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BSF Study Questions Romans: From Guilt to Grace Lesson 5, Day 5: Reread Romans 3:25-26

by atozmom, posted in BSF Romans: From Guilt to Grace 2026/2027

Summary of Romans 3:25-26

God presented Jesus as the sacrifice of atonement for all those who believe in him. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness.

BSF Study Questions Romans: From Guilt to Grace Lesson 5, Day 5: Romans 3:25-26

12) Despite demanding perfect justice, God exercised divine forbearance, temporarily passing over the faithful’s sins until Christ’s sacrifice permanently paid their penalty in full.

13) Christ paying sin’s deadly wage proves God’s absolute justice, while offering eternal life as a free gift proves His profound willingness to justify sinners. Basically, we all deserve death, but God, in His infinite kindness, love, grace, and mercy, offers us eternal life through the saving blood of Jesus.

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Psalm 33:5: It shows God’s justice and righteousness are not cold demands; they are perfectly united with His unfailing, earth-filling love for humanity.

Psalm 89:14: Righteousness and justice form the unshakable foundation of God’s throne, guaranteeing His eternal sovereignty is always perfectly fair, dependable, and true.

Psalm 103:6: God’s justice is beautifully active. He definitively intervenes to rescue, defend, and vindicate those completely crushed by spiritual and physical oppression.

Isaiah 9:7: It promises the Messiah’s eternal, peaceful kingdom will be permanently established and flawlessly sustained by His absolute justice and righteousness forever.

Isaiah 51:5: It explicitly unites God’s approaching righteousness with immediate salvation, proving His divine justice is an active force working to globally rescue humanity.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Romans: From Guilt to Grace Lesson 5, Day 5: Romans 3:25-26

Great analysis! I love connecting the Old Testament to the New Testament and seeing God’s hand throughout it all!

End Notes BSF Study Questions Romans: From Guilt to Grace Lesson 5, Day 5: Romans 3:25-26

Propitiation is the turning away of God’s wrath, so Jesus was our substitute sacrifice. Jesus was judged in our place, so God could demonstrate His righteousness in judgment against sin, but spare people who deserved judgment.

Propitiation was used by the ancient Greeks in reference to appeasing the gods with sacrifices.

Propitiation is used in the Old Testament when referring to the mercy seat, or the lid covering the Ark of the Covenant. Remember, blood was sprinkled here to atone for the Israelites’ sins.

The Old Testament sacrifices served to cover the people, so they could be in God’s presence. Jesus’ sacrifice paid for our sins once and for all.

God is just and by having sin be paid for and this justified us, made us righteous in His sight.

END NOTES SUMMARIZED

God publicly displayed Jesus as the ultimate atoning sacrifice to simultaneously satisfy divine justice and offer profound mercy. This perfectly resolves the cosmic tension of how a perfectly holy God can forgive guilty sinners without compromising His absolute moral standard.

  • The Ultimate Atonement (Propitiation): God presented Christ as a propitiation by His blood. This term directly invokes the Old Testament Mercy Seat on the Ark of the Covenant, where the high priest sprinkled blood to cover sin and turn away divine wrath. Jesus serves as the final fulfillment of this, permanently absorbing the righteous anger of God against human rebellion.

  • The Instrument of Faith: The immense power of this sacrifice is not universally applied by default; it is received exclusively through faith. The saving benefits of Christ’s shed blood only cover those who actively trust in His finished work.

  • Vindicating Divine Restraint: Paul addresses a crucial historical problem: how could God simply “pass over” the grievous sins of Old Testament figures without executing immediate judgment? The cross proves God was not ignoring their evil. He was exercising divine forbearance, holding those sins in suspense until Jesus paid the penalty for them entirely.

  • Just and Justifier: This is the theological climax of Paul’s argument. At the cross, God demonstrates He is perfectly “just” by ensuring that every sin is punished to the absolute fullest extent of the law. Simultaneously, He acts as the “justifier” by freely declaring the believing sinner righteous, having borne the penalty Himself.

CONCLUSION

The cross stands as the brilliant focal point of human history where God’s infinite love and unyielding justice perfectly intersect. By pouring out the penalty for sin upon His own Son, God upholds the absolute integrity of His law while throwing the doors of salvation wide open to anyone who believes. This shatters any human accusation that God is lenient with evil, proving that our eternal standing is secured by the most agonizing and triumphant act of grace ever displayed.

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BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 5, Day 5: 1 Kings 21

by atozmom, posted in BSF People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided 2022/2023

SUMMARY OF 1 KINGS 21

King Ahab wants a vineyard that Naboth owns. When Naboth refuses to sell it, citing God’s laws against selling the Promised Land, Ahab sulks. He tells his wife Jezebel about it. She hatches a plot to kill Naboth by declaring a day of fasting and having two scondrels testify that Naboth has cursed God and the king. Naboth is stoned to death.

The word of the Lord comes to Elijah for King Ahab. Since King Ahab has murdered a man and seized his property, he will die. King Ahab humbled himself before the Lord, so God postpones hid judgment till the days of his son.

BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 5, Day 5: 1 Kings 21

14a) Ahab is childish. He pouts and storms around when he doesn’t get his way, refusing to eat.

b) Jezebel abuses her power and uses evil ways to get what she wants.

c) Naboth upholds the laws of God and refuses to go against them, even at the request of a king.

