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Study #3 - The Remedy

5/12/2016

Focus Verses

Romans 3:21-4:25
(View the verses online HERE)

Questions To Consider

According to Romans 3, how does someone receive the righteousness of God?
1. ROMANS 3:22 (Romans 10:12; Titus 3:5-7)
What is the cost to the sinner for the justification by God's grace?
1. ROMANS 3:24 (Matthew 20:28; Ephesian 1:7)
Does justification only cover sins past, present, future, or all of the above?
1. ROMANS 3:25-26 (1 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 2:12-14)
When should someone who receives Christ's righteousness declare victory over their sin(s)?
1. ROMANS 3:26-3:30 (Roman 2:17)
Does God's grace erase God's law?
1. ROMANS 3:31 (Galatians 2:16-17; 1 John 3:8-10; Galatians 3:21-25)
Thinking of the example of Abraham, what happens to a salvation that is earned vs. accepted?
1. ROMANS 4:1-5 (Genesis 15:6; James 17; Romans 9:32)
What does it mean to IMPUTE righteousness?
1. ROMANS 4:6-8; 4:22-24 (James 2:23; Psalm 32:1-2; Acts 2:39; John 3:14)
Why is it important that Abraham's righteousness was applied in a state of uncircumcision vs. circumcision?
1. ROMANS 4:9-15 (Galatians 2:21; Galatians 3:18, 27-29)
What do Abraham & Sarah's condition at the time of God's promise to them have in common with our condition now at the time of God's promise to us?
1. Romans 4:16-22 (Genesis 17:17; Romans 3:9; Isaiah 51:2-3)
Legally, why did Jesus die and why was He raised for us?
1. ROMANS 4:25 (Isaiah 53:5; 1 Corinthians 15:17)

CrossPoints

"But now" (Roman 3:21) presents the fact the righteousness of God (the Gospel) takes place in the context/the shadow of the sinful nature (Roman 3:20). For more read 1 Timothy 1:15!
"But now" mean that the Gospel is witnessed by the law & the prophets of the Old Testament but it does not do away with either of them. For more read Roman 3:31!
"But now" is our phrase of victory when satan, tempters, or the past try to call us back to the old way of living before we chose Christ. For more read Ephesians 2:1-5!

Study #2 - The Reality

5/5/2016

Focus Verses

Romans 1:18-3:20
(View the verses online HERE)

Questions To Consider

To what, or whom, is the wrath (anger) of God revealed?
1. ROMANS 1:18
What happens when God gives someone over to what they want to do apart from His will?
1. ROMANS 1:24-32 (Job 21:14-15; Proverbs 1:7)
By what standard does God judge?
1. ROMANS 2:1-3 (Romans 9:20)
Is God a fair judge?
1. ROMANS 2:5-11 (Job 34:11; Psalm 62:12; Isaiah 3:10-11)
How does God judge those who never know Him or His will/law?
1. ROMANS 2:14-16 (Romans 2:12)
What is our human, or natural, condition?
1. ROMANS 2:27, ROMANS 3:10 (Psalm 14:3; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Isaiah 53:6)
What is important in the symbolism of Jew vs. Gentile?
1. ROMANS 2:17-29
What is the reality of the human condition?
1. ROMANS 3:11-19 (Romans 7:14)
How does God's law affect the human condition?
1. ROMANS 3:20 (Galatians 3:10; Galatians 4:5)
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Study #1 - The Gospel

5/4/2016

Brief background of the book of Romans:

The first of 13 epistles (letters) written by the apostle & evangelist, Paul of Tarsus.
Dictated by Paul and written by his assistant, Tertius, around 58 AD, while in Corinth.
- Acts 20:1-3
- Romans 15:25-27
The letter was written to prepare for Paul's visit to Rome and eventually, Spain.
- Romans 1:10-13
- Romans 15:23-28
The letter was probably transported by a deaconess named Phoebe
- Romans 16:1-2
Martin Luther called it "the chief book of the New Testament and the purest Gospel."

Paul's Letters & Missionary Journeys

Paul's Missionary Journeys

Paul's Journey From Jerusalem To Rome

The Study: The Gospel

What is the Gospel? Romans 1:16-17

Points On The Gospel

The Gospel was first preached by God! (Genesis 3:15)
The Gospel is both Old Testament & New Testament! (Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18)
The Gospel is for all! (Mark 13:10)
The Gospel is to be heard. (Mark 16:15)
The Gospel is to be believed. (Mark 1:15)
The Gospel is to be lived. (Matthew 24:14)