Bible Trivia Romans ch 3-7

CH 3:9-31

QUESTION: What power has come into the world that is responsible for keeping people from turning to God?

ANSWER: Sin

QUESTION: What specific parts of our (bodies) does sin impact?

ANSWER: mind (how we think, what we think about), mouth (what we say), body (what we do; our actions)

QUESTION: What is the true purpose of the Law?

ANSWER: To bring about the knowledge of sin

QUESTION: What does it mean to be justified?

ANSWER: To be declared righteous by God. legally acquitted of our sins.

QUESTION: What does it mean to be righteous?

ANSWER: It is to have God’s perfect moral quality. God is good and can do no wrong.

QUESTION: How can we be be justified and be righteous?

ANSWER: Through faith in Jesus ALONE!

QUESTION: Why?

2 Corinthians 5:21 “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

CH 4

QUESTION: What is the OT Law? What is the purpose of the OT Law?

ANSWER:

The OT Law was given to Israel through Moses and it was the standard by which by which people were live. It was the OT legal system

The true purpose of Law:

Rom 3:20 “for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin”

Romans 7:7 “What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.””

QUESTION: What two examples do we have of salvation by faith in the OT. These are people

ANSWER: Abraham and David

QUESTION: What did Abraham do to have righteousness credited to his account?

ANSWER: He believed what God told him

QUESTION: What is baptism? How should it be approached?

It is an outward sign of a circumcised heart. It should be approached carefully and not taken lightly.

When should one be baptized?

QUESTION: What did God promise Abraham in Genesis?

ANSWER: That he would inherit the earth

QUESTION: Who did that promise include?

ANSWER: His descendants

QUESTION: What must those descendents have (like Abraham)?

ANSWER: Faith like Abraham

QUESTION: Can you explain the nature of Abraham’s faith?

He believed against all hope

He was fully assured of what God had promised He would do

CH 5

QUESTION: What are the results of being justified? (You can use your Bible)

ANSWER:

We have peace with God

We stand in grace

We exult in our tribulations

We will be saved from the wrath of God

QUESTION: How should we respond to trials in our lives? Why?

ANSWER: With joy because God is sanctifying us through them

QUESTION: According to Paul in verses 6-11, what is it that justifies us and saves us from the wrath of God?

ANSWER: His blood

QUESTION: How did sin make its way into the world?

ANSWER: Through Adam’s sin

QUESTION: What is the evidence that all people have sinned?

ANSWER: All people die with or without the Law

QUESTION: Who are the two Adam’s in Scripture?

ANSWER: Adam the first man and Jesus the new Adam

Why is Jesus called the new Adam?

Ch 6

QUESTION: What must happen in order for us to no longer be slaves to sin?

ANSWER: We must die to sin. The old man must be crucified with Christ.

QUESTION: Can some explain the metaphorical testimony in baptism.

ANSWER: (v 4) “buried with Him through baptism” raised to “newness of life”

QUESTION: Can a believer sin and what must he do sin? (v 12)

ANSWER: do not obey its lusts! Tell sin no!

QUESTION: What are the two kinds of slaves in chapter 6?

ANSWER: A slave of sin or a slave of righteousness

QUESTION: Can someone be both?

ANSWER: NO

QUESTION: How do you know which one you are?

ANSWER: By which one you obey on a regular basis

QUESTION: What are the outcomes of the two kinds of slaves?

ANSWER: Slave of sin: death

slave of righteousness: eternal life

CH 7

QUESTION: What is the “Law” referring to in Rom ch 7?

The OT Law is the things Moses commanded Israel to obey. The OT legal system.

Ex: the 10 commandments

QUESTION: How do we use the OT LAW today?

Extract principles that apply today

2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness”

QUESTION: How are we set free from the penalty of the Law?

Romans 7:4 “Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.”

QUESTION: Paul uses an illustration of a married woman’s husband dying and being set free from that obligation. How does that apply to us and the OT LAW?

The only way a person can be united to Christ is stop trying to be right with God by obeying God’s commands. We must die to the Law, live by faith in Christ, to be right with God. Righteousness comes by faith alone

QUESTION: At the end of Romans chapter 7, Paul explains a conflict between wanting to obey God but cannot. Is this an internal conflict Paul had in his life as a Christian, or a conflict Paul had before he was a Christian, or a conflict a person has when they try to be right with the Lord by obeying all the rules?