Questions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What is the law? Who is the law NOT binding on?
- How did Paul illustrate this principle in verses 2-3?
- What does Paul say has happened to fellow believers concerning the law?
- Since the believer has died to the law, who does he now belong to?
- What is the result of belonging to and being united with Jesus?
- When we were still living in and controlled by our old sinful nature, what impact did the law have on us? Why does this teach us that people need the Gospel and not just a list of rules?
- What does it mean to serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code? As a believer, what does this change look like in your own life?
