Read Romans 15:1-3. What important Christian truth is found in this passage? In what way does this passage capture so much of what it means to be a follower of Jesus? What other verses teach the same idea? Most important, how can you, yourself, live out this principle? As Paul brought his letter to a close, what varied benedictions … Continue reading –>
In this discussion about not judging others who might view some things differently than we do, and not being a stumbling block to others who might be offended by our actions, Paul brings up the issue of special days that some want to observe and others don’t. Read Romans 14:4-10. How are we to understand what … Continue reading –>
Read Romans 14:15-23 (see also 1 Cor. 8:12-13). Summarize on the lines below the gist of what Paul is saying. What principle can we take from this passage that we can apply in all areas of our life? In Romans 14:17-20 Paul is putting various aspects of Christianity into proper perspective. Although diet is important, Christians should not quarrel over … Continue reading –>
Read Romans 14:10. What reason does Paul give here for us to be careful about how we judge others? We tend to judge others harshly at times, and often for the same things that we do ourselves. Often, though, what we do doesn’t seem as bad to us as when others do the same thing. We … Continue reading –>
In Romans 14:1-3, the question concerns the eating of meats that may have been sacrificed to idols. The Jerusalem council (Acts chapter 15)ruled that Gentile converts should refrain from eating such foods. But there was always the question as to whether meats sold in public markets had come from animals sacrificed to idols (see 1 Cor. 10:25). Some Christians … Continue reading –>
Read for This Week’s Study: Romans 14-16. Memory Text: “Why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ” (Romans 14:10). We are now in the last part of our study of Romans, the book from which the Protestant Reformation was born … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: “In the Bible the will of God is revealed. The truths of the Word of God are the utterances of the Most High. He who makes these truths a part of his life becomes in every sense a new creature. He is not given new mental powers, but the darkness that through ignorance and … Continue reading –>
“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed” (Rom. 13:11). As we have stated all quarter, Paul had a very specific focus in this letter to the Romans, and that was to clarify for the church at Rome … Continue reading –>
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law” (Rom. 13:8). How are we to understand this text? Does it mean that if we love, we have no obligation, then, to obey the law of God? As Jesus did in the Sermon on the Mount, Paul here … Continue reading –>
Read Romans 13:1-7. What basic principles can we take from this passage about the ways in which we are to relate to the civil power of government? What makes Paul’s words so interesting is that he wrote during a time when a pagan empire ruled the world – one that could be incredibly brutal, one that … Continue reading –>
