BIBL 425 Quiz 2

BIBL 425 Quiz 2

BIBL 425 Quiz 2 Liberty University

BIBL 425 Quiz: Justification and Death to Sin

Covers all Learn materials from Module 3: Week 3 – Module 4: Week 4.

1. Why must God’s righteousness be available for “all who believe” (3:22b-23)?
2. What does Paul most often depict when he refers to being saved/salvation (sozo)?
3. Paul most likely states that “we were buried with Christ into death” in order to indicate the Christian’s identification with Christ “in all of the major events of his redemptive work”.
4. Name the theme that dominates the first (5:1-11) and last (8:18-39) paragraphs, framing the argument in this section.
5. What event signaled a decisive shift in salvation history?
6. Paul alludes to two notable Old Testament examples of being justified by faith in 4:1-8. Who are they?
7. According to 6:5, believers are united with Christ in his death and in his resurrection.
8. Paul adds two key points in 3:24, emphasizing that we are justified freely by means of God’s grace, on the basis of his redemptive work accomplished in Christ.
9. What OT passage is clearly the basis for Paul’s point in 5:12: Adam’s disobedience introduced sin into the world and sin resulted in death?
10. What central subtheme resurfaces in 3:29-30?
11. According to 4:15, what does the Mosaic law bring?
12. What is midrash?
13. What does the description “our old self” in 6:6 most likely refer to?
14. According to Romans 5:1-5, the results of justification by faith include (1) peace with God (5:1); (2) access to grace (5:2); (3) hope of glory (5:2); and (4) ______ (5:5).
15. To whom does the description “the circumcised” refer (3:30)?
16. The two aspects of the peace God gives us in Christ include the “peace of God” and “peace with God.”
17. This key theological concept emphasizes that “all God does on our behalf is done freely and without compulsion.”
18. The term “offspring” (sperma) in 4:16-17 refers only to the Jews as the physical descendents of Abraham.
19. In 4:25, Paul describes Jesus our Lord (v. 24) in two parallel lines. What OT passage does the first line of 4:25 reflect?
20. What is the key verse upon which Paul grounds his argument in chapter 4?
21. According to 3:25b-26, why did God accomplish redemption in this manner?
22. According to 3:22b-23, God’s righteousness is not available for “all who believe”?
23. According to Moo, the “old self” in Rom. 6:6 is a relational and corporate concept rather than ontological.
24. The genitive construction: pisteos Iesou Christou in Rom. 3:22a has sparked debate. Discuss what is debatable about this phrase. Offer a solution. (100–150 words)

Set 2

1. The discontinuity in God’s plan of salvation (salvation history) is shown in God’s having revealed his righteousness in Christ apart from the law of Moses (3:21a).
2. What OT passage is clearly the basis for Paul’s point in 5:12: Adam’s disobedience introduced sin into the world and sin resulted in death?
3. The two aspects of the peace God gives us in Christ include the “peace of God” and “peace with God.”
4. What is perhaps the best sense of the preposition dia in the second line of 4:25 (165-166)?
5. Paul teaches that Abraham was justified by his works (Rom 4).
6. According to 3:25b-26, why did God accomplish redemption in this manner?
7. Paul adds two key points in 3:24, emphasizing that we are justified freely by means of God’s grace, on the basis of his redemptive work accomplished in Christ.
8. According to 3:21-22a, the heart of the gospel is that God’s righteousness is available to all who believe in Jesus Christ.
9. Jesus was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our
10. What central subtheme resurfaces in 3:29-30?
11. In continuation of the diatribe style, Paul engages in dialogue once again with an imaginary conversation partner (3:27-31). Who is this?
12. To whom does the description “the uncircumcised” refer (3:30)?
13. According to 4:15, what does the Mosaic law bring?
14. According to Romans 5:1-5, the results of justification by faith include (1) peace with God (5:1); (2) access to grace (5:2); (3) hope of glory (5:2); and (4) (5:5).
15. What theme binds the section from 4:13-22?
16. Paul alludes to two notable Old Testament examples of being justified by faith in 4:1-8. Who are they?
17. Paul drives home the point in 5:12 that Adam’s fall introduced sin into the world and death came as a result.
18. According to 6:5, believers are united with Christ in his death and in his resurrection.
19. What event signaled a decisive shift in salvation history?
20. Why must God’s righteousness be available for “all who believe” (3:22b-23)?
21. Paul gives two fundamental reasons for the assurance that Christ will rescue believers from God’s wrath (5:5-11). These are (2) God’s  for us in Christ (5-8); and (2) God’s    for us in Christ (9-10).
22. According to Moo, the “old self” in Rom. 6:6 is a relational and corporate concept rather than ontological.
23. What Old Testament verse is foundational for Paul’s characteristic emphasis on justification by faith (see 4:3, 8, also Gal 3:6)?
24. The genitive construction: pisteos Iesou Christou in Rom. 3:22a has sparked debate. Discuss what is debatable about this phrase. Offer a solution. (100–150 words)