Life, Death and
New Life
Genesis 2:4-7 –
New International Version (NIV)
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they
were created, when the Lord God
made the earth and the heavens.
5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had
yet sprung up, for the Lord God
had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but
streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then
the Lord God formed a man from the
dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the
man became a living being.
Who made the earth
and the heavens (verse 4)?
Why had no shrub
appeared or plant sprung up (verse 5)?
How was the ground
watered (verse 6)?
What did the Lord
God form a man from (verse 7)?
When did man
become a living being (verse 7)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
John 1:6-14 - New
International Version (NIV)
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He
came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all
might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as
a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into
the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was
made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came
to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet
to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the
right to become children of God— 13 children born not of
natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We
have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the
Father, full of grace and truth.
Who sent John (verse 6)?
Why did John testify concerning the light (verse
7)?
What was John’s
relationship to the light (verse 8)?
Who does the true
light give light to (verse 9)?
In your opinion,
why did the world, though made through Him, not recognize the light (verse 10)?
Who did not
receive Him (verse 11)?
What did He give “those who believed in his name” (verse 12)?
In your opinion,
what does it mean to be “born of God”
(verse 13)?
What did the Word
become (verse 14)?
What filled the
Son who came from the Father (verse 14)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what can we learn from
comparing the way the first man was formed and given life in Genesis 2:4-7 and
the way the Son “became flesh” in
John 1:6-14?
Romans 5:12-21 - New
International Version (NIV)
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,
and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all
sinned—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given,
but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless,
death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who
did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to
come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died
by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that
came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor
can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment
followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many
trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the
trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will
those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of
righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation
for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life
for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the
one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one
man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.
But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so
that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through
righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
How did sin enter the world (verse 12)?
How did death enter the world (verse 12)?
In your opinion, what does Paul mean when
he says “but sin is not charged against
anyone’s account where there is no law” (verse 13)?
What reigned from the time of Adam to the
time of Moses (verse 14)?
In your opinion, what is the difference
between the gift and the trespass (verse 15)?
What followed one sin (verse 16)?
What did the gift follow (verse 16)?
How is God’s provision of grace described (verse 17)?
How many trespasses resulted in
condemnation for all people (verse 18)?
How many righteous acts resulted in
justification and life for all people (verse 18)?
In your opinion, what does Paul mean when
he says “the law was brought in so that
the trespass might increase” (verse 20)?
What happened when sin increased (verse 20)?
How does grace reign (verse 21)?
What does grace bring through Jesus Christ
(verse 21)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how does Paul in Romans
5:12-21 help us understand about the way those who “believed in his name” in John 1:6-14 became children of God by
being “born of God”?
In
your opinion, what can we learn from the fact that Jesus, who is the one who
breathed life into Adam in Genesis 2:4-7 is also the one whose righteous act
Paul says in Romans 5:12-21 resulted in “justification
and life for all people”?
Revelation 19:11-16
– New International Version (NIV)
11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white
horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and
wages war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head
are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.
13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the
Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding
on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Coming
out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He
will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of
the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he
has this name written:
king of kings and lord of lords.
What is the rider of the white horse called (verse 11)?
How does the rider of the white horse wage
war (verse 11)?
What is on the rider’s head (verse 12)?
What is the rider dressed in (verse 13)?
What is the rider’s name (verse 13)?
In your opinion, what does it mean that
the rider’s armies are dressed in “fine
linen, white and clean” (verse 14)?
Where is the sharp sword (verse 15)?
What winepress does the rider tread (verse
15)?
What is written on His robe and his thigh
(verse 15)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, why
does Paul show Jesus as the provider of the gift of abundant grace in Romans
5:12-21 but John sees Jesus as the one who strikes down nations and who “treads the winepress of the fury of the
wrath of God Almighty” in Revelation 19:11-16?
In your opinion, why does John in John
1:6-14 say that he saw “the glory of
the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” and then in
Revelation 19:11-16 says that he “judges
and wages war”?
In your opinion, how
do you feel when you think that the one who created a man from dust and
breathed life into him in Genesis 2:4-7 is also the one who judges, wages war
and strikes down nations in Revelation 19:11-16?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from Genesis, John, Romans and Revelation help us understand about life, new
life and judgment?
In your opinion, how do these passages strengthen
our desire to live in “God’s abundant
provision of Grace”?
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