BIBL 110 Ref. Read. Wk 4
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BIBL 110
Ref. Read. Wk 4
Reflective Reading Passage: _____
Romans 8:31–39
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Use this template and the course texts The Inquisitive Christ and Approaching the New
Testament to record brief notes for each step of the reflective reading process.
Step One: Prepare
Use this space to understand the key elements of context to your passage. Consulting and citing
Approaching the New Testament, please complete the contextual information according to the
information found in the course textbook:
By consulting and citing Approaching the New Testament, who is the author of this biblical book
(in 2-3 sentences)?
The Apostle Paul is the author of the book of Romans.
1
The majority of the new testament was
written by Paul and specifically this epistle, is unanimously understood to have been written by
Paul.
By consulting and citing Approaching the New Testament, when was this biblical book written
(in 1 sentence)?
The Apostle Paul was writing this epistle around 55 AD.
2
By consulting and citing Approaching the New Testament, what is the overall theme of the book
(in 2-3 sentences)?
The book of Romans may not have a specific theme but rather a theological letter regarding
Christianity.
3
In addition to sharing the truths of the faith and what the heart posture of a
Christian looks like.
1.
Chadwick Thornhill, “Romans,” in Approaching the New Testament, eds. Adam
McClendon and John Cartwright (Nashville: B & H Academic, 2022), 110.
2.
Chadwick Thornhill, “Romans,” in Approaching the New Testament, eds. Adam
McClendon and John Cartwright (Nashville: B & H Academic, 2022), 110.
3.
Chadwick Thornhill, “Romans,” in Approaching the New Testament, eds. Adam
McClendon and John Cartwright (Nashville: B & H Academic, 2022), 111.
Step Two:
Read Utilizing either a translation of choice or creating a paraphrase of your own, use this space
to re-write the full passage of scripture. Please do not copy and paste from an existing
translation, but rather, write out the passage word-by-word in order to slowly reflect on the
content.
Romans 8:31-39 CSB
31 What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
32 He did not even spare his own Son but gave Him up for us all. How will He not also with Him
grant us everything?
33 Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?
34 Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died, but even more, has been
raised; he also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us.
35 Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or
famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
36 As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as
sheep to be slaughtered.
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am
persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to
come, nor powers,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of
God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Step Three: Reflect
Use this space to answer the following questions. Consult The Inquisitive Christ for insight into
pertinent Gospel texts.
If there is dialogue in the passage, who is speaking (in 1 complete sentence)?
Not a literal dialogue, but Paul is speaking via this epistle to those in Rome.
What questions are asked in the passage? Please list all questions located in the passage.
1.
What, then, are we to say about these things?
2.
If God is for us, who is against us?
3.
How will He not also with Him grant us everything?
4.
Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?
5.
Who is the one who condemns?
6.
Who can separate us from the love of Christ?
7.
Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
How would you answer each of the questions asked (in at least 3 sentences)?
1.
In reference to the things from the prior verses, we are to say that Christ is our
atonement, which is an especially supportive response to the questions that follow.
2.
If God is for us, then the devil and his demons are against us, constantly accusing us.
3.
Through Christ we are granted eternal life by God.
4.
Satan and his demons bring accusations against God’s elect.
5.
God is the one who condemns us of our sin because He is just and holy, but as Romans
8:1 says, in Christ there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.
6.
What can separate us from the love of God is sin but “who” does kind of depend on if
you are saved or not. Arminian vs calvinist arguments differ if we can lose our salvation
or not so this question can be delved into a lot.
7.
Nothing can separate us from the love of God if we are in Christ Jesus.
What words or phrases stand out to you, and why? Are any words/themes repeated? If so,
share why you think there is repetition. Please answer with at least 3 sentences.
Paul brought up countless factors that could separate us from the love of God in these verses.
But for those in Christ, there is not a single thing natural or supernatural that can separate us
from God's love. Romans 8 is seen as the greatest chapter in the Bible with these verses
culminating in substantial theological groundwork for what Christianity is.
What questions do you have as you read this passage? If you have no questions, please explain
why this might be the case.
I think if I were to have questions about these verses, I would want to ask more theological
questions and dig deeper into the nuances of these things. Theology and the study of God is
something I genuinely love and find that scripture is beautifully eloquent when it comes to
being both fully one side of an argument and another. Again, along the lines of Calvinism vs
Arminianism questions.
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Step Four: Pray
Use this space to formulate a prayer to God, dialoguing with Him about what he may be
speaking to you in this passage:
Father God,
Thank you for sending your Son so that now there is no condemnation being in Christ jesus.
Father, we are by no means deserving of this love to be saved but you love us so much and so
much so that not a single thing known and unknown can separate us from that love that you
have. Lord, formulate a posture of heart in me that reflects this separating love you have for us.
Amen
Step Five: Respond
Use this space to contemplate how God may be asking you to respond to this passage in your
life with him:
I think that God is asking me to respond, like in the prayer I had, to not just know his love, but
KNOW it. Constantly reading scripture and praying to have a heart so filled with love that it is
outpouring with a deep rooted understanding of nothing having the ability to separate God
from me and my heart.