3 Day Bible Reading Plan - “Dead to Sin”

Winning starts with resting.

Day 1

• Featured Verse: Romans 6:1–11

  • How does the truth that you have been baptized into Christ’s death reshape your understanding of what it means to no longer live under sin’s dominion?

  • Why does the fact that Christ died to sin once for all give you confidence that you have been set free from slavery to sin, and how does that freedom express itself in your choices?

  • Reflecting on the crucifixion of your old self with Christ, how does this reality empower you to refuse sin’s claims and live fully unto God?

“In what sense have I as a Christian died to sin? I answer, I have died to the reign of sin, not only to the guilt of sin, I have died to the reign of sin. Every person in the world at this minute is either under the reign and the rule of sin, or else under the reign and rule of grace. We have been taken out of Adam. We have been put into Christ.” - Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Day 2

• Featured Verse: Romans 6:12–14

  • How does the command not to let sin reign in your mortal body reshape the way you view the ongoing presence of sinful desires in your daily life?

  • What does it mean for you personally to present yourself to God “as those who have been brought from death to life,” and how does that identity fuel your obedience?

  • How does the assurance that sin shall no longer be your master give you confidence and freedom in your battle against sin?

“After Lazarus had been dead for four days, Jesus called him forth from the grave… That story is a vivid picture of the believer’s condition at the time of his conversion. He becomes fully alive spiritually… but he is still bound as it were in some of the grave clothes of his old sinful life.” - John MacArthur

Day 3

• Featured Verse: Romans 6:15–23

  • In what ways has your heartfelt obedience to the teaching you received demonstrated that you have been set free from slavery to sin and become a slave of righteousness?

  • How does being under grace rather than under law free you from the false notion that you can sin without consequence, while at the same time empowering you to live as a willing slave of righteousness?

  • In light of the fact that you have been set free from sin and become a slave of God, what specific areas of your life is the Spirit calling you to yield more fully so that the fruit of holiness may increase?

“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? … If you are doing the deeds of sin, you are the servants of sin and only as you are doing the will of God can you claim to be the servant of God.” - Charles Spurgeon