessarily bargaining with God? Or how might you be manipulating God to do what you want by making promises to Him?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: God designed His law to lead us from ruined to righteous.

I. Deliverance from the Law (Romans 7.1-6)

T1: God’s law is designed to make us feel the weight of our sin and rejoice in our freedom in Christ.

a. How seriously do you take your sin? Do you name them specifically?

b. What effect does the weight of your sin have on your day-to-day life? Does it bog you down with guilt and shame? Or does it cause you

to rejoice in your freedom in Christ?

II. Delight in the Law (Romans 7.7-25)

T2: God’s law is designed to be our delight but victory over our sins requires the Holy Spirit’s power.

a. What strategies do you use to battle against the sins that beset you?

b. How successful are you at gaining the victory over them?

Aim: God’s justice will ultimately triumph over all evil.

I. Abimelech’s Rise (Judges 9.1-21)

T1: God’s justice is assured, even when He is silent or seems absent.

a. What wrongs or injustices are burdening your heart today?

b. What is your peace-producing strategy when God is silent or seems absent?

II. Abimelech’s Reign (Judges 9.22-49)

T2: God’s justice is assured, even when circumstances appear hopelessly evil.

a. What circumstances in your life or in our world today appear hopelessly evil?

b. Which truths about God do you need to remember as you wait for His justice to be revealed?

III. Abimelech’s Ruin (Judges 9.50-10.5)

T3: God’s justice is assured because He remains faithful even when we are not.

a. How does that truth convict you of your unfaithfulness to God?

b. Which thoughts, words, and deeds do you need to repent of to live in more wholehearted obedience to God?

c. How does His assured justice and unfailing faithfulness comfort you as you live in this broken and often dark world?