Before We Get Started

For our discussion today we will be using the sermon series discussion guides. If you would like to follow along you can access this discussion guide on the website at mosaicchurchaustin.com and then select “community group resources” in the menu options.

Prayer

Because the main goal of our time together is to establish relationships and learn how to walk with one another in all that God has called us to be and do, we’d like to begin by praying for one another. So, does anyone have anything you’d like us to pray for, or  anything to share regarding how you’ve seen God moving in your life that we can celebrate together.

This Week’s Topic

Today, we conclude our series that has us focusing on one of the most impactful chapters in all the Bible. Romans chapter 8 is referred to by many as the high point of one of the most influential books in the history of the church. With so much stress, anxiety, insecurity, and strife swirling around our world right now, this chapter helps us to hear, remember, and re-center our lives around our true identity in Christ. And, as we do that, we truly believe that we can all end up Better Than We Began.

Today’s Topic

More Than Conquerors

Discussion Questions

What’s a great victory you have experienced in your life?

Romans‬ ‭8:33-35, 37-38

“Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,”
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What does the word “conquer” mean?

What does it mean to be “more than a conqueror?”

How does the love of Christ enable us to conquer and overcome things both inside and outside of our souls (guilt, shame, rejection, insecurity)?

Romans‬ ‭8:31-32

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?”
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What is the story behind that phrase?

What is the Truth behind that story?

How does knowing that Truth change your view of God and your view of yourself?

Romans 8:14, 29

“For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.”

“For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.”

What does it mean to be adopted?

Why would God adopt us into His family?

Our adoption, Paul says, makes us brothers and sisters with Jesus, who is the Son of God. What does this mean about how God sees you?

Closing Thought

Why is Unconditional Love the most powerful force in the Universe?

How could a community of people convinced of that Love impact the world today?