Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

The Bible in Context

December 7 , 2008

Romans Chapters 1-2

“The Gospel is Power”

Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above".

Note: All quotations are from the New International Version. 

1. Paul describes Jesus as:

a. descended from David

b. born of a virgin

c. a special creation

d. son of Joseph

2. Paul hopes to have a:

          a.  happy journey to Rome

          b.  triumphal journey to Rome

          c.  a journey to Rome under military escort

          d.  a martyrdom in Rome

3. Paul hopes to give the Romans:

a. Luke’s new gospel

b. a message from Ephesus

c. the Holy Grail

d. a spiritual gift

4.  Paul describes homosexuality as:

a. one aspect of love

b. a separate creation

c. the exchange of the natural for the unnatural

d. a form of worship

5. Those who disobey their parents --:

a. should be reeducated

b. should be forgiven

c. should repent

d. deserve death

6. “God will give to each person according to –“ :

a. his faith

b. his love

c. what he believes

d. what he has done

7. “My gospel declares”  -- what?

a. universal salvation

b. God will judge men’s secrets

c. Jesus is Lord

d. the church will be triumphant

8. The Law is --:

a. superfluous

b. misleading

c. the ministry of Death

d. the embodiment of knowledge and truth

9. Circumcision is valuable --:

a. if you keep the law

b. if you are a Jew

c. always

d. never

10. A man is a Jew if :

a. his mother is a Jew

b. his father is a Jew

c. he keeps the Law

d. he is one inwardly