15a) He sends a word through Elijah for Ahab. He condemns Ahab and his lineage to death.

b) King Ahab tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly. He must have been sincere or God would have seen through it and followed through with His judgment. I think he was sincere at this moment, but as we’ve seen, he’ll fall back into his old ways again.

16a) He postpones Ahab’s judgment when he sees he is repentant.

b) It was a good week. I spent some quality time with my daughters and did the Lord’s work.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 5, Day 5: 1 Kings 21

This is an example of how sometimes there is no end to evil people’s evil.

End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 5, Day 5: 1 Kings 21

Every Israelite had a right to possess a piece of the Promise Land, which not even a king coule legally usurp. In fact, selling the land broke a law God had given Moses.  Leviticus 25:15, 25:23, 25:25; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.

From 2 Kings 9:26 it is likely that the entire family of Naboth was murdered so no heirs could claim his property. Ahab seized the land anyway.

Note that Ahab is held responsible for the murder and theft since his is the head of the household. Note Elijah is sent, probably one of the few courageous enough to tell the king his judgment.

Ahab will have his blood licked, just in Samaria instead (1 Kings 22:38) Ahab’s son, Jehoram, receives this punishment  2 Kings 9:25,

The judgment was severe: his children would not inherit the thrown.

God’s judgments against us are always invitations to repent, humble oneself, and turn to God for mercy.

God always wants to show mercy and compassion on His children. He gives it freely to the undeserving when people humbly repent.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis Lesson 5, Day 5: Genesis 4:17-24

by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2012/2013

Summary of passage:  Cain lay with his wife and she gave birth to Enoch.  Cain then built a city and named it after his son.  Enoch had Lamech who married two women.  These sons raised livestock, invented the harp and flute, and all kinds of tools.  Lamech bragged to his wives about killing a man and how he will be avenged.

Adam and Eve had a son named Seth to replace Abel.  Abel had a son named Enosh.

Questions:

12)  It had to have been his sister.  No other people were on Earth at the time.

13a)  Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.

b)  Jabal was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock

c)  Tubal-Cain forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron

d)  Jubal was the father of all who play the harp and flute

e)  Same as d:  Jubal was the father of all who play the harp and flute

14a)  Lamech married two women, against God’s original plan of one woman and one man for marriage (Genesis 2:24) and he boasts of killing and retribution.

b)  Same answer as a.

15a)  It shows how mankind has a choice:  to obey God or not and how many choose to not obey Him.  This has been the same since the beginning of time.  It shows the ingenuity God gave man in terms of invention and the arts as man fulfills his role of caring for the world.  This is still the same today as we see new inventions since the beginning of time.

Murder is the same.  Sin is the same.  Pride, boasting, and polygamy are the same.  The sins never change.

b)  Personal Question.  My answer:  I don’t think I’ve ever boasted of evil especially as an adult.  Not sure how I’ve defied God.  It’s not like I’ve ever said, “Yeah, God.  I hear you but I’m going to do it anyway.”  Nope.  In fact, still waiting on God’s words and I’d love to have a conversation (that’s not quite so one-sided) with Him.

I think most of us it’s the same:  we pray; we ask God; we wait for an answer; we go the way we think He wants us to go.  It’s not defiance if we choose wrong–not by any stretch of the imagination.

Defiance according to the Internet is “open resistance and bold disobedience.”  According to Webster’s it’s “disregard and withstand.”

By these definitions, I haven’t defied God.

Conclusions:  This lesson was vague to say the least.  Twice I thought the question repetitive of one already asked and the last question (which is personal and I’m unsure why it’s not marked as such) is out of place in my opinion.  This passage is about Cain.  And he’s a murderer.  I’d like to think I’m a bit better than that.

As a Christian, I like to think I obey God.  I can see this question applying to non-Christians.  Sometimes I think these questions are negative in connotation and make us wonder if we are bad people.  It makes us doubt ourselves.

I get defensive with such questions.  Defy is a very, very strong word.  Most of us do not “defy” God.  If we do, we probably wouldn’t be in a bible study.

I would hope we don’t go around boasting of the evil we do.  I know I’m ashamed of my sins (not evil mind you) and I confess and ask for forgiveness.  I definitely don’t tell my best friend about it.

Am I wrong here?  What do you think?  Am I just getting way too defensive?  Or maybe I have defied God and just don’t know it?  See….doubting here.  I’d rather spend my time focusing on the good I do and not the bad.

This question just does not sit right with me.  It gives me a funny, uneasy feeling that I don’t like.  It seems with all the “changes” going on in BSF (of which none are official–just from what my leader has told me) I would hope questions such as this would be re-thought.  For me, I’m trying to think of what it would be like to defy God and boast of evil crimes against humanity.  And I don’t like thinking about that.  Way too much negativity in this world as it is.

Now, I could say I have defied God in the little things.  Like not loving others as I should.  Not giving as much.  Not honoring my father and mother at times when I was a teenager.  Those type of things.

It’s hard to say because 1)  We are speaking of heinous crimes such as murder and 2) the word “and” in the question could refer to only those times you have defied God AND boasted.

We all Fall.  That’s  a given.  But defiance?  Outright?  That’s much more complicated.

Still, I’ve never boasted.  If you have the Holy Spirit, even the little defiances should prevent you from boasting.  Instead, you should feel an overwhelming guilt and repentance.

I don’t know.  Interpretation of the question and speculation of its intentions.  I’m just saying how this question hit me.

Just my opinion, of course.