ROMANS
(Answers)



CHAPTER 1

  1. a. Obedience in the faith must accompany our faith. b. By doing God's will and staying out of sin we are being obedient to God.
  2. a. The gospel of Christ is our power to salvation. b. The gospel identifies what Jesus did for us and what God wants from us. By it we live our lives in the will of God revealing His righteousness through us. This plan of God will lead us to eternal life.
  3. We believe the gospel and the promise it holds for those who will obey the will of God. We trust in God's help and guidance and believe in His promise to come. Therefore, we keep serving God for the hope to come and in our love for God and Christ.
  4. All men of ungodliness and unrighteousness who suppress the truth will receive the wrath of God.
  5. a. They know the ways of God but do not honor Him by doing them. They even committed idolatry and homosexuality. b. He turned them over to their own ways and uncleanness, letting them bring on themselves their on penalty for their ways.

CHAPTER 2

  1. They were guilty of the same sins as those they judged.
  2. God hopes that they will come to repentance and change their ways.
  3. For those who obey the will of God there will be eternal life. Those who do not obey will receive tribulation, anguish, indignation, and wrath on their soul.
  4. Patient continuance in doing good in the name of the Lord until your life is over will bring you salvation of your soul.
  5. a. Gentiles and all those who were before the law or not under the law will be judged according to their deeds. b. The Israelites and any foreigner with them who accepted the law will be judged according to the law. It was the rule until Jesus came and established the new covenant.
  6. The chosen ones who were supposed to know God were in sin. The Gentiles believed God was either ineffective, powerless, or not to be feared.
  7. Circumcision is not a physical sign of our faith to God and His will. It is a faith that is rooted in our heart that causes us to honor , fear, and obey God.
  8. We should not seek the approval of men over the praise of God.

CHAPTER 3

  1. No, our sins will judged us at the end of time on earth.
  2. We did not pay for our sins - Jesus paid for them. No payment is required of us except to honor God, believe in Jesus, and live in a righteous manner before God.
  3. a. Those sins committed by those under the law were overlooked by God. b. Through the sacrifices that were required to be done for atonement of sins God was patient of their sins.
  4. Through the Spirit we recognize in our hearts our sins. There is no longer a ritual sacrifice but a real change that takes place in our hearts, a repentance and an attempt to seek God's forgiveness. We live to uphold God's will and righteousness He expects from us. Therefore, we are upholding the righteousness in the law also. We establish this in our hearts and exemplify this in our words and deeds.

CHAPTER 4

  1. The works of the law (same as vs. 27 and 28). To those who depended on the rituals it was an obligation to God. To those who accept the forgiveness by Jesus it is mercy and grace.
  2. We receive forgiveness and justification in our faith through our truly repentant heart, trusting in the salvation of God through Jesus Christ.
  3. Abraham honored and obeyed God from the beginning. He received a promise from God concerning a son and he being a father of many nations. He believed that God would do what He promised. His belief in God's ability to do what He promised showed his faith in God. Therefore, God acknowledged Abraham's faith as his righteousness. He did not become circumcised first to show God he believed Him. He then lived in faith by doing the things necessary to obey God and to prepare for God's declarations to him.
  4. He was very old to father a child and so was Sarah.
  5. His faith was one of believing, trusting, and obeying God before any evident circumstances was seen.

CHAPTER 5

  1. Jesus died for us. His blood will save us from the wrath of God for all those who believe on the gospel.
  2. Sin may have not been known as strictly as when the law was given but it was still punished by God by death (i.e. the flooding of the world; Sodom and Gomorrah, etc.).
  3. For every sinner there can be grace for forgiveness. The righteous will receive grace too. Grace will be available for all people.
  4. a. Death had power over those who sinned. b. The grace of God resulted in eternal life to those who would believe.
  5. Through Jesus' righteous act and obedience we receive grace from God.

CHAPTER 6

  1. a. We died to sin in our life. b. We are raised to walk in a new way of life, one that avoids sin.
  2. Jesus makes us alive to God by our justification through His death. And, as His resurrection still serves to glorify God our 'resurrection' to a new life must serve to glorify God.
  3. a. We must let God be in control by obeying His will and seeking the righteous way to live. b. Obeying God leads to righteousness which leads to sanctification or holiness then to eternal life. d. Sin leads to death spiritually and eternally.
  4. The free gift from God was the grace of forgiveness of sins through Jesus. They could have life now instead of death.

CHAPTER 7

  1. We have left the law and its inability to change hearts and to forgive one of sins.
  2. The law is applied to our hearts. By the newness of the Spirit, it is in our hearts now dircting us toward good works and righteousness.
  3. Sins and all its evil passions are identified by the law. There are some who commit sin due to its prohibition by the law.
  4. a. No. b. To identify what is our sin so that we can rectify it.
  5. No, sin dwells us and we can fall because of it.
  6. The evil desires and propensities of the heart and the lust of the flesh bring us in to sin. The realization of these sins in our members holds us captive to the sin in us even though we will to do good.
  7. We serve the law of God consciously (by heeding the Spirit) or wecserve the law of sin by heeding the desires of the flesh.

