NTE473 Galatians/Romans

 

 

Study Questions for Chapell Lectures

 

 

Chapell 1.  How Has God Determined Our Worth? Rom 8:28-30

 

            1.         How (on what) does God establish our value?

 

 

 

            2.         What is God’s “site selection” and his “site plan”?

 

 

 

            3.         What did God clear away from our lives and remove as far as East is from West?

 

 

 

            4.         What does God allow into our lives and why?

 

 

 

            5.         How limited is God by our past?

 

 

            6.         Why are the tenses of the verbs so crucial? How is it that Paul can speak

                        of our future glorification in the past tense?

 

 

 

Chapell 2.  Our First Theology Lesson. Rom 8:31-39.

 

            1.         What is many people’s first theology lesson (often learned as children)?

 

 

 

            2.         What is it that so easily haunts us?

 

 

            3.         What does God delight in showing?

 

 

            4.         Why need we never doubt God’s love for us?

 

 

 

            5.         The love of Jesus is much greater than our sin and our circumstances. What

                        third thing is it also much greater than?

 

 

            6.         What can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus?

 

 

 

Chapell 3.  How Can Christians Know They Will Remain in the Faith? Rom 8:38-39.

 

            1.         What are some expressions that different faith traditions use to describe

                        the doctrine of perseverance?

 

 

 

            2.         Which expression do the Presbyterians prefer?

 

 

 

            3.         What is an already accomplished fact in heaven’s account books?

 

 

 

            4.         What does perseverance promote in us?

 

 

 

            5.         What gives us courage to face the trials and difficulties of life?

 

 

 

            6.         List two (or more) Scriptures besides Romans 8 that seem to teach the

                        perseverance of the saints and two (or more) that seem to teach the opposite.