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33LEADER’S NOTES• Sin produces bondage and death2.We are dead to sin (v. 2)• Those who are buried with Him in baptism are also raised with Christ tonew life. (v. 4)3.• Also united with Him in His resurrection (v. 5)• Body of sin done away with so we no long slaves to sin (v. 6-7)• Death no longer has mastery over us (v. 9)4.• Cannot die again (v.9)• Death has no mastery• Died to sin once and for all (v. 10)• God is the authority now, the one He lives for/toward5.• Count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus (v. 11)• Do not let sin reign in your body so that you obey its evil desires (v. 12)• Do not offer your body parts to sin, instruments of wickedness• Offer yourself wholeheartedly to God and his way of doing things (v.11-13)6.God’s grace: living life in the freedom and goodness of God (v.14)“The law reveals God’s standard but does not provide the spiritualpower to measure up to that standard. Grace, on the other hand,cancels out our sin and lets us start over with a clean slate. Gracebrings us into a relationship with God and permits us to look to Himfor the strength necessary to live a righteous life. Knowing Godpersonally as we depend on Christ through faith—not knowing Hislaw alone—helps us overcome sin. (Quest Study Bible, Romans14)Question 7:Not living out new identity vs Living out identity by faithProduces bondage/slavery to sin Slave to righteousness-freedomImpurity/ever-increasing wickedness Path to holinessWages of sin is deathGift from God is eternal lifeCreate a table with headings above in the Bible study section.RELIES ON GOD