Who are the children of promise? Does God predestine some to be saved while others are lost? How can we interpret Romans chapter 9, especially the passages about Pharaoh, Jacob and Esau? Are there people God hates? Does God have the right to show mercy and compassion to some while not to others? How can we clear up misunderstandings about this passage?
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What does Paul mean by no condemnation? Can Christians truly have victory over sin? How does the Holy Spirit play a role in that victory? Is everyone really a child of God? What does the Bible mean by Christ in me? What is the role of the law of God? How can having the Holy Spirit dwelling within make the difference? Is everyone no longer condemned, or only certain people?
What does salvation by grace through faith mean for the Christian? Are we saved to live in sin? Does being a Christian mean the law can be disregarded? Are Christians still bound to its moral precepts? What does the Holy Spirit do in the life of the believer? Is there a human element of cooperation with God? How can we yield and surrender our will to God? Can believers really have victory over sin?
Was justification by faith an Old Testament concept? Or was it only in the New Testament? Was the Old Covenant a covenant of legalism or faith? How do Paul’s illustrations with David and Abraham demonstrate the answer? What is the relationship between the law and saving faith? Is the law voided because of faith? What happens in the life of the Christian who receives grace by faith?
What does the Bible say about justification? What is the relationship between the law, faith, grace and justification? How does sanctification fit into all this? Do Christians no longer have to obey the moral law? What merit allows us access to the salvation experience? How did the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ provide for what humanity couldn’t do for itself? How are we to understand Jesus as redeemer, justifier, propitiation, and savior? What is justification by faith?
What does the Bible say about the nature of humanity? Is the human condition making progress? Are we getting closer and closer to perfection? What measure is used to determine the state of humanity? Are all really guilty of sin? What is the sinner’s only hope? How can we understand the concepts of righteousness, sin, faith, and the gospel? Why do we need salvation? What happens when people reject the gospel and try to live without God?
What controversy broke out in the early church between Gentiles and Jewish believers? How was it resolved? What did it mean for followers of Jesus? Do believers still have to keep the law? What does this have to do with why Paul wrote the epistle to the Romans? How do these themes impact Christianity today? What made the New Covenant better? What was done away?
What made Paul write a letter to the church in Rome? When would this church have been established? Why did Paul desire to visit Rome? What were the circumstances behind his final arrival in Rome? What can we learn from this about how to evangelize new territories and expand ministries?
Why is the cross so central to Paul’s message to the Galatians? Why does he write with such large letters? How does Paul conclude his main point to the Galatian church? What does it mean to be dead to the world and to be a new creation? Is the change to be inward or outward?
What does walking in the Spirit mean for Christians in the Church? How can we carry one another’s burdens? What burdens can individuals only carry themselves? How do we fulfill the law of Christ in helping one another? Is the law of Christ different from God’s law? What does Paul mean by his metaphor of sowing and reaping?
What does it mean to live and walk by the Spirit? Is walking by the Spirit contrary to the law of God? What happens in the life of one who lives under the guidance of the Holy Spirit? Why is there a spiritual war between the flesh and the Spirit within every believer? Can we be victorious in that war? What does it mean to be convicted and converted?
What does Paul mean by freedom in Christ? In what way are we free? What are we freed from? Does freedom in Christ mean we disregard the law? Can legalism or indulgence in sin be true freedom? Why would circumcision cause one to fall from grace and lose Christ?