Undeserved help

Rom 5:6-11

6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person— though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

• Who in your life would you be totally willing to die for? Why?
  
• Who in your life would you be totally unwilling to die for? Why?
  
• How are helplessness and hopelessness similar and dissimilar?
  
• From this passage, what were we before Christ's sacrifice?
  
• What feelings do you have when you are told that:
  = you are helpless
  = you are a sinner
  = you are God's enemy
  
• How frequently do you feel helpless before God? Why or why not?
  
• How frequently do you feel that your relationship with God is strained? What causes these times?
  
• How does believing this passage to be true change your life?