10/18/2026 – Day 014 – Romans 3 – 4
Previous cycle commentary posts, use the dates as search terms:
“03/13/2022” – William Barclay commentary excerpts
“06/16/2024” – Halley’s Bible Commentary excerpts
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“God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed. He presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.” Romans 3: 25-26
“Here is an excerpt of 3:25 commentary from “The Apologetics Study Bible”:
“3:25 … But what kind of God (Father) sends His Son to such a horrific death to satisfy His own sense of justice? First, Jesus voluntarily gave His life (John 10: 14-18). So this was the eternally agreed upon plan by Father, Son, and Spirit. Second, the triune God – not just the Son – is involved in this world’s suffering. The Father and Spirit were not undetected observers but were intimately involved with the Son’s suffering on the cross. Third, consider God’s holiness and sin’s offensiveness to such a perfect, unsullied, personal Being. Sin elicits His just, wrathful response – the removal of all traces of both sin and sinner. Fourth, we must grasp God’s limitless love of His human creatures made in His own image. Though he could justly write us off forever, in love God acted to save those who trust in Him. So while His holiness required the just payment of death for sinners, in love He paid the penalty Himself in the person of His only Son.”
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Our prayers and fellowship off our study is open but here are some possible fellowship generator questions throughout our year:
- What does the text reveal about God’s character?
- How has this reading generated prayer for you and/or us?
- What themes stand out to you in this bible study?
- How does our reading fit into the bigger picture (creation, the fall, restoration, etc.)?
- What verse(s) jumped out at you like never before? Is it explainable at this point?
- Do you have any questions you would like to put before the group as to how to interpret any particular verse(s) in our reading. Let scripture testify to scripture: Share with us where you sense contradiction between passages elsewhere.
- What did you find convicting and inspiring at the same time? Share with us how the Spirit of God is working within you as a messenger, both within and outside of our fellowship group.
- Share with the group how our study is calling or confirming to you a new mission to glorify God in our times.
Thoughts? / Reflections?