 | New Testament Bible Reading Challenge4 March 2013 to 28th February 2014
Week 25: Bible Reading Plan and Discussion Starters
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Welcome to The Salvation Army's Challenge to read the New Testament from beginning to end within one year, reading just 5 chapters per week.
We are now starting Week 25 of the Bible challenge…and will complete the first half of Paul's letter to the Christians in Rome.
Great Expectations: Expect
God to speak through the Scriptures, expect to learn new things about
Him, and about ourselves, and expect to read and absorb some familiar
stories and passages.
Top Tip!To get the most out of this challenge, start each daily reading with a short, simple, sincere prayer asking God to guide your thinking as you read. Then open the Bible and read slowly, with the aim of learning something new. After the reading, consider how it may affect your life and relationship with Jesus, and allow your increased knowledge of the Scriptures to shape your character and strengthen your trust in God.Take your time - enjoy this opportunity - and may God bless you as you embark upon this New Testament Bible Challenge.
Captain Phil Layton
Monday, August 19, 2013 --- Romans 4 --- Paul talks about how justification comes only through faith
- Paul seems to be extremely keen to explain how Abraham was justified by faith...why is this argument so important to Paul, and what is its relevance to us today?
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 --- Romans 5 --- Through Adam we are sinners, but through Jesus we are forgiven
- v3-4, does this concur with your experience?
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v12-14, Paul seems quite happy to talk about Adam as though he were a
real, literal and historical person in the same way that Moses is. How
might this be viewed by those who doubt the reality/truth/historical
accuracy of the Bible's creation account?
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 --- Romans 6 --- Slaves to righteousness instead of slaves to sin
- does this chapter help explain the link between salvation and holiness?....can one be saved without thereafter pursuing holiness?
Thursday, August 22, 2013 --- Romans 7 --- Paul admits that he still struggles with sin
- v15-20, I wonder if the reader of Paul's letter had to repeat this section slowly when it was first received ;) ...but I also wonder if you can sympathise with his predicament.
Friday, August 23, 2013 --- Romans 8 --- There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
- v23, do you understand and share Paul's sense of the 'inward groaning'?
- v26-27, do you have times when you wish to pray but words fail you?....how reassuring are these verses?
- v29-30, how do we interpret these words of 'predestination? Is Paul talking about believers in the past who have already died? Is this an argument for predestination for each individual today? Or Christians in general?...Or is he talking about the Jewish race (as opposed to individuals)?
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 --- Romans 6 --- Slaves to righteousness instead of slaves to sin
- does this chapter help explain the link between salvation and holiness?....can one be saved without thereafter pursuing holiness?
Thursday, August 22, 2013 --- Romans 7 --- Paul admits that he still struggles with sin
- v15-20, I wonder if the reader of Paul's letter had to repeat this section slowly when it was first received ;) ...but I also wonder if you can sympathise with his predicament.
Friday, August 23, 2013 --- Romans 8 --- There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
- v23, do you understand and share Paul's sense of the 'inward groaning'?
- v26-27, do you have times when you wish to pray but words fail you?....how reassuring are these verses?
- v29-30, how do we interpret these words of 'predestination? Is Paul talking about believers in the past who have already died? Is this an argument for predestination for each individual today? Or Christians in general?...Or is he talking about the Jewish race (as opposed to individuals)?
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