1. Discuss what the word "therefore" does in verse 1 and why it is so important to what follows in the rest of Romans.

2. Discuss what it means to be a living sacrifice.

3. Discuss how we can know the will of God.

1. Discuss what it means to have the gospel be the standard for how we see ourselves.

2. Discuss how unity and diversity are a picture of the church.

3. Discuss your gifts and how you can (or are) use them for the sake of others.

1. Discuss how the radical transformation Paul describes in v.14-16 are shown to us perfectly in Jesus.

2. Discuss what genuine love in the church could look like.

3. Discuss how the gospel helps us to love those outside of or even hostile to the church

1. Discuss how this passage has challenged your view of authority/government.

2. Discuss why it is important to know authorities have been instituted by God.

3. Discuss how the gospel keeps us from viewing the government as too little or too big.

1. Discuss what Paul is saying when he says “Owe no one anything except to love each other”.

2. Discuss what it means to sleep in our faith.

3. Discuss how we cast off and put on.

1. Discuss what Paul means by "the weak" and how the two sides (or opinions) often respond to one another.

2. What are some areas today that Christians differ over?

3. Discuss how the gospel gives us freedom to live unto the Lord.

4. Discuss how our welcome in the gospel shapes how we welcome others in the gospel.

1. Discuss how longing for righteousness is not about external things but about Jesus changing our hearts

2. Discuss how longing for peace encourages us to know others and be known and yet keep things to ourselves

3. Discuss how the gospel transforms our hearts from finding joy in others becoming like me, to finding joy in others becoming like Jesus.