SERIES: HELPING PEOPLE GROW SPIRITUALLY (1 OF 2)

NOTE: This sermon is part 1 and 2 of a 4 part sermon series. Two sermons outlines are included in this download.

PREVIEWS:

Part 1: The Ministry of Initiation
Series: Helping People Grow Spiritually
Stuart Briscoe
Romans 1:1-32

An Overview of Ministry.

• All living things grow and mature—including people.

• People are in various stages of spiritual growth.

• The church desires to help people identify where they stand spiritually.

• Spiritual life is experienced in union with Christ—or “in Christ.”

• The church seeks to explore life “in Christ” and to develop ministries to assist people to grow in Him. See Romans 12:4 8

An Identification of Spiritual Standing.

• Those who are “under condemnation.” See Romans 8:1; 1:18f

• Those who are “in Christ.” See Romans 6:1 14

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Part 2: The Ministry of Indoctrination
Series: Helping People Grow Spiritually
Stuart Briscoe
Romans 6:1-14

Once people are "in Christ" and, accordingly, are no longer "under condemna¬tion" (Romans 8:1) they need to be taught two main things: first, what they have become and second, how to be what they have become.

I. Teaching People What They Have Become "in Christ."

A. What they should know about their baptism.
1. Their baptism-an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

2. Their baptism-not a substitute for faith but a sign of it.

3. Their baptism-not a means of justification but testimony to it.

B. What they should know about their position in Christ.
1. Their faith/baptism-incorporated them into Christ.

2. Their faith/baptism-united them to Christ in His death.
a. He died to sin-i.e. He accepted sin's penalty. See 6:23

b. The old self was crucified with Him-i.e. our penalty paid.