CHAPTER 8

  1. We effort ourselves to walk according to Christ. We put the pull and desire of sin out of our lives. By this we place ourselves in the hope of the gospel which is life.
  2. The gospel was offered as a pardon to sin. By it we can be free from the results of sin which is death.
  3. a. The law could not justify us or make us righteous before God for eternal life. It did not completely condemn sin. b. Jesus suffered the punishment for sin so we would not. His death was the sacrifice for sins required by God under the law to atone for sins.
  4. Death is the result of being carnally minded. This is of those who seek the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.
  5. You are not God's or Christ's.
  6. The Holy Spirit who raised Jesus to life can also lead us in righteousness.
  7. It is a process by which we work to resist sin and obey the Spirit of God for righteousness.
  8. a. We belong to God. b. We can call on God any time and He will hear us and help us.
  9. All living things on earth will change also. The earth will not be subject to corruption.
  10. a. We wait for the redemption of our bodies for eternal life. b. We must persevere in obedience to righteousness and to the gospel. c. We must keep sin out of our lives and seek God's strength in times of trials and tribulations. We must honor, uphold, and worship the Lord.
  11. The Spirit of God is our leader and speaks for us.
  12. a. God knew there would be some who would become His children. These are those He foreknew b. He wanted them to have the Spirit of His son, to live a holy life, and to be justified before Him. c. God sent Jesus to teach us and to die for our justification. d. God glorified us by putting His Spirit in us.
  13. a. God will be the judge. b. No one can condemn us. Jesus taught us and has died for us. He has already condemned sin for us.
  14. No, we can call on God anytime. He will always be there.

CHAPTER 9

  1. a. Abraham. b. Those who believe in God and follow His will (Mt. 7:21).
  2. Those who do not know Him or serve Him.
  3. A remnant - but all who will believe and obey God through the end of time.
  4. Jesus Christ stands between us and God's wrath.

CHAPTER 10

  1. Israel was still trying to be righteous by the works of the law.
  2. He put an end to the deeds of the law because He was the ultimate sacrifice who did away with the need for any other sacrifices. We are more righteous through Christ than we could have ever been by the law.
  3. Just as God had given the word to those Paul is writing too God has given us His word through the apostles writings and we are lead also by His Holy Spirit. All we have to do is to profess our faith in our conversations and by our lives.
  4. We should be committed to obeying God for righteousness and salvation. For with believing there must be a profession by our lives.
  5. Those who unwaveringly seek to serve God by their lives.
  6. Israel has not accepted the gospel of Christ even though they have heard the word of the gospel. If they believed God's word they would obey and profess the gospel.
  7. The Gentiles were used to provoke Israel to jealousy.

CHAPTER 11

  1. The Israelites who served God and sought Him in all things in the past. They did not fall to idol worship. God has remembered them for salvation.
  2. He left them to their own ways.
  3. a. Jesus is the firstfruit. He is the seed of God. b. All who follow Jesus is the lump. c. The root is God and His word and will that we feed on for righteousness and holiness. d. All believers in God whether Jew or Gentile who join to God and His will under Christ.
  4. The Jews did not obey the will of God and they did not accept Jesus.

CHAPTER 12

  1. To present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, and for His purpose.
  2. a. We are to consider the will of God in all areas of our life so we will do what is acceptable to God. b. The scriptures, prayer, and the Spirit will help us.
  3. Hate what is evil and cling to what is good.
  4. Diligently and zealously we should seek to do His will.
  5. Be patient and pray, knowing God will help you.
  6. The humble, those who do not seek to be glorified by man but by God.
  7. We are not to avenge ourselves; God will avenge us.

CHAPTER 13

  1. a. Yes. b. God has set the leadership over us ( the civil authorities ordained of God into whose hands God has committed external human government but not our spiritual subjection). We must still stand against immorality and lawlessness prompted by the authority. c. Yes, we must live in peace with people and God will use collections for our benefit too.
  2. When you love someone as yourself, you will not do anything wrong to them. You would not want it done to you.
  3. We are to awake from living as the old man and live in love and purity. We are to live acceptably before God because our salvation draws near. We will be judged according to our deeds.
  4. We seek to live the perfection that Jesus lived. We consciously try to stay out of sin and to fulfill the good, the righteous, and the truth in the will of God.

CHAPTER 14

  1. Do not dispute over them with a weaker brother.
  2. God can make him stand. He will show the truth to those who seek knowledge and bring them to a higher level of knowledge and therefore of living in good conscience.
  3. a. We should not partake of it in front of him for is sake. b. We could destroy the work of God in him and the peace between us and him.

CHAPTER 15

  1. Do not just please yourself. If you believe and know something is okay but your weaker brother has a concern about it then don't do it for his sake. This shows brotherly love.
  2. The Old Testament scriptures were written for our understanding.
  3. The Jews.
  4. The Gentiles.
  5. To make them acceptable to God (sanctified - holy).
  6. To be obedient in the faith.
  7. He wanted to go where the name of Jesus had not yet been established to lay the same and accurate foundation he had in other places.
  8. The poor and needy believers.

CHAPTER 16

  1. The church was in their house.
  2. They were in Rome.
  3. a. Note them and stay away from them. Avoid them as teachers; do not follow their instruction. b. They use smooth words and flattering speech to lure the people into their will.
  4. Stay away from evil.
  5. God will crush Satan.
  6. Tertius wrote the epistle for Paul.
  7. Jesus Christ to be revealed to the world and the Gentiles to be offered grace (See Eph. 3:4-6).