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POINTS OF EMPHASIS - PREPARATION FOR A TEST ON ROMANS 5-7

1. Read the chapter in your NSAB several times so as to be acquainted with their general thrust.

2. Memory verses.

3. Ouline of the Book Third major point of the outline begins at chapter 5.
a. How does chapter 5 develop point three of the outline?
b. How does chapter 6 develop point three of the outline?
c. How does chapter 7 develop point three of the outline?

4. Pay much attention to Romans 5:12-21.
a. Reason why it is hard to understand (besides the teacher's presentation!!!).
b. Explain what you understand the doctrine of "original sin" to be.
c. Where do those who believe in original sin find the doctrine in Romans 5:12ff?
d. What is the reason(s) you do or don't accept the doctrine as Biblical?
e. What guidelines help keep you "on track" as you study these verses?
1) What verses elsewhere in the NT expresses a similar thought.
2) What one-sentence summary of the whole is very useful?
f. Be prepared to explain some of the key words and phrases in this paragraph (I'll not ask for explanations that would require intimate knowledge of Greek suffixes and synonyms).
g. What does v.20 mean when it says "the Law came in besides" (ASV)?

5. Also let's focus careful attention on 6:1-14
a. What is the chief topic of this paragraph?
b. What do you think of the expression "Baptism is an outward sign of an inward grace?"
c. What makes you think it is "baptism in water" whose import is emphasized in this paragraph
d. What happens to a lost man at the time of his immersion?
e. What is it to be united with Jesus "in the likeness of His resurrection?" What verse in this context so limits your understanding?
f. What does it mean to "die to sin" and "live to God"?
g. How does one go about "stopping sin from reigning in his moral body"?

6. And then, let's focus especially on 7:7ff.
a. Can you explain the law's relation to sin?
b. Explain the process the devil uses as he tempts a man.
c. Is there such a thing as an "age of accountability"? What makes you think so? What practice is materially affected by your answer to this question?
d. In 7:13ff - does Paul speak of the struggles a Christian has with temptations to sin, or the struggles a non-converted Jew had with temptations to sin? What makes you think so?

7. And we shall end with a question or two about "sanctification." What is it? Why is it so important?