1. What passage in the Book of Romans represents the “theme and thesis” of the book? What is that theme and thesis?
2. Romans 1 teaches that “someone” is under sin. Who?
3. Romans 2 teaches that “someone else” is under sin. Who?
4. Romans 3 teaches that “someone else still” is under sin. Who?
5. In this lesson, two actions of Abraham are mentioned that made him pleasing to God. What were those two actions?
6. Explain Romans 5:6-9—“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
7. Explain the meaning of Romans 6:1-4 in regard to the essentiality of baptism for salvation.
8. What did Paul mean when he said, “Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good” (Rom. 7:12).
9. God “found fault” with the people in the Old Testament. Why?
10. According to Galatians 3:10, people who lived under the Old Law were under a curse. But according to Romans 8:1, Christians do not have to endure something. What is that “something”?
11. In Romans 9:1-3, we see a tender, loving side of the apostle Paul. Why so?
12. Explain Paul’s comment in Romans 10:2, “For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.”
13. In Romans 11, Paul chastised the Gentiles. What prompted his chastisement?
14. In Romans 11:26, Paul said that “all
15. Chapters 1-11 of the Book of Romans are heavy in doctrine. Beginning Romans 12, Paul begins a section of the book that is of a different nature. What is that nature?
16. What did Paul mean when he said in Romans 12:1-2, “I beg you by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”
17. Explain how Christians “bear the scruples of the weak” (Rom. 15:1).
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,