Midterm: Romans 3:21-6:23

Question 1

faith is the ONLY basis for justification because:

Answer 1

• faith excludes boasting
• faith includes the Gentiles
• faith complements rather than nullifies the law

Question 2

the ____ of God has dominated, but now the ____ of God does

Answer 2

wrath; righteousness

Question 3

what was now available independently from the law

Answer 3

righteousness

Question 4

what was unto all and upon all if they simply believe

Answer 4

righteousness

Question 5

the Bible is clear that everyone with exception has _____ and ____ short of the glory of God

Answer 5

sinned; fallen

Question 6

being justified is a ____ _____ of the highest significance

Answer 6

legal reality

Question 7

how are we actually acquitted before God

Answer 7

because we have received an imputation of actual righteousness

Question 8

free but costly

Answer 8

• “freely” because of God’s grace
• “redemption” illumines the cost necessary to secure this pardon

Question 9

what did Christ become?

Answer 9

our “mercy seat”

Question 10

the OT mercy seat was hidden behind the ____; the new mercy seat is _______ ______

Answer 10

veil; publicly displayed

Question 11

God is ____ (satisfied), and our sins are _____ (taken of the record)

Answer 11

propitiated; expiated

Question 12

what declares that God is righteous in remitting our sins

Answer 12

the cross

Question 13

is God’s righteousness for the past only?

Answer 13

no, but the present as well

Question 14

how does God justify sinning men with perfect righteousness?

Answer 14

because Christ at the cross paid the penalty for those sins

Question 15

what eradicates any boasting?

Answer 15

justification by faith

Question 16

salvation is not earned by our _________ but is received by faith in God’s __________

Answer 16

accomplishments

Question 17

refers to a rule or principle

Answer 17

law

Question 18

what is the only “rule” that we have to keep to be saved?

Answer 18

turning from rules to the finished work of Christ

Question 19

what do we exercise faith in?

Answer 19

the finished work of Christ

Question 20

faith _____ the law; it does not _____ it

Answer 20

establishes: nullify

Question 21

how are the demands of the law fulfilled perfectly?

Answer 21

through the imputed righteousness of Christ

Question 22

why was Abraham used?

Answer 22

• “father” of Jewish nation
• role model of true piety

Question 23

what takes God out of the picture?

Answer 23

boasting

Question 24

what is “believe” connected with?

Answer 24

attaining righteousness

Question 25

men are not justified by what they have _____ but by what they have ______ ______

Answer 25

earned; freely received

Question 26

hypothetically, what would works salvation place God in?

Answer 26

man's debt rather than the other way around

Question 27

the person who is ____ by way of contrast is the person who does not depend on ___ ___

Answer 27

justified; good works

Question 28

what is the only righteousness acceptable to God?

Answer 28

the imputed righteousness of Christ

Question 29

what is another OT example of imputed righteousness?

Answer 29

David

Question 30

what is the basic component of justification?

Answer 30

forgiveness

Question 31

when was Abraham declared righteous?

Answer 31

before he was circumcised

Question 32

what was used as an example of circumcision?

Answer 32

street sign

Question 33

who does the date of Abraham's circumcision also make him the "father" of?

Answer 33

"father" of the Gentile believers

Question 34

did God ever intend anyone to be saved by the law?

Answer 34

no

Question 35

the law renders people more ______ to God than they were without the law

Answer 35

accountable

Question 36

one becomes a Christian when righteous is ____ to his account

Answer 36

reckoned

Question 37

where is there a direct correlation between?

Answer 37

justification and the resurrection

Question 38

what is the key theme of chapters 5-8?

Answer 38

assurance

Question 39

what is the blessing of justification?

Answer 39

- peace with God - access to grace - joy in trials - love in our hearts - salvation from wrath

Question 40

what Jewish word connects with "peace"?

Answer 40

shalom

Question 41

how do we have access to grace?

Answer 41

Jesus

Question 42

what is the reason that we can rejoice in suffering?

Answer 42

afflictions produce endurance, the ability to bear up under

Question 43

what is prove by the objective witness of the cross and also by the subjective witness of the Spirit

Answer 43

love

Question 44

what is justification replaced with?

Answer 44

reconciliation

Question 45

how is one belong to either Adam or Christ?

Answer 45

the sentence of death or life because of what Adam and Christ did

Question 46

is Paul's main point original sin or original death?

Answer 46

original death

Question 47

what type of figures were Adam and Christ

Answer 47

corporate figure

Question 48

how is Adam a type of Christ?

Answer 48

the universal impact of his one act prefigures the universal impact of Chris's one act

Question 49

God took not only Adam's sin, but all ___ ones, and ___ them with grace

Answer 49

successive; answered

Question 50

what we have through Christ is ____ _____

Answer 50

much more

Question 51

condemnation to death and righteousness to life each came from ___ ____

Answer 51

one man

Question 52

Adam's action was an act of _____ and Christ action was an act of _____

Answer 52

disobedience; obedience

Question 53

grace is only the ____ by which sin can truly be defeated

Answer 53

means

Question 54

when has the Christian died to sin?

Answer 54

positionally when we died with Christ at Calvary and efficaciously when we embraced His death as our own

Question 55

what is the picture of the co-death, co-burial, and co-resurrection?

Answer 55

baptism

Question 56

what does "body" connote to?

Answer 56

the person as the instrument of contact with the world

Question 57

how should we view our new position?

Answer 57

present imperative; constantly

Question 58

"mortal body" refers to what?

Answer 58

to our whole person t hat has been crucified with Christ

Question 59

_____ can cage the animal, but only ____ can kill it

Answer 59

legalism; grace

Question 60

what is the freedom for the Christian?

Answer 60

freedom from sin not a freedom to sin

Question 61

slavery to sin is not just a ___ ___; it is a ___ ___

Answer 61

legal status; daily experience

Question 62

what language does Paul use to describe the believer's new status?

Answer 62

freedom

Question 63

notice the contrast

Answer 63

- the master that is served: sin v. God - the outcome of that service: death v. eternal life - the means by which the outcome is attained: wages v. a gift