Mission Community Group Questions

QUICK REVIEW

Looking back over your notes from this week's teaching titled Broken, was there anything that particularly caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?

DIGGING DEEPER

1.  Paul is about to share some hard truths. Not first his tone and disposition in Romans 9:1-3. How would you describe it? What impact ought this tone have on our reading of the hard things ahead, or how this passage is preached or taught?

2.  Why do you think Paul might feel the need to convince his readers of his deep concern for the Israelites?

3.  Read Exodus 32:31-32 What similarity do you find between Paul and Moses?

4.  Read Romans 9:4-5 with Genesis 12:3 and 22:18. What was God’s ultimate purpose for the privileges He gave the Israelites?

5.  Read Isaiah 53:6-8; 2 Corinthians 5:21; and Galatians 3:13. How did Christ actually do what Paul was willing to do for Israel’s sake?

6.  What is the difference between what Paul offered and what Jesus accomplished.

7.  Why does Paul anticipate the inquiry about God’s word failing (Romans 9:6)? Why might someone, especially a Jew, ask this?

8.  Read Romans 9:8-9, Genesis 15:1-6; 17:1-19; 21:1-7 and Galatians 4:21-31.  How would you explain to someone unfamiliar with the Bible that Isaac was the child of promise?

9.  According to Romans 2:28-29, who is a “real Jew”? (See also Galatians 3”6-7, 26,29)

10.  What is the visible church and the invisible church? What is dangerous within American christianity and the American church in regards to cultural christianity and authentic christianity.

11.  How is Jesus the fulfillment of the sovereign plan of God? What hope, joy, encouragement does this bring you.

Some questions were taken from "Engaging God's Word" Bible Study on Romans and Romans:  Knowing the Bible by Jared Wilson