Romans Background and Chapter 1

Romans
1:18-32

Open Ended

Does that look like a movie that we should watch in class?

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT TRUE about St. Paul's background?

• he studied under the famous Rabbi Gamaliel

• he was a member of the Essenes sect during the time of Christ

• he stood as witness of the stoning of St. Stephen

• he was struck blind on the road to Damascus by the Risen Christ

Multiple Choice

How many missionary journeys did St. Paul embark upon?

• 0, the masses of people came to him to hear him preach

• 1

• 4

• 7, the perfect number

• 10

Multiple Select

Paul finally visited Rome on his fourth missionary journey, when he was taken to Rome and was

• imprisoned

• executed

• honored by Caesar

• conscripted into the Roman military legions

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What did Paul wish he could have done, in the first part of Romans 1?

• visited the Roman churches already

• died a martyrs death in order to receive greater rewards in heaven

• been freed from Roman slavery

• renounced his Roman Empire citizenship

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Which of the following describes the churches in Rome in Paul's day?

• they met in one large place, like a catacomb of pagan temple

• they were diverse congregations

• they met in private homes that were scattered across the city

• they were under the pastoral care of the Pontifex Maximum, or the original title of the first pope

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What is true of the 50s AD in Rome?

• Emperor Claudius had expelled the Jews from Rome

• the Jews were blamed for some disturbance caused by Jewish and Gentile Christians, according to Roman historian Suetonius

• Jews were able to return to Rome after Emperor Claudius died

• Jews and Gentiles then got along very well in the new Christian churces

Reorder

Reorder the following.

You should put these in order of when each part comes in the Book of Romans.

• Greetings to the Roman churches

• History of the world, focusing on humanity's fallen state

• Jesus is the New Adam

• practical advice on how Christians in Rome should behave towards one another

• individual greetings and instructions to individuals in the Roman churches

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

The document that Paul wrote to the Roman churches is called an "epistle"

Which of the following words is a synonym for "epistle"

• book

• theological treatise

• letter

• diary

Categorize

Options (8)

greetings to the Roman churches in general

Paul talks of his desire to visit the Roman churches

the history of the world, specifically how fallen the world is

"all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"

even believers often struggle with sin

but thanks to the Holy Spirit, we can be conquerors of sin through Christ!!!

practical advice for how to live among Christians from diverse backgrounds

greetings to specific individuals

Organize these options into the right categories

Opening of Romans

Chapters 1-3

Chapters 6-8

Chapters 12-16

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Select all that are true:

Reading Romans Backwards:

• a book written by Scot McKnight

• the book talks about how Romans is 100% systematic theology and not anything else

• argues that we should start reading Romans at chapters 12-16

• argues that the letter to the Romans is more pastoral than it is a theological treatise

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a discipline of Christianity that formulates an orderly, rational, and coherent account of the doctrines of the Christian faith.

• Wesleyan-Arminian doctrine

• Gnosticism

• systematic theology

• pastoral letters

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Reading Romans Backwards argues that the Book of Romans should be thought of more as a:

• Wesleyan-Arminian doctrine

• Gnostic heresy

• systematic theology

• pastoral letter

Multiple Choice

If someone is being "pastoral", they are acting like a:

• shepherd

• CEO of a corporation

• athlete running for the crown!

• pilot or ship's captain

Romans 1:18-32

Multiple Choice

Verse 18:

What does Paul say is CURRENTLY being revealed to the world?

• the rise of demonic powers

• wrath of God

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Verse 18:

God's wrath is being revealed from heaven against:

• all the godlessness and wickedness of humanity

• the rebellion of the fallen angels

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Verse 18:

the godless and wicked people of the world

• suppress the truth by their wickedness

• were all born pure and good in their natures

Multiple Choice

Verse 19:

This verse implies that:

• no one knows anything about the risen Lord

• all humans have some kind of understanding about God

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Verse 19:

What can be known about God:

• is a mystery

• is plain, probably meaning "understandable", to everyone

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Verse 19:

Who makes it plain to all humanity the things that can be known about God?

• our own intuition

• God Himself

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Verse 20:

What has "clearly been seen"?

• advanced mathematics

• God's invisible qualities

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Verse 20:

What has "clearly been seen"?

• God's eternal power and divine nature

• quantum mechanics and physics

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Verse 20:

Since WHEN have these things "clearly been seen"?

• since the creation of the world

• only until the Fall of Adam and Eve... after that, everything has been hidden from humanity

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Verse 20:

What are God's "invisible qualities"?

• the created of the world

• His eternal power and divine nature

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Verse 20:

How can we know what God's invisible qualities are?

• "being understood from what has been made"

• "The wrath of God"

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Verse 20:

How can we know about God's eternal power and divine nature?

• "being understood from what has been made"

• "The wrath of God"

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Verse 20:

How can we know about God's eternal power and divine nature?

• by simply looking at the universe He created

• by focusing on the wrath of God

Drag and Drop

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creation of the world

invisible qualities

clearly seen

what has been made

without excuse

bumblebee tuna

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Verse 20:

Paul thinks that if people in his own time didn't have any understanding of God's invisible qualities, then they are:

• without excuse

• understandably ignorant

Multiple Choice

Verse 20:

Does Paul think that anyone could stand before the Lord and tell Him, WITH GOOD REASON, that they had no idea that a God existed?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What does CS Lewis write in Mere Christianity, book 1, that is similar to what Paul is saying in Romans 1?