MISSION COMMUNITY QUESTIONS

QUICK REVIEW

Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching on Romans 10:1-4 , was there anything that particularly caught your attention, challenged or confused you?

DIGGING DEEPER

1.  How does Paul’s heart challenge you in your relationship with nonbelievers?

2.  Pastor John MacArthur states, “A theology that does not reflect genuine, heartfelt compassion for the lost and a deep desire for their salvation is a theology that is unbiblical.” Why is this so important to understand?

3.  Do you have a heart for the lost?

4.  Read Colossians 4:2, Matthew 6:6, Mark 1:35, Ephesians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:17. What can we learn about how to pray and the importance of prayer from these passages?

5.  Do you have a daily plan in regards to prayer?

6.  In verse 2, for what did Paul a. give the Jews credit? b. find fault with them?

7.  Explain the tension between zeal and knowledge?

8.  How is knowledge without zeal unhealthy?

9.  How is zeal without knowledge deathly?

10.  From verse 3, what prevented the Israelites from submitting to God’s righteousness?

11.  What do you think this means? What does Paul mean when he said that Christ is “the end of the law?”