Study Questions

Sanctification

October 4, 2026

Romans 6:1-11

Study Questions

1.    Read Romans 6:1-2. What biblical truths do these verses teach about God’s grace and the believers human responsibility in the covenant of grace?

2.    Read Romans 6:1-11. What condition has changed in the life of a believer in Jesus?  And, when did this take place? 

3.    According to verses 3-4, how is baptism associated with being dead to sin? Is it spiritual baptism or physical baptism? See John 3:1-8; Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10.

4.    If positional (definitive) sanctification happens the moment we are saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9) then, why do we still struggle with sin? 

5.    Antinomianism teaches that moral law is of no use because faith alone is necessary to salvation.  Why is this a dangerous doctrine?

6.    Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse, commenting on this passage, wrote, “Holiness starts where justification finishes; and if holiness does not start, we have the right to suspect that justification has never started.”  Discuss this in light of 2 Pet. 2:20-22.