STUDY QUESTIONS FOR Romans lesson 8 (Chapters 8-9)

  1. According to John 15:14, how do we know that we are Jesus’ friend?

  2. John (1 John 5:3) tells us that there is one thing God’s commandments are not. What is that?

  3. From 2 Thessalonians 2:14, we learn that we are “called by the Gospel.” How, exactly, are we “called”?

  4. What external forces or circumstances can pull us away from the love of God, and put our salvation in jeopardy?

  5. What internal force or circumstance can pull us away from the love of God, and put our salvation in jeopardy?

  6. Explain the point of Romans 8:32, “He who did not spare His own son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not by Him also freely give us all things?”

  7. One of the most beloved texts of the Bible is Romans 8:35-39. Summarize its main points.

  8. How are Christians “more than conquerors”?

  9. Who are the people described in Revelation 14:1-4?

10. In Romans 9:1-3, we see a tender side of the apostle Paul. What was the wish that Paul expressed in this passage?

11. How should the teaching of Romans 9:1-3 impact us today?

12. Romans 9 informs us that God had an even greater love for lost souls than the apostle Paul. How so?

13. What is the key word of the Book of Revelation—a concept that is echoed in Romans 8:35-39 as well?

14. According to Luke 19:10, why did Jesus come to the Earth?

15. What is one of the goals of Christians, in light of Paul’s teaching in Colossians 1:28?

16. One of the main thrusts of Romans 9 is about making “something.” What is that something?

17. What did God mean when He said, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion” (Rom. 9:15)?

18. What false religious concept is not taught in God’s statement, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion”?

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