Dec 9th week 3
Thursday
Read Romans 2:1-16. Pick out the main concept, phrases or key words that are repeated or emphasized and list below:
Friday
After see the downward spiral described in 1:18-32, Paul is addressing the Jews who have grown up as the “chosen” people because of their covenant relationship with God in the Old Testament. What does Paul say about those who are looking down on others?
How have the “chosen” people of God in the Old Testament responded to God’s special favor?
What is your reaction to this? Are you confused by their reaction? Can you relate in anyway?
Saturday
In verses 6-13 & 16, what are the standards God will use to judge people?
How do you reconcile these standards with the theme of Romans- justification by faith rather than good works?
In God’s judgment, what is the reward? The punishment/ Who is righteous in God’s sight?
Monday
How does verse 16 bring comfort in the midst of a passage about judgment, where all people, Jews and Gentiles, will be judged according to their lives?
Do you need God to deal with your attitude toward people you tend to think are not as “good” as you are?
What is one thing you can do locally to model God’s true justice?
Tuesday
Share one event in your life where you have appreciated God’s grace towards you.
Bonus: (for those who want to go deeper)
- What is the most important term and/or concept of the passage?
- What are the main verbs? What are the tenses of those verbs?
- Are there terms you need to define so you can better understand the passage?
- Are there people or places you need to identify?
- What do you already know about the people and places mentioned?
- Can you identify any cause-effect relationships in the author’s writing?
- In what ways does the passage apply to your own personal life? (If there isn’t an obvious application, is there a more subtle one?)
- What things from this passage might you want to study later in further detail?
