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“Missing the Mark”

“Missing the Mark”. Romans 6 Page 1754. So Far…. CD Player and Towels. Cell Phones. Today… Targets and Darts!. Games that Involve Accuracy. Two Adult Volunteers. Hamartia.

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“Missing the Mark”

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  1. “Missing the Mark” Romans 6 Page 1754

  2. So Far… CD Player and Towels. Cell Phones. Today… Targets and Darts!

  3. Games that Involve Accuracy Two Adult Volunteers.

  4. Hamartia The word hamartia is rooted in the notion of missing the mark (hamartanein) and covers a broad spectrum that includes ignorant, mistaken, or accidental wrongdoing, as well as deliberate wickedness, error, or sin. 220 Times in the NT

  5. How Do You Define Sin? What makes an action or an attitude a sin? For me, I define sin as “To act contrary to the will and law of God and engage in wrongdoing by making choices that hurt God, ourselves, or others.” This is when we have missed the mark!

  6. Different Ways to Categorize Sin Omission Commission Sexual Physical Social Spiritual Root Causes: Pride and Fear

  7. Why Do We Miss The Mark? We want to go our own way instead of living the way that God calls us to. Romans 6 on page 1754

  8. Romans 6:1-4 Page 1754 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

  9. Think About It Christ’s death on the cross removed the penalties associated with living our own way but at our baptism we pledge our lives in obedience to Christ. At baptism we promise to live for Christ and not for ourselves. How accurately are you living up to that promise? Where are you “on target” and where are you missing the mark?

  10. Romans 6:5-7 Page 1754 5Ifwe have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self wascrucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin-- 7 because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

  11. Romans 6:8-10 Page 1754 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

  12. Romans 6:11-14 11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. 14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

  13. Romans 6:15-18 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

  14. Romans 6:19-20 19 I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.

  15. Romans 6:21-23 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  16. Taking It Home As long as we have our bodies we will have some level of struggle with our selfish nature. Even if we keep missing the mark we will get closer with practice and the dedication to keep trying.

  17. This Week… 1. This week take note of your accuracy. 2. Spend some time in prayer reminding yourself of your dedication to Jesus. 3. Think about how he is leading you and helping you live for him and the work of the kingdom. To serve Christ we need open hearts, constant communication, and a target to shoot for. It helps to be led by someone who never misses the mark!

  18. Next Week! It is a food object from Romans 8:28 and God working good out of all things.

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