The following is our study sheet for class tonight. Use it if you would like to his glory.
Romans 10: You Gotta Have Faith
There has always been a strong and sometimes angry dissension between those who want to earn their salvation and those who know they cannot. The ones who want to earn their salvation realize that nothing is totally free. And that is true. Even grace, though free, has a terrible price attached. It requires your whole heart and your whole life.
But there is a difference between the fact that grace has a price and that grace is totally free. One side looks at it as grace is attached to and earned by things we do. The other side sees it as the fact that grace is removed from anything we can do. Both are right and both are wrong.
Grace is free and is gained only by faith in God. Because of that grace, we give our lives to God, to Jesus and his word, to the Spirit of God. But the things we do in service to him are not what saves us. We are saved by his grace. We do what we do not in order to, but because of.
If we are in his grace and truly believe in him, we will do what is needed to be his children. The apostle Paul says that our righteousness is not based on what we can do. It is given to us when we become children of God. We do what we do because God gave that righteousness to us. If we could have gotten it any other way, the sacrifice of Jesus would have been useless.
Paul also writes about the process of coming to Jesus. To call on him, we have to believe. To believe, we have to hear. To hear, someone must tell us. Faith comes by hearing. However, not everyone who hears will believe. That is the sad lesson learned by the prophets.
QUESTIONS:
1. Again Paul says that his greatest wish was for his people to accept the grace of Jesus. He recognizes their dedication, but also that their dedication is not in the right direction. Is it possible to be totally sincere and wrong at the same time?
2. Romans 10:4 says that Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes? The Message translation says: The earlier revelation was intended simply to get us ready for the Messiah, who then puts everything right for those who trust him to do it. What do you think it means?
3. How does the person who does these things will live by them, quoted from Leviticus 18:5, fit in here?
4. Why do you think he talks about ascending into heaven or descending into the deep. What do those mean? How can you ascend into heaven or descend into the deep?
5. V8 The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart. How does that relate to a Christian?
6. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Does that really mean everyone? What about those who do not really understand what they are doing? How much about Jesus do you have to know in order to be saved?
7. What if no one ever tells you about Jesus? Is that possible?
8. Why would people hear about the saving grace of Jesus and not do anything about it?
9. I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me. What does that mean?
10.V21 How sad to have someone turn you away when you love them. Do you turn him away?
No comments:
Post a Comment
To comment, post your comment and click the anonymous button. It would be nice if you signed it so I could know who you are.
You are welcome to say anything you want as long as it is nice. If I don't like it, or it is ugly, I will take it off, place it into the garbage disposal, grind it up, and allow it to be flushed into the Gulf of Mexico where it will be eaten by a fish and then excreted where it will lie on the bottom of the ocean until it is covered up by other comments.