Righteousness Revealed
According to verse 21, what has God revealed that is separate from the law?
The righteousness of God
According to verse 23, how many people have sinned?
All have sinned
According to verse 25, whom did God give as a propitiation for our sins? Propitiation means a sacrifice that takes away God’s anger toward sin and makes things right again between God and people.
Jesus Christ
According to verse 27, what is excluded because of faith?
Boasting
According to verse 29, is God the God of Jews only?
No, He is the God of Gentiles too
According to verse 21, what bears witness to God’s way of making people right with Him?
The Law and the Prophets
According to verse 23, what do people fall short of?
The glory of God
According to verse 25, what is required to receive this reconciliation (making things right with God again)?
Faith in His blood
His “blood” means His life was given to pay for our sin.
According to verse 28, are we justified by works or by faith?
By faith in Jesus Christ
According to verse 30, how many gods are there?
One
According to verse 22, through what does righteousness come to all who believe?
Faith in Jesus Christ
According to verse 24, how are people justified? Justified = Made right with God, as a gift, through faith
Freely by God’s grace
Grace = God giving us forgiveness and making us right with Him, even though we didn’t earn it
According to verses 25-26, what did God show us through Jesus’ sacrifice?
His righteousness (perfect goodness and fairness) is through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. God showed He is fair and good by sending Jesus to deal with sin and still forgive us.
According to the memory verse, what is being made right with God not based on?
Works of the law
Even good behavior or rule-keeping cannot make a person right with God, because everyone has sinned. That’s why we need faith in Jesus Christ instead.
According to verse 30, how does God justify both Jews and Gentiles?
By faith
According to verse 22, is there any difference among people in receiving righteousness?
No, there is no difference
According to verse 24, through what are we justified?
The redemption that is in Christ Jesus
Redemption means: To be bought back or set free by paying a price (Jesus paid the price to free us from sin)
According to verse 25, why didn’t God punish sins right away in the past?
Because of His forbearance
Forbearance means patience and self-control in not punishing someone immediately when they deserve it.
(According to the memory verse) Complete the verse: “A man is justified by ______ without the deeds of the law.”
Faith
According to verse 31, does faith make void the law?
No.
Faith doesn’t get rid of the rules; it helps us understand them.
It helps us to understand why rules exist (to help and protect us) and not just follow them because you have to.
Based on verses 21-22, why did God provide a way for people to be made right with Him that doesn’t depend on following the law?
Because no one can perfectly follow God’s law, God made a way for everyone to be made right through faith in Jesus Christ.
Based on verses 23-24, what does it mean that being made right with God is a gift for you?
It means I do not have to earn being saved. God gives it to me as a gift when I trust in Jesus Christ.
How does Jesus’ sacrifice show both God’s justice and mercy?
Justice because sin is paid for; mercy because Jesus took the punishment
Based on verses 27-28, why is boasting removed when salvation is by faith?
Because no one earns it; it is entirely God’s gift
Based on verse 31,does faith cancel God's law or support it?
Faith does not cancel the law; instead, it shows what the law was really meant to do.