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Study #7 - The Relationship

6/19/2016

Focus Verses

Romans 8

Questions To Consider

Who is no longer under the condemnation of breaking the law?
1. ROMANS 8:1-2 (John 8:36)
How did God and Jesus condemn the sin that condemned us?
1. ROMANS 8:3 (Philippians 2:5)
While God ends the reign of sin in our life, what does He seek to likewise fulfill in us?
1. ROMANS 8:4 (Galatians 5:22-24, Colossians 1:22)
How can we know if we are living in the flesh or living in the Spirit?
1. ROMANS 8:5 (John 3:6, 1 Corinthians 15:48, 2 Corinthians 10:3)
What is the carnal mind?
1. ROMAN 8:6-7 (Romans 8:13, Exodus 20:5)
What are two (2) fruits of being spiritually minded?
1. ROMANS 8:6-7
Can we be both spiritually and carnally minded at the same time?
1. ROMANS 8:8 (John 3:3, 5-6)
Is it God's desire for us to have His Spirit, His Spirit dwell in us, or both?
1. ROMANS 8;9-10 (Ezekiel 11:19, 36:26-27, John 6:56, 14:20, 23, 15:5, 17:23)
By what power do we live the spiritual life?
1. ROMANS 8:11 (Romans 4:24, Acts 2:24, 32-33)
With all the world's distractions, can we really live the spiritual life?
1. ROMANS 8:12-13 (1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Jude 1:24)
What are three evidences that we have made the transition to being "sons of God"?
1. ROMANS 8:14-18
What is hope?
1. ROMANS 8:24-25 (Romans 12:12, 15:4, 13)
How does the Spirit of God work in the prayer life of the spiritual person?
1. ROMANS 8:26-27 (Hebrews 4:15, Psalm 44:21, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 29:17)
In what great truth can we hope in an unknown future?
1. ROMANS 8:28-29 (Genesis 50:20, Psalm 1:6, 2 Timothy 2;19)
When we receive Christ, do we receive justification, sanctification, glorification, or all?
1. ROMANS 8:30, 33 (Acts 13:39)
If God is for us, who can be against us?
1. ROMANS 8:31-32, 34 (Genesis 15:1, Numbers 14:9, Deuteronomy 33:29)
Who or what, can make God stop loving us?
1. ROMANS 8:35-39 (Psalm 103:17, Jeremiah 31:3, John 10:28, 2 Timothy 1:12)

CrossPoints

Study #6 - The Resistance

6/9/2016

Focus Verses

Romans 7:1-25

Questions To Consider

If we are dead to the Law of God, to whom then should we be married?
1. ROMANS 7:1-4 (Galatians 3:13, Galatians 2:19, Romans 6:3, Colossians 2:20)
How can we know we are living in the flesh of sin, and not the Spirit of God?
1. ROMANS 7:5 (John 3:6, Romans 8:8, Galatians 5:17, 19-21)
What does it mean to serve the letter of the law but miss the spirit of the law?
1. ROMANS 7:6 (Galatians 3:13)
Is the Law of God sin?
1. ROMANS 7:7-12 (Ezekiel 20:11, 13, Deuteronomy 4:8)
Is our problem sin or the Law?
1. ROMANS 7:13 (Galatians 3:21, Romans 7:8)
What is the difference between the Law of God and the flesh of person?
1. ROMANS 7:14 (Psalm 51:5, Romans 3:9)
Can there be a difference between our intentions and our actions?
1. ROMANS 7:15-16
Is the battle against sin an internal struggle, external battle, or both?
1. ROMANS 7:17-20 (2 Corinthians 8:12, Genesis 8:21)
How is sin always present with us?
1. ROMANS 7:21-23 (1 Kings 8:38)
How are we delivered from the flesh (i.e. the body of sin)?
1. ROMANS 7:24-25 (Psalm 107:15-16)

CrossPoints

Study #5 - The Rest

6/2/2016

Focus Verses

Romans 6:1-23

Questions To Consider

Since we have the gift of justification by faith in Christ, do we intentionally continue in sin?
1. ROMANS 6:1-2 (Romans 6:15-16; Genesis 39:9; 1 Corinthians 4:2; Titus 2:11-12)
What does it mean to be "baptized into [Christ's] death"?
1. ROMANS 6:3-5 (1 Peter 3:21; Ephesians 2:5-6)
What happens to the old us when we accept Christ and His righteousness?
1. ROMANS 6:6-7 (Galatians 2:20; 5:24; 6:14)
Through what process is freedom from sin symbolized and experienced?
1. ROMANS 6:7-10 (Philippians 3:10-11; 2 Timothy 2:11)
What is the practical definition of the surrender to Christ process?
1. ROMANS 6:11-14 (Psalm 92:13, Ephesians 4:22)
Does grace embrace or eliminate the law?
1. ROMANS 6:15 (1John 2:1)
What do we surrender to Christ when we surrender to Him?
1. Romans 6:16 (Joshua 24:15)
Is it possible to experience surrender to Christ without obedience His will?
1. Romans 6:16 (Matthew 6:24; John 8:34)
Who do we serve when we no longer live to serve ourselves?
1. ROMANS 6:17-19 (Psalm 116:16; 119:32, 45)
What is the end result of freedom from sin through surrender to Christ?
1. ROMANS 6:21-23 (Hebrews 7:16)

CrossPoints

Study #4 - The Just

6/1/2016

Focus Verses

Romans 5:1-21

Bible Study Group Recording - June 01, 2016

Questions To Consider

What is the main result of being justified by faith in Jesus Christ?
1. ROMANS 5:1
Does the peace of justification mean no troubles in life? If not, how should the believer approach the trials of life?
1. ROMANS 5:2-5 (Romans 8:28, 35-39; Matthew 5:10-12)
In what condition is the person whom Christ seeks to justify?
1. ROMANS 5:6-8 (Ezekiel 16:4-8, Colossians 2:13)
Why is are the death and resurrection of Christ equally important?
1. ROMANS 5:9-11 (Ephesians 2:13, John 6:40, 57; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
What is the common relationship between how why we are sinners and how we are saved?
1. ROMANS 5:12-16 (1 Corinthians 15:21-22)
To whom does Christ offer His gift of justification?
1. ROMANS 5:17-18 (Romans 4:9)
What do creation and redemption have in common?
1. ROMANS 5:19 (Genesis 1:26-27, 2 Corinthians 5:17)
Is it possible for sin to overcome grace?
1. ROMANS 5:20-21 (John 8:24)
By what means do we experience justification?
1. ROMANS 5:1-2 (Romans 3:22; Romans 4:9, 18)

CrossPoints

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)