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Bell 52 Classes in Romans

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Bell 52 Classes in Romans is a General Book theWord module which has 52 classes (one for each week of the year) on Paul’s Epistles to the Romans.

STUDIES IN ROMANS

R. C. BELL
FIRM FOUNDATION PUBLISHING HOUSE
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Copyright 1957, Firm Foundation Publishing House
(NOTE: Copyright not renewed)

TABLE OF CONTENTS Bell 52 Classes in Romans

Changes in this Edition 2
Table of Contents 3

LESSON 1 12
Commendations 12
Methods 13
General Survey of Romans 14
Questions 15

LESSON 2 16
Personal Matters (8-16) 16
“A Righteousness of God” 17
Questions 19

LESSON 3 20
“The Wrath of God” 20
Responsibility of the Heathen 21
Questions 23

LESSON 4 24
“They Became Fools” 24
“God Gave Them Up” 25
Questions 27

LESSON 5 28
Humanity on Probation 28
God’s Judgment of His Steward 29
Questions 31

LESSON 6 32
Jewish Pride Punctured 33
Questions 35
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LESSON 7 36
Argument for Condemnation Concluded (3:9-20) 38
Questions 39

LESSON 8 40
Questions 43

LESSON 9 44
The New Testament Witnessed by the Old Testament 45
Questions 47

LESSON 10 48
“Heir of the World” 48
The God of Resurrection 49
Questions 51

LESSON 11 52
Christian Assurance 53
Questions 55

LESSON 12 56
Adam 56
“Jesus Christ Our Lord” 57
Questions 59

LESSON 13 60
Justification and Sanctification 60
Twofold Identity with Christ 61
“Our Old Man” 62
Questions 63

LESSON 14 64
King and Subject 64
Master and Slave 66
Questions 67

LESSON 15 68
Law and Gospel 68
Christians Are Dead To Lam 69
Questions 71

LESSON 16 72
Nature of Law and of Man 72
Paul’s Three Men 74
Questions 75

LESSON 17 76
Paul’s Religious Evolution 76
Paul Chosen as Apostle and as Pattern 78
Questions 79

LESSON 18 80
Law Fulfilled in Christ (8:1-4) 81
Questions 83

LESSON 19 84
“The Flesh” 84
“The Spirit” 85
Questions 87

LESSON 20 88
“In the Flesh” verses “In the Spirit” 88
“The Body of This Death” 89
Questions 91

LESSON 21 92
Working of the Holy Spirit 92
Christ Dishonored 93
Questions 95

LESSON 22 96
Mode of the Spirit’s Ministry 97
Questions 99

LESSON 23 100
God’s Over-all Program 100
Suffering and Hoping Rom 8:17-25 102
Questions 103

LESSON 24 104
“We Know Not…” 104
“We Know…” (Rom 8:28-30) 106
Questions 107

LESSON 25 108
God’s Unshakable Purpose (Rom 8:29-39) 109
“God Is One Jehovah” (Deu 6:4) 110
Questions 111

LESSON 26 112
Paul’s Preliminaries (Rom 9:1-5) 113
Questions 115

LESSON 27 116
God’s Sovereignty 116
God’s Righteousness 117
Questions 119

LESSON 28 120
The Hardening of Pharaoh 120
Human Accountability 121
Questions 123

LESSON 29 124
The Hardening of the Jews 125
Willing and Running in Vain 126
Questions 127

LESSON 30 128
Two Kinds of Righteousness 128
“All Things Are Now Ready” (Christ) 129
Questions 131

LESSON 31 132
Rejection of Israel Not Total (Rom 11:1-10) 133
Rejection of Israel Not Final (Rom 11:11-32) 134
Questions 135

LESSON 32 136
The Abrahamic Covenant As An Olive Tree 136
Gentile Pride 138
Questions 139

LESSON 33 140
Paul As Prophet 140
Paul’s Worshipful Doxology (11:33-36) 142
Questions 143

LESSON 34 144
Rom 12:1-2 144
Rom 12:3-8 146
Questions 147

LESSON 35 148
Rom 12:9-21 149
Love in Action 150
Questions 151

LESSON 36 152
God’s Two Governments 153
Origin of Civil Government 154
Questions 155

LESSON 37 156
The Twofold Function of the State 156
The Relationship of Christians to the State 157
Questions 159

LESSON 38 160
The Fulfillment of Law (13:8-10) 161
Questions 163

LESSON 39 164
Christ’s Return to Earth 165
Putting on Christ 166
Questions 167

LESSON 40 168
“Strong” and “Weak” Christians (Read 1 Cor. 8-10) 168
Presumptuous Meddling 169
Questions 171

LESSON 41 172
The Sovereignty of Conscience 172
Paul and Peter (Gal 2:11-21) 174
Questions 175

LESSON 42 176
Heavenly Wisdom 176
Paul Himself Lived Rom. 14 178
Questions 179

LESSON 43 180
Twofold Truth and Unity 181
Rom 15:1-13 182
Questions 183

LESSON 44 184
God and His Word 185
Questions 187

LESSON 45 188
Paul’s Province (Rom 15:22-28; 2Co 10:13-18) 189
Questions 191

LESSON 46 192
The Power and Mystery of Prayer 193
The Indispensability of Prayer 194
Questions 195

LESSON 47 196
The Spirit and the Church 197
Paul Lived in the Power of the Spirit 198
Questions 199

LESSON 48 200
Paul’s Repentance 200
Questions 203

LESSON 49 204
“The Mysteries of the Kingdom” (Christ) 204
“Through Faith” 206
Questions 207

LESSON 50 208
Eternal Life 209
Questions 211

LESSON 51 212
Were Paul’s Prayers Answered? 212
Questions 215
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LESSON 52 216
The Church and Satan 217
Peace and Doxology 218
Questions 219

CHANGES IN THIS EDITION

This 2012 electronic edition of R.C. Bell’s “Studies in Romans” was scanned, converted, proofread, and edited (details below) by Bradley Cobb, and made available through:
www.GravelHillchurchofChrist.com
Changes in this edition are as follows:
Any obvious spelling errors have been corrected.
Some grammatical errors were corrected (subject/verb agreement).
Because of the change in format, the page numbers in this edition will not match up with the page numbers in the original. If you reference this edition of the book, just make sure to note that it is the electronic edition.
Some of the verse references were unclear in the original (“v 9”, for instance), and have been changed to make it more obvious which verse is being referenced (“10:9”).
Please note, any Bible reference in parentheses that does not give a book name is a reference from Romans.
Note: This book was originally copyrighted 1957, and its copyright was never renewed. Therefore, the text of the original edition has passed into the public domain.

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