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Righteousness: Justification vv.23 - 25 1. Review how Abraham's faith is like the believer's faith. 2. Explain the phrase "credited to him" 3. What is the value of Christ's death and resurrection for the justified? Blessings of Justification: A New Perspective vv.1 - 5 1. Relate Romans 3:24 to Romans 5:1 "propitiation" 2. How should this atonement affect our relationship with God? 3. What are the implications of our having gained access? v.2 4. Contrast (turnover) v .2 for those who have not gained access 5. How are the justified to perceive suffering? 6. Discuss a scenario for the progression in vv.3-5 7. Hope does our hope in God's salvation take away shame? 8. According to v.5, how do the justified know of God's love for them? The Blessings of Justification: Christ's Love vv.6 - 8 1. How are we described in v.6? 2. What are the human (the world's) standards regarding the worth of lives? 3. How is God's love made manifest? 4. Meditate on God's love for you. The Blessings of Justification: Reconciliation vv.9 - 11 1. Contrast the believer's/unbeliever's perspective of divine wrath v .9 See Romans 1:8. 2. How is reconciliation a result of Christ's sacrifice? 3. How are we to be saved through His life? 4. What does the presence of joy (or it's absence) tell us of our understanding of our salvation? 5. What are the fruits of your reconciliation with God? Main Lesson: Memory Verse: Romans 5:1-2 1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. |