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Death
Reigns vv.12 - 14a 1. How did sin enter creation and what did it bring with it? 2. What was Eve/Adam's sin? 3. Explain the effect of sin on our nature as a race and our standing before God? Grace overcomes Death vv.15 - 17 1. How many sins did it take for judgment to come upon Adam and mankind? 2. How did redemption enter the world and what did it bring with it? 3. How many sins are forgiven by redemption of God through Jesus Christ? 4. What did Christ have to do? See Matt. 26:38-39? 5. How did Christ's obedience affect the rest of mankind? 6. Contrast the gift from the trespass. Grace Reigns vv.18 - 21 1. According to v.14b, vv.18-19 how is Adam a pattern for Christ? 2. How should we regard each and every opportunity to sin? 3. Looking at Romans 3:20, did the law fulfill its purpose? How did the trespass increase? 4. How is grace increased all the more? 5. Define grace. 6. Contrast the reign of sin in death and of grace through righteousness. 7. How does grace make righteousness possible? 8. What is the final result? 9. How have Adam's sin and Christ's redemption been real in your life? 10. Review the extent of the consequence of personal sin and grace in your own life. 11. In what ways can the believer appropriate abundant provision of grace and the gift of righteousness in his life? Main Lesson: Memory Verse: Romans 5:18 18 18 Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. |