Family Confirmation – Lesson Twenty-Five (continued)page 1

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Family Confirmation Program

Lesson Twenty-Five

Paul's Letters to the Church

Memory Work -- Romans 1:16

Opening Prayer

  1. Read Romans, chapter 1, verse 17

a)What is the key word in this verse? (Catechism, Sec #298) ______

b)What Old Testament verse does Paul quote to back up his point? (Catechism, Sec.88) ______

c)How do we receive this special relationship with God? (Ephesians 2:8-10) ______

d)How was Abraham saved? (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:3 and following) ______

e)What does this tell you about the relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament when it comes to the way that people are saved? ______

  1. Read the following verses and answer the questions

a)Romans 1:4Who is Jesus Christ, according to this verse? ______

b)Romans 1:12 What does Paul want Christian people to do for one another? ______

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c)Romans 1:16How does Paul define the Gospel in this verse? ______

d)Romans 1:18How does God respond to "godlessness" and "wickedness"? ______

e)Romans 1:25Which of the Ten Commandments is being broken by the people described in this verse? ______

f)Romans 1:27Which sin is being described here? ______

  1. Check the outline for the book of First Corinthians found in your Concordia Self-Study Bible.

a)Write down the six basic areas that Paul discusses, not including the introduction and the conclusion: ______

b)From the topics discussed in the outline of First Corinthians, what was Paul trying to accomplish with this book? ______

c)Where do Christians today get this kind of information? ______

  1. Read the following references and answer these questions

a)1 Corinthians 1:23 Who or what did Paul preach? ______

b)1 Corinthians 1:31 What kind of boasting is acceptable for Christians? ______

c)1 Corinthians 2:14 What is a person without the Holy Spirit not able to do? (Catechism, Sec.82) ______

d)What do the things of God seem like to a person without the Holy Spirit? ______

e)1 Corinthians 3:6,7What is our job with the seed? (the Word of God)? ______

f)What is the Holy Spirit's job? ______

g)1 Corinthians 6:18 What does Paul advise Christian people to do when they are tempted by sexual immorality?(See Catechism, Sec. 56, 57) ______

h)1 Corinthians 12:12 What word picture does Paul use here to describe the church? ______

i)1 Corinthians 13:1-13 What is it that Paul considers most important in the Christian life? ______

j)How does 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 relate to the Catechism, Sec. 62? ______

k)1 Corinthians 16:1-4 What is Paul talking about here? ______

l)At what age do you believe young people should begin setting something aside for the Lord? ______

Why? ______

  1. Check the outline to the book of Galatians as found in your Study Bible.

What three basic areas did Paul deal with in this book? (Sec.II, III, &IV) ______

  1. Read the following references and answer the questions

a)Galatians 1:6 What were some of the Christians in Galatia doing that upset Paul? ______

b)Galatians 1:12 How did Paul receive the Gospel? ______

c)Galatians 1:23 How did people describe Paul? ______

d)Galatians 3:6 What did Paul say about Abraham? ______

e)Are we saved the same way as Abraham was? ______

Why? ______

f)Galatians 5:1 What does Christ want us to enjoy? ______

g)Galatians 6:1 What one word here describes how Christians are to deal with a fellow Christian who has fallen into sin?(Catechism, Sec.279) ______

  1. Read the following references and answer the questions:

a)Colossians 1:3 What does Paul do when he thinks of the Christian people he serves? ______

b)Colossians 1:6 What was the Gospel of Jesus Christ doing in Paul's day? ______

c)Is the same thing true today? ______

Why? (See Isaiah 55:10-11.) ______

d)Colossians 1:10 What does Paul pray for here? ______

e)Colossians 1:13 How does Paul describe Jesus' work for us in this verse?

(Catechism, Sec.213) ______

f)Colossians 1:15 - 20 Who is Jesus, according to verse 15? ______

i)According to verse 16, what did Jesus do? ______

ii)How is Jesus related to the church? (v.18) ______

g)Colossians 2:8 What warning does Paul give to Christian believers here?

(Catechism Sec #5) ______

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Give a modern day example of what Paul is talking about. ______

h)Colossians 3:5 What should Christians "put to death"? ______

i)Colossians 3:12 What characteristics do we find in the lives of Christian people? ______

j)Colossians 3:16 What does Paul describe here that will help us grow in our knowledge of God's Word? (Catechism, Sec.40) ______

  1. Read the following references and answer these questions

a)1 Timothy 1:13 How does Paul describe himself before he became a Christian? ______

b)1 Timothy 1:15 Why did Jesus come into the world?(See John 3:17) ______

c)1 Timothy 4:1 What will happen in the last days, just before Christ returns to this earth, at the end of the age? ______

d)(Review) 1 Timothy 6:9-10 What does Paul say about money in these verses? ______

e)1 Timothy 6:12 How does Paul describe the Christian life?(Compare Ephesians 6:10 and following) ______

  1. Time spent on this study? ______With mom? ______With dad? ______
  2. Comments or questions ______

The “Roman Road”

God’s plan of salvation in one book…

Romans 3:10 ( sin

Romans 3:23 (

Romans 5:12 ( price

Romans 6:23 (

Romans 5:8 Jesus paid price

Romans 10: 9-13 Faith in Christ as Saviour.

  1. Closing Prayer

Revised March 18, 1996; October 05, 1996; Edited 10/18/2018