Lesson 8: Reformation of life

 

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Review: Write down the three memorization verses from lesson 7 from memory:

1. Write Acts 1:8 from memory.

2. Write 1 Corinthians 15:22 from memory.

3. Write Hebrews 9:27 from memory.

⏱ Estimated study time: 1 - 2.5 hours

Look up the verses below and answer the questions.

Reading: Read Romans 7. Write down what touches you most.

Take your physical Bible! Look up the verses and underline them.

Or read online in the Open Translation 2026.

A. God's law is holy

Question 1: Through what did Paul come to know sin? (Romans 7:7)

Question 2: How does Paul describe the law: is it holy or sinful? (Romans 7:12)

Question 3: How does Paul describe the commandment? Name the three qualities. (Romans 7:12)

B. The struggle of flesh and spirit

Question 4: The law is spiritual, but what is Paul? (Romans 7:14)

Question 5: What law does Paul find in himself when he wants to do good? (Romans 7:21)

Question 6: In what does Paul delight according to his inner man? (Romans 7:22)

Question 7: Who will deliver Paul from the body of death? (Romans 7:24-25)

C. Love for God's law

Question 8: How great is the psalmist's love for God's law? (Psalm 119:97)

Question 9: In what does the man of Psalm 1 find his delight? (Psalm 1:2)

Question 10: To what is the man compared who meditates on the law day and night? (Psalm 1:3)

D. Jesus and the law

Question 11: Did Jesus come to abolish the Law and the Prophets, or to fulfill them? (Matthew 5:17)

Question 12: What will pass away sooner than anything from the law passes away? (Matthew 5:18)

Question 13: What is the function of the law in relation to Christ? (Galatians 3:24)

E. Doers of the Word

Question 14: What must we be of the Word, not only hearers? (James 1:22)

Question 15: Who will be blessed in what he does? (James 1:25)

F. Ongoing repentance

Question 16: What does the Lord Jesus call the church in Ephesus to do? (Revelation 2:5)

Question 17: What does the Lord Jesus call the church in Laodicea to do? (Revelation 3:19)

Question 18: Who works in you both the willing and the working? (Philippians 2:13)

Question 19: What does godly sorrow produce? (2 Corinthians 7:10)

Question 20: What does the sorrow of the world produce? (2 Corinthians 7:10)

Question 21: What does someone say who claims to be without sin? (1 John 1:8)

Question 22: What does God do when we confess our sins? (1 John 1:9)

Question 23: What must we lay aside, and on whom must we keep our eyes fixed? (Hebrews 12:1-2)

Memorization

Learn these three verses by heart:

  1. Psalm 119:97How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
  2. Philippians 2:12-13Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
  3. 1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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