Romans
Chapter 5
A review of chapter 1
I Want to Share the Gospel
A
review of chapter 2
A Warning for Those Who Know
A
review of chapter 3
No Reason to Boast
— Jews have been specially
blessed
— All are equally guilty
— Jesus died equally for all
A
review of chapter 4
The Promiser Is Powerful to Act
— Promises are trusted, not
earned
— The promises are for all
— Not limited ability, but
limitless ability
WE
HAVE PEACE BEFORE GOD
In what different ways do people
try to find peace at this “Christmas” time of the year?
Romans
5:1-5
Excited
even in suffering
Read Romans 5:1-5
What do young children often boast
about?
Often we look at boasting as a
sin. What makes the boasting described
here God-pleasing?
Agree or
Disagree and Explain A Christian is better off if he’s suffering
than he would be if all is going well.
Evaluate
Rachel feels that hope is not a very good word
to describe our attitude toward heaven, because “hope” makes it seem just a bit
uncertain. (See
Hebrews 11:1)
Romans
5:6-11
A
sacrifice beyond understanding
Read Romans 5:6-11
What words or phrases describe what
we were when Christ died for us?
What words or phrases describe the
consequences of Christ’s death for us?
When is it very important for a
Christian to know that Jesus died for those who don’t love him?
Read verse 10 again. Complete this sentence: “If God
did something nice for us when we were his enemies, . . .
__________________________.”
What reasons will Christians have to
be happy in the future?
What reasons do Christians have to
be happy right now?
Romans
5:12-21
The
curse of sin reversed
Read Romans 5:12-14
Why does death come to all? How might you use this truth with someone
who says that a three-month old child hasn’t sinned yet?
Agree or
Disagree and Explain Before the Law of Moses was given at Sinai,
nobody sinned.
Read Romans 5:15-21
Read verse 16 and fill in the
blanks:
THE JUDGMENT THE GIFT
#
of sins _____________ _____________
The
result _____________ _____________
In verse 18 God says that the “righteousness of life”
belongs to all people. In verse 17 God says that only those receiving the
abundance of his grace and the gift of righteousness will rule in life. Why the difference?
How would you respond to someone who
reads verse 18 and says, “It’s not fair that through the sin of one the whole
world fell into judgment?”
How would you respond to someone who
reads verse 18 and says, “It’s not fair that the righteousness of one brings to
the whole world the righteousness of life?”
Using words from verse 21, explain
how Jesus reversed the curse of Adam.
WE HAVE
PEACE BEFORE GOD
Boast
because of hope.
God
made his enemies his friends.
Grace
rules.
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