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Team 4: Question 2
Adam was the first man ever created by God. He was sent down to Earth and ultimately disobeyed God by eating the apple and acquiring knowledge and sin. Man was enslaved by sin from the very beginning. Christ was then sent down later on to relieve man of this slavery and sinful oppression. If Adam… Continue reading
Team Five Question Two
In Romans 5:12-21, Paul develops compares the figures of Adam and Christ to put emphasis on two things: how death and sin came into the world, and how the problem is overcome by Jesus. Adam was the first man to sin (along with his wife, Eve) which we read about in Genesis, at the beginning… Continue reading
Team 2, Question 1
a. How does Paul’s reading of Abraham’s story support this belief? Pay attention to the way Paul reads the story of Abraham in chronological sequence: 1) Genesis 15:6//Rom 4:3, 9 2) Genesis 17:10-11//Rom 4:10-11a In Jewish culture and in early scriptures, Abraham is considered the first of the Jews. God spoke to Abraham and the… Continue reading
Romans Question 1, Team 3
Paul’s letter to the Romans starts in Acts 18. Acts 18:1-2 states, “After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome.” We see that at Rome Paul… Continue reading
Team 1, Question 1
a. How does Paul’s reading of Abraham’s story support this belief (that the law actually points to the importance of faith)? Pay attention to the way Paul reads the story of Abraham in chronological sequence: 1) Genesis 15:6//Rom 4:3, 9 2) Genesis 17:10-11//Rom 4:10-11a “Righteousness is being true to one’s social obligations and commitments” (Footnotes,… Continue reading