Introduction
Our relationship with God is established by our faith.
Questions
1. What is achieved by our faith?
v 1 and 2 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. ...
2. What is the important contrast between the one (Adam) and the one, Jesus Christ?
v 17 For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
3. If sin causes death, what do we need for eternal life?
v 21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
Summary Points
- v 1 to 5 We have peace with God because we are justified (made right with God) by faith in the Lord Jesus. We rejoice in our sufferings by which God in his love develops our characters
- v 6 to 11 God in his love sent Jesus Christ to die for us to reconcile us to God when we couldn't help ourselves
- v 12 to 21 Sin came into the world through Adam's disobedience, bringing death to all. Forgiveness of sin and life come by Jesus Christ