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ROMANS – LESSON TWELVE
I. OBLIGATIONS AS MEMBERS OF CHRIST’S BODY (12:1-
A. Due to mercies of God, present one’s body as a living sacrifice (v.1-
B. Think not too highly of oneself – give self to exercising possessed gifts (v.3-
C. Various exhortations to love and related duties (v. 9-
1. Love without hypocrisy (v.9).
2. Hate evil – cleave to good (v9).
3. Manifest tender affection toward brethren (v.10).
4. Honor brother above self (v.10).
5. Serve Lord diligently and fervently – don’t be slothful (v.11).
6. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation and be stedfast in prayer (v.12).
7. Share in meeting the necessities of needy saints – pursue hospitality
(v.13).
8. Bless those who persecute you – do not curse your enemies (v. 14).
9. Rejoice with those who rejoice – weep with those who weep (v.15).
10. Be of the same mind with brethren (v.16).
11. Be humble in one’s thinking (v.16).
12. Render to no man evil for evil (v. 17).
13. Take thought of things honorable in the sight of all men (v.17).
14. Whenever possible, be at peace with all men (v.18).
15. Avenge not yourself, but give God his place for vengeance (v.19).
16. Overcome evil with good – give enemy food for hunger and drink for
thirst in their time of need (v.20-
QUESTIONS:
1. How does Paul tie the practical applications beginning in chapter 12 with the first part of this letter?
2. What is each Christian to present his body as?
Why?
3. Is this “presentation” worship?
4. How is the Christian to avoid being fashioned according to this world?
5. What is behind each gift or talent that should cause one to be humble in thinking?
6. The members that make up the one body are:
(a). The different denominational bodies (Baptist churches, Methodist
churches, Presbyterian churches, etc.).
(b). The different local churches of the church of Christ.
(c.) Individual Christians.
7. Are all “gifts” God has given members of the body “miraculous” in nature?
8. What principle in addition to diligence in exercising our gifts do we learn from the exercise of “giving” and showing “mercy”?
9. Our love should always be void of ___________________.
We are not only to “cleave” to that which is “good”, but we must _________
that which is _______________.
10.What kind of “love” must we have for our brethren?
11. How do we “give preference to one another”?
12. How must we “serve the Lord”?
13. What three things should we manifest in the face of tribulations?
14. What should we do when we become aware of fellow saints in need?
15. What is “hospitality”?
16. What should be our attitude towards it?
17. What does Paul exhort us to do that is a practical application of the “golden rule”?
18. How can different brethren “be of the same mind”?
19. What will destroy being of “one mind”?
20. What will help meet the goal of being of “one mind”?
21. Is there anything wrong with “getting even” with those who have done us wrong?
22. What should we do about the things that are honorable in the sight of all men?
23. What should be our attitude regarding living peacefully with all men?
24. What should we understand that should never cause us to feel like a “helpless victim”?
25. What does Paul mean when he says we can “heap coals of fire” on “the head” of our enemy?
26. Be not overcome by ___________ but ___________ evil with _______________.
ROMANS – LESSON THIRTEEN
I. OBLIGATIONS TO GOVERNMENT, AND ONE’S FELLOW MAN WITH URGENCY TO WALK BECOMINGLY IN THE ARMOR OF LIGHT (13:1-
A. All must submit to and support civil authority (v. 1-
1. Higher powers are ordained by God.
2. Higher powers are God’s ministers to thee for good.
3. Higher powers are due support in form of taxes and respect.
B. Central responsibility of believers to love one’s neighbor as one’s self (v. 8-
1. Always obligated to love neighbor as self which fulfills law of Christ.
2. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor.
C. Urgent exhortation to holy living due to the fact that one is nearer to eternal salvation (v. 11-
1. Urgency to wake up out of spiritual darkness -
2. Put on the armor of light
3. Walking becomingly by making no provision to fulfill the lust of the flesh.
QUESTIONS:
1. Are all forms or styles of civil government ordained by God?
2. Give all of Paul’s reasons why should we be in subjection to the “higher powers”?
3. Does God approve of the civil powers carrying out the death penalty?
4. Does God approve of our paying taxes to civil government?
5. Reflecting upon verses 1-
6. Apply verses 1-
7. Is it a sin to go into financial debt?
8. What obligation is always owed?
9. “loving thy neighbor as one’s self” is fulfilled by:
10. What “law” does loving one’s neighbor as one’s self fulfill?
11. What must one cast off if he is to wake up out of darkness?
12. What is involved in our daily life if we have put on the armor of light?