In the “Sola Fide” series, we delve into the foundational principle of the Christian faith: justification by faith alone. This series explores how righteousness is attained not through our own efforts or adherence to the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ. Each week will illuminate the significance of this doctrine. We will also understand the overwhelming reign of grace over sin and the transformative power of being dead to sin
and alive to God. Through this series, you will gain a deeper appreciation of how “Faith Alone” shapes our relationship with God and our daily lives, and how this doctrine liberates us from the bondage of trying to earn our salvation.

This week focuses on the transformative power of grace. Paul discusses how grace should lead to a transformed life, free from sin and empowered to live in righteousness.

How can you allow the grace of God to transform your life and empower you to live in righteousness?

Read: 
Romans 6:1-4
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.


Cross-Reference: 
Colossians 3:1-3
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Galatians 2:20
20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Reflection: 
Through baptism, we are united with Christ in His death and resurrection, symbolizing our new life.

Question: 
How does understanding your union with Christ in His death and resurrection impact your daily life and choices?

Prayer: 
Lord, help me to live out the reality of being dead to sin and alive in Christ. Transform my daily choices to reflect this new life.

Read:
Romans 6:5-7
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

Cross-Reference:
2 Corinthians 5:17
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!

Ephesians 4:22-24
22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Reflection:
Just as Christ was raised from the dead, we too can live a new life, free from sin.

Question:
How can you embrace and live out the new life that Christ has provided for you?

Prayer:
Father, help me to embrace and live out the new life You’ve given me in Christ.Transform me to reflect Your righteousness.

Read:
Romans 6:8-11
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Cross-Reference:
Galatians 5:24
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

 1 Peter 2:24
24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

Reflection:
We are no longer slaves to sin but are alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Question:
How can you practically apply the truth of being dead to sin and alive to God in your daily life?

Prayer:
Jesus, help me to overcome sin in my life and to live fully alive to You. Empower me to make choices that reflect my new identity.

Read:
Romans 6:12-14
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

Cross-Reference: 
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

1 Peter 2:9
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Reflection: 
We are called to present ourselves to God as instruments of righteousness, not letting sin reign in our bodies.

Question: 
How can you actively present yourself to God as an instrument of righteousness each day?

Prayer: 
Lord, guide me in presenting myself to You as an instrument of righteousness. Help me to resist sin and live out Your will.

Read:
Romans 6:15-18
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

Cross-Reference: 
Titus 2:11-12
11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

1 Corinthians 15:10
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Reflection: 
Grace is not a license to sin but a call to live in obedience and righteousness.

Question: 
How can you balance the understanding of grace as a gift with the call to live a righteous and obedient life?

Prayer: 
Father, help me to understand grace correctly and to live in a way that honors You, balancing grace with righteous living.

Read:
Romans 6:19-23
19 I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.

Cross-Reference: 
Philippians 1:11
11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

James 3:18
18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.

Reflection: 
Righteousness leads to sanctification and eternal life, while sin leads to death.

Question: 
How can you cultivate the fruits of righteousness in your life and witness to others?

Prayer: 
Lord, produce the fruits of righteousness in my life. Help me to grow in
sanctification and to reflect Your eternal life to those around me.

Read: 
Romans 6:1-14 (Review)
6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.


Cross-Reference: 
Colossians 3:1-10
3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your[a] life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.[b] 7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

1 John 3:9
9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

Reflection:
Review how grace has transformed your life and how it continues to shape your journey.

Question: 
How has your understanding of grace changed through this week, and how will you continue to let it shape your life?

Prayer:
Father, thank You for the transformative power of Your grace. Help me to continue living out the new life You’ve given me and to reflect Your righteousness daily.