BIL 115 WS 4

1. BIL115 Life and Faith in the New Testament
Glenn Johnson
WELCOME!!!
Workshop 4 Session: Paul and Romans- God’s Gifts and Our Response

2. BIL115 Life and Faith in the New Testament
Glenn Johnson
Overview
• Assignments Due: Break Weeks
• B/C we have 2 more weeks off (12/23 and 12/30), let’s have the
due date for WS4 be 2 weeks from the start…..559pm 1/6/21
• Review my Announcement posts for updates on written
assignments
• Questions on Previous WS and Assignments?
• TONIGHT
• Lecture/Discussion: Highlight Key Facts of Paul, Romans and
Discuss Key Points of Life and Faith in Paul’s conversion in Acts
Workshop 3 Session: Luke/Acts, Life and Faith Application from Luke/Acts,
Church Visit Preparation

3. New Testament
SurveyDevotion & Prayer
This is a true saying, and everyone
should believe it: Christ Jesus
came into the world to save
sinners – and I was the worst of
them all.
But that is why God had mercy on
me, so that Christ Jesus could use
me as a prime example of his
great patience with even the worst
sinners. Then others will realize
that they, too, can believe in him
and receive eternal life.
(1 Tim. 1:15-16)

4. PAUL:Knowing theMan, Knowing the
Letters
-One of most vivid voices
in NT
-Colorful personality

5. PAUL:Knowing theMan, Knowing the
Letters
-Comes Across: COMPLEX,
FORCEFUL
-Steeped In Judaism

6. PAUL:Knowing theMan, Knowing the
Letters
-Can Live With
CONTRADICTIONS
-A Picture of a Man In
TRANSITION

7. DISCUSSION ZONE: Paul’s Conversion and theNecessityof Salvation
-Introduction
1. Read Acts 9:1-30
2. Discuss: a) Did Paul need conversion? b) Major marks of his conversion
experience
3. Reconvene as class: share your findings and address: “how is
conversion/salvation viewed today”
-Summary

8. When In….
EPISTLES: Letters, Not Books
-Addressed to Specific People/Contexts
-Paul: Intro’s Self as Slave
-AMANUENSIS: Paul Used (16:22)
-TO WHOM? Church in Rome
-THEME? Justification by God’s Grace through faith in
Jesus

9. DistinctiveFeatures: ROMANS
Contains Some of Most Quoted and
Quotable Material In NT
Offers Strikingly Different List of Spiritual
Gifts From That Found in 1 Corinthians
Paul Begins and Ends Romans, Like A Set of
Bookends, With Attention To the Fact That
The Gospel is to Lead People to the
Obedience of Faith
Theologically Difficult
…The Way Paul Systematically Presents His
Understanding of The Gospel

10. Project Team In Class
Exercise
BREAK
7:30-7:45

11. Project Team In Class
Exercise
BREAK
7:30-7:45

12. Sin……MY PRECIOUS
We Loves It…….. We Hates It…..

13. • Garden/Creation
• Garden/Sin
• Separation/Death
• Need Salvation
• Punishment
• Redemption
• Atonement
• Imputed Righteousness
• Free Choice
• YOUR STORY?
The Story of Salvation

14. The Story of Salvation
PAUL AND FREEDOM
-Freedom From Sin:
unto obedience
-Freedom From Law:
Good and Holy, but
powerless because
Spirit frees believers
-Freedom and
Responsibility: 1Cor.
8-10; Rom. 14-15
-Freedom In Tension

15. Where We Are….Looking Ahead…..
Workshop 1: Overview of Story of the Bible and
How to Use It, Apply Basic Process for NT Study
Workshop 2: Literary Styles, Jesus in the
Gospels, Sermon on the Mount
Workshop 3: Luke/Acts, Holy Spirit,
Resurrection, Church Visit Prep
Workshop 4: Paul and His Letters, Ephesians
Passage Interpretation, Church Service Report
and Analysis of Scripture
Workshop 5: John’s Writings, 1 John Passage
Interpretation
Workshop 6: Revelation, Synthesis of Course
Themes
Assignment Questions?
WS5: 1/6/21 6pm
Recognize the background, contents, structure,
and themes of the writings of John.
Explain aspects of God’s gifts and our response
in the writings of John.
Interpret a passage from 1 John.
Explain aspects of God’s gifts and our response
in from a selected book in the New Testament.

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