STUDY QUESTIONS FOR “Man’s Sin and God’s forgiveness”

1. According to Romans 3:23, what problem plagues all mankind?

2. What does Ezekiel 18:4 say will happen to the soul who sins?

3. According to Isaiah 59:1-2, what does sin do to humankind?

4. What, according to Romans 6:23, is “the wages of sin”?

5. John spoke of Jesus as being, “the propitiation for our sins” (1 Jn 2:1-2). What is a “pro­pitiation”?

6. What did Paul mean in 2 Corinthians 5:21 when he wrote that God made Christ, “who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him”?

7. According to Hebrews 4:15, what did Christ not do?

8. What, according to 1 Peter 2:24, did Christ do for us?

9. According to 1 Timothy 2:4, what does God want?

 10. According to Psalm 86:5, what is God ready to do?

 11. What does Psalm 103:10-12 tell us about God?

 12. What specific traits of God’s character are described in Numbers 14:18?

 13. What trait of God’s character is described in 2 Peter 3:9?

 14. According to Romans 5:8, what did Christ do, and for whom did He do it?

 15. In Acts 8:18-21, what sin did Simon commit?

 16. In Acts 8:22, what did Peter tell Simon to do after he had sinned?

 17. According to John 1:29, who is Christ?

 18. What does Hebrews 9:22 tell us about forgiveness of sins?

 19. According to Paul’s statements in Ephesians 1:7, whose blood cleanses us of our sins?

 20. According to Matthew 26:28 for what purpose did Christ shed His blood?

 21. What five things must a person who is not a Christian do to become one and be saved?

 22. If a person becomes a Christian, but then sins, what three things must that person do to be forgiven of such sin?

 23. What important message is contained in 1 John 1:9?

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