Heirs With Christ Romans 8:12-17 Jeremy Bell Application: 1. Celebrate and enjoy your status as a child of God a. Cherish your adoption b. Enjoy God as your Father c. Celebrate the grace of your inheritance 2. By the power of the Spirit, keep putting the flesh to death Questions for Discussion/Application: *Consider taking time to read Romans 8:12-17 out loud. What initial insights or observations of the text do you have? *In the day in and day out of life, what does it look like practically to seek to “put to death the deeds of the body.” *Why is it so absolutely critical that as we seek to put to death sin in our lives, that we keep the gospel of Jesus Christ ever before us? What might some of the consequences be in a person’s life of seeking to put to death sin apart from a deep awareness of what Christ accomplished for us on the Cross? *The biblical call is to take remaining sin seriously and in the strength God Himself provides, to put to death sin. God also calls us to rest in our justification and adoption. How do you personally want to grow in these ways — (A) seeking to proactively put to death sin, and (B) resting in your justification and adoption? *Re-read verse 15 again. What is God saying to us through this verse? What is the significance of the fact that have been adopted into the family of God and are sons and daughters? How can that awareness transform our relationships with the Lord? *How can we grow to live more of an ongoing, deep awareness that we are sons and daughters of the living God? How can we enjoy God as our Father to a greater degree? *Consider taking time to pray – asking God that He would help us to enjoy our status as children of God and by the power of the Spirit, to put to death sin.