Day 41: Romans 4-6

Abraham Justified by Faith - Romans 4:1-25

Understand It

• What was the main characteristic of Abraham’s relationship with God? (4:1-3)
• How was Abraham righteous before God? (4:3)
• How did David describe what God does to make a person righteous? (4:6-8)
• What was the relationship between Abraham’s righteousness and his circumcision? (4:9-11)
• What was the purpose of circumcision in Abraham’s life? (4:11)
• On what basis can both the circumcised and the uncircumcised claim Abraham as their father? (4:11-12)
• On what basis did Abraham receive the promise of inheriting the world? (4:13)
• Why would God’s promise be worthless if a person had to keep the Law perfectly to receive it? (4:14-15)
• What does the Law bring to those who live by it? (4:15)
• What was God’s promise to Abraham? (4:18)
• What facts might have convinced Abraham that God’s promise of a son was impossible? (4:19)
• How was Abraham able to resist the temptation to doubt God’s promise? (4:20)
• What did Abraham believe about God that convinced him God could keep His promise? (4:20-21)
• How does Abraham’s righteousness by faith apply to us? (4:23-24)
• Whom has God provided as a worthy object of our faith? (4:24-25)

Apply It

• How can you pray this week to reaffirm your faith in God and not in works?
• What promise of God do you need to trust in this week?

Peace and Joy - Romans 5:1-11

Understand It

• What is the basis for our justification with God? (5:1)
• What is our relationship with God if we have been justified by faith? (5:1)
• How does Jesus Christ change a person’s standing with God? (5:2)
• For what reasons can a Christian rejoice? (5:2-3)
• What good things can result from suffering? (5:3-5)
• Why does hope not disappoint us? (5:5)
• How has God demonstrated His love for us? (5:6-8)
• What comparisons can be made between people giving their lives for others and Christ’s death for all people? (5:7-8)
• What was our relationship to God when Christ came to die for us? (5:8)
• What aspect of Christ’s death justifies a person in God’s sight? (5:9)
• How did God act to remove the barrier between Himself and all people? (5:9-10)
• If God has demonstrated His love to us through Jesus’ death, what can we anticipate concerning our future relationship with God? (5:10)
• For what reasons can a Christian rejoice? (5:11)

Apply It

• In what difficult circumstances do you need to stop grumbling and stay focused on joy in Christ?
• Who in your life needs to hear that through Jesus Christ they are no longer enemies with God?

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ - Romans 5:12-21

Understand It

• What did Adam introduce into the world and pass on to his descendants? (5:12)
• What is the root cause of death? (5:12)
• How did the coming of God’s law affect the presence of sin in the world? (5:13)
• How did the coming of God’s law affect our understanding of what sin is? (5:13)
• What came into the world through Jesus Christ? (5:15)
• What is God’s solution to the inevitable problem of sin and death? (5:16-17)
• In what ways are the acts of Jesus and Adam similar? (5:18-19)
• What is the relationship between the amount of sin and grace in the world? (5:20)
• What effect did God’s righteous law have on rebellious people? (5:20)
• What does sin in this world produce? (5:21)
• What does grace given by God to this world produce? (5:21)

Apply It

• In what ways can you thank God today for the grace He has bestowed on you?
• What can you do this week for unsaved friends still suffering from the consequences of sin?

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ - Romans 6:1-14

Understand It

• Why should a forgiven, justified person make a strong effort not to sin? (6:1-2)
• For what reason would a person not want to live in sin any longer? (6:2)
• What does baptism symbolize about our relationship to Christ? (6:2-4)
• What makes it possible for a person to live a new life? (6:4)
• Before a person is united to Christ, to what is he or she a slave? (6:6)
• How does being united with Christ through His death change our relationship to sin? (6:7)
• After Christ died and was raised, why did neither sin nor death have any power over Him? (6:7, 9-10)
• How will uniting with Christ in His death change the future of our lives? (6:8-10)
• In a person’s new relationship with God, what is his or her relationship to sin supposed to be? (6:11-12)
• What change in attitude and action toward God happens in a person who follows Christ? (6:11-13)
• Under whose control does a Christian live? (6:14)
• How does being under grace change a person? (6:14)

Apply It

• How can you actively resist the tendency to sin in your everyday life?
• How can you offer yourself as an instrument of righteousness to God and to others this week?

Slaves to Righteousness - Romans 6:15-23

Understand It

• Why shouldn’t a Christian continue to sin willingly? (6:15-18)
• Who or what determines the things that dominate or control a person? (6:16)
• How does sin dominate a person’s life? (6:16-18)
• What results follow from being a slave to obedience to God? (6:16, 19, 22)
• What is the result of being a slave to sin? (6:16, 21, 23)
• With what attitude do believers obey their new master, righteousness? (6:17)
• What change has happened to people who have put their trust in Christ? (6:17-18)
• What is the result of being a slave to righteousness? (6:19, 22)
• What are the wages of sin? (6:23)
• What is the gift of God? (6:23)

Apply It

• How can you show your wholehearted obedience to God this week?
• In what areas of your life do you need God’s help to loosen the grip of certain sins?

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