All of us as children of God must realize our common bond and need of the blood of Christ! Both audio and slides can be enjoyed together at www.cmcoc.org Sermon by: Brian Birdow

1. Building Better Bonds by the
BLOOD of Jesus
By
Brian Birdow
Sermon text: Romans 7
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2. Objective of Lesson
1. What is a bond?
2. What is our common bond?
3. What causes bonds to break or to become
stressed?
4. How does the blood of Christ Jesus bond us
together?

3. What are bonds
• adhesiveness; ability of two objects to
stick to each other.
• a force or feeling that unites people; a
common emotion or interest.
• a deed by which a person is committed to
make payment to another.

4. Synonyms for Bond
1. Relationship
2. Tie
3. Link
4. Friendship
5. Fellowship
1. Partnership
2. Association
3. Promise
4. Pledge
5. Vow

5. What is our common bond?
• Romans 7…turn with me please
• Flesh….and the desires of it! 5, 14, 23
• Sin…the penalty of it!
• Evil present with us!!! 21

6. What is our common bond
• The flesh and how it wars against the
Spirit!
• Galatians 5:16-17 But I say, walk by the
Spirit and you will not carry out the desire
of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire
against the Spirit, and you will not carry
out the desire of the flesh.

7. What is our common bond
• All have been pursed or are in pursuit.. by
the adversary, the devil!
• Be of sober spirit, be on alert, Your
adversary, the devil, prowls around like
a roaring lion, seeking someone to
devour. (1 Peter 5:8)

8. Because of our common bond we
should be ..
• Loving
• Patient
• Kind
• Gentle
• Forbearing
• Forgiving
• Prayerful
• Helpful

9. All have to put the FLESH to death
• Galatians 5:24-25
• Now those who belong to Christ Jesus
have crucified the flesh with its passions
and desires.
• If We live by the Spirit, let us also walk by
the Spirit.

10. Every person must die to the practice
of sin to inherit the kingdom
• Ephesians 5:5 For you may be sure of this,
that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or
who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has nohas no
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and Godinheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• Revelation 22:14-15 Blessed are those who wash
their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree
of life and that they may enter the city by the
gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the
sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and
everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

11. The blood of Christ Jesus
• 1 Peter 2:24-25
• And he Himself bore our sins in His body
on the cross, so that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness; for by HIS
wounds you were healed.
• For you were continually straying like sheep,
but now you have returned to the Shepherd
and Guardian of your souls.

12. The blood of Christ Jesus
• No Jew or Gentile..
• Neither slave nor free
• There is no male or female
• For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Galatians 3:28