Quiz: Romans 13:14

“Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.” 
Romans 13:13-14

Questions

1. How does Paul characterize the struggle with sin?
2. What is the root problem beneath the six sins that Paul mentions?
3. How many of these six sins are sexual in nature?
4. How many remedies does Paul mention for lewdness and lust?
5. What stands out with these remedies?
6. How do you “put on the Lord Jesus Christ?”
7. How do you “make no provision for the flesh?”
8. Why is your flesh a problem?

Answers

1. Paul characterizes the struggle with sin as a walk. Not a battle to win, not a struggle to fight, but a walk to take with the Lord.
2. Discipline. The six sins that Paul mentions are examples of lack of self control.
3. Two out of these six sins are sexual in nature (lewdness and lust).
4. Paul mentions two remedies for lewdness and lust: 1. Put on Christ. 2. Make no provision for the flesh.
5. One remedy is something you are to do. The other remedy is something you are to avoid.
6. To “put on the Lord Jesus Christ” means to clothe yourself with Him. Christ becomes your example, the object of your affection, and the indwelling source of your power.
7. To “make no provision for the flesh,” you give no forethought about your earthly lusts and how and where and with whom you will satisfy them. You manufacture no plans, construct no scenarios, and create no opportunities, for satisfying the lusts of your sinful flesh.
8. Your flesh is a problem because it lusts after things it shouldn’t have.