Wed Aug 31 2022Romans 02Romans chapter 2
Where we got to
Read Romans 1:28-32
- Does this description match our world/country/village/Bible study group/you?
- What do you want people described here need to know? (Rom 12:1-2)
- How does this passage make you feel about other people?
What about me?
Read Romans 2:1-4
- Do you want to reconsider your answer to the previous question in the light of v1?
- Have you ever failed to match up to v1?
◦ 1 Cor 5:12. 1 Cor 6:2. Heb 4:12, 9:27. Luke 6:37. Jn 8:7-9
- Does being a Christian make you a better person?
- Have you escaped God’s judgement (v3)?
- How do you show contempt for God’s kindness (v4)?
- How did you come to realise the riches of God’s kindness, forbearance and patience? What do these things apply or affect you now (v4)?
- What is the tense of the verb “repent”?
◦ Job 42:6. Mt 3:2. Mk 1:14-15. Acts 2:37-38. 1 Jn 1:9. Rev 2:5. Acts 17:29-31
Your bank account
Read Romans 2:5-16
- How does v5 give examples of the contempt mentioned in v4?
- Will God forget stubbornness and un-repentance (see v5)?
- Do vv 6-7 give us a way out? Can we get to heaven by being good? What do we get?
◦ Mt 16:27. Rom 14:10-12. Rom 3:20, 28. Eph 2:1-10. Mt 6:19-21. Rev 2:10. Rev 4:10.
- Why “first” for the Jew (v9)? Has/does it worked/work that way now and at judgement?
- But is there is benefit for the Jew (v10)?
- Does having the gospel also give the Christian greater responsibility (1 Pet 4:7)?
- Does anyone ask for favours (v11)?
- Is ignorance of the law an excuse before God (v12)?
◦ Rom 1:20-21. Rom 2:14-15.
◦ Does Rom 1:28 give anyone an excuse?
◦ Can we say, “I didn’t know any better” (v14-15)?
- When will v16 take place? (Heb 9:27. Phil 2:9-11. 1 Cor 4:5)
You heard me!
Read Romans 2:17-28
- If you call yourself a Jew then you...what (v17-24)?
- Then what is the extra responsibility (v17-24 and in particular v21)?
- What is the damage resulting from hypocrisy (v24)?
- What is the cost for hypocrites (v25-27)?
- What is the real test for Jewishness (v28-29)? What is the reward for this?
- What is the implied warning for Christians in this passage?
◦ Mt 6:2,5,16. Mt 7:5. 1404 Modified: 31-08-2022 |