Here are five amazing things that are true of every Christian. Romans 8:9 – 11.

What’s your mindset? Do you think in the same way as the people all around you? Do you base your decisions and choices on the same values they do? Do the same things matter to you that matter to them? Do you have the mindset of the flesh, or do you have the mindset of the spirit? Romans 8:5 - 8.

Jesus came into the world not only so that we could be forgiven; He came to condemn sin in the flesh so that we can change. Romans 8:1 - 4.

Paul has told us that we're dead to sin: we are no longer slaves to it; we are slaves to God now. But we still have a battle with sin every single day. How come? What’s going on with us? Why do we still keep sinning? Romans 7:15 - 25

What about the Law? If we're saved by grace alone through faith alone, does the law not matter anymore? Is the law a bad thing? Romans 7:7 - 14

What about all those Old Testament rules and regulations that were so important to the Jews for hundreds of years? If the righteousness God gives has nothing to do with keeping the law — if it’s down to faith and faith alone — does the law not matter any more? Romans 7:1 – 6.

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23. You know it by heart, but maybe you have never really thought about why Paul wrote it and how it fits with the rest of Romans 6.

Do you have sins — or maybe just one particular sin — that you struggle with? A sin or sins that keep pulling you down? I think you’ll find this passage from Paul's letter to the Romans helpful. Romans 6:1 – 13