a week-by-week Bible study for 2017 week 13: Romans 4:13-25

Bible study time A gentle proposal

Today’s class Reading the text (What does it say?) Explaining the text (What does it mean?) Applying the text (So what?) Personalizing the text (Now what?) Table prayer time (How can we help?)

Condensed ESV outline Righteousness introduced (1:1-17) Righteous wrath (1:18-3:20) Saving righteousness (3:21-4:25) Righteous freedom (5-8) Righteousness  Jews (9-11) Righteous living (12:1-15:13) Paul’s closing (15:14-16:23) Righteousness summarized (16:25-27)

Timeline of Abraham’s life Gen 12: Called (75) Gen 14: Lot/Melchizedek Gen 15: God's covenant (first promise) Gen 16: 10/11 years later, Hagar Gen 17-18a: 13 years later, circumcision & son is (second) promised Gen 21: Isaac is born (100)

dia

dia nomos?

dia pistis?

dia pistis!

Condensed ESV outline Righteousness introduced (1:1-17) Righteous wrath (1:18-3:20) Saving righteousness (3:21-4:25) Righteous freedom (5-8) Righteousness  Jews (9-11) Righteous living (12:1-15:13) Paul’s closing (15:14-16:23) Righteousness summarized (16:25-27)

Table prayer time See the “Weekly Update” at your table Review and update prior prayer requests Write down new prayer requests Lean in, engage, and pray as a table Clean up and move to the auditorium