Q1. How can a man be justified by god?

Roman 3:21-5:21

Ans: - In Romans, Paul develops justification by first speaking of God's just wrath at sin

(Romans 1:18-3:20). ... One is said to be 'justified by faith apart from works of the Law'
(Romans 3:28). Further, Paul writes of sin and justification in terms of two men, Adam and
Christ (Romans 5).

Q2. State some of the main responsibilities which the Christians has in doing the will of God.
Roman chapter 12-15.
Ans: - To state all the main responsibilities of Christians in this chapter it will take more
pages so I will be summarizing according to the topic I have given

In Chapter 12 The Duties of Christians are as follows

Sacrifice of Body and Mind. 

Here what we see is that Christians are living sacrifice for god here Paul’s want to said is that
as a Christians we must sacrifice our body mind and also spirit as well.

Many Parts in One Body. 

This means as a Christians unity should be our themes. he compares to the body, there are
different part of our body but all part are united in our body

Mutual Love. 
This mutual love means not differencing other in love e.g. our enemies or etc.

Chapter 13

Obedience to Authority.
here
what Paul want to said is that the leader is placed by God to be our leader so. Christians
should obey their government unless doing so means disobeying the lord. (acts 5:21)

Love Fulfills the Law.

Love is the most important thing that Christians should have love here paul want to tell is
that there are many laws given but all the commandment was fulfilled by love.
In this chapter the last verse also talk about how the time is near so love is the most thing that
we can do for the lord our god.

Chapter 14

To Live and Die for Christ. 

Living and dying for Christ is the most important for the Christians

Consideration for the Weak Conscience. 

 Christian’s should be in one body here what I want to tell ls is that as a Christians we are
living in the flesh world some are good some are bad and also some are weak but. We must
not argue those who are week instead we must encourage one another this is the main
responsibilities for the Christian’s duties

Chapter 15

Patience and Self-Denial.

In this chapter we can see patience and self-denied is the main responsibilities for the
Christians. And also, Paul talk about he was send for the gentile and he also say that he want
to visit Rome personally and also we can see that he also need prayer in the last verse.

Q3. How the Doctrine of imputation illustrated in the book of Philemon?

Ans:- The book of Philemon which contains only twenty-five verses in total was written by
paul probably around 59-61 A.D during his Roman Imprisonment. The latter is addressed to a
certain Christian named Philemon, the owner of a slave Onesimus.
Onesimus apparently ran away from his master (Philemon), a crime punishable by death
during those days and ended up encountering Paul in Rome whereby he was converted to the
Christian faith. In Philemon 10 we see how deep Paul has cultivated his personal relationship
with the runaway slave. So, Paul eventually decided to send the slave back to his master.
Paul knew that, death was the normal punishment for runaway slave, so he entered Philemon
received Onesimus "no longer as a bond servant but more than a bond servant, as a beloved
brother(vs 16).Onesimus has merited death by fleeing from his master Philemon, but Paul
stood in the way and asked Philemon to receive the slave as he would receive him, echoing
the imputation of Christ righteousness on our account. The apostle also told Philemon that if
ever Onesimus has wronged him or owe him anything, he himself will pay for it.
This clear the illusion to the doctrine of imputation that we find in the book of Philemon.

Q4. Trace the history of the Ephesian’s church as portrayed in the New-testament.
Ans:- The New Testament traces the full history of the church in Ephesus from its
founding in Acts 18 to facing the rebuke of Jesus in Revelation 2:1-7.
The word Ephesus means desirable, and in many ways, it was certainly a desirable place
to live. In the ancient world, Ephesus was a center of travel and commerce. Situated on the
Aegean Sea at the mouth of the Caster River, the city was one of the greatest seaports of the
ancient world. Three major roads led from the seaport:
 One road went east towards Babylon via Laodicea
 Another to the north via Smyrna
 A third south to the Meander Valley
On Paul’s second missionary journey (A.D. 52), he visited Ephesus after leaving Corinth, and
evidently planted the church there (Acts 18:19).
We have no way of knowing whether they corrected their problem for a season, but, sadly,
the church died sometime during the second century. In later centuries Ephesus 

Q5. Write about the Colossian heresy

Ans:- The Colossian Heresy Introduction In the book of Colossians, Paul deals with a
“heresy” which had infected. the church. Essentially, this heresy was Jewish. That is obvious
when one examines the legal ordinances, circumcision, food regulations, sabbath, new moons
and other “events” of the Jewish calendar. Although it was Jewish in nature, it was not the
same as the straightforward form of Judaism that Paul dealt with in the book of Galatians.
These doctrinal errors grew out of a mixture of Judaist teaching, combined with the whims of
oriental and philosophic speculation. Gnosticism “Gnosticism was a heresy far more subtle
and dangerous than any that had appeared during the early years of the church.

It became so widespread that by the beginning of the 3rd century A.D. most of the intellectual
Christian congregations throughout the Roman empire were to some degree infected by it. . .
It is not easy to give a proper and complete account of this potent anti-Christian influence, for
Gnosticism was not a homogeneous system of either religion or philosophy, but embraced
many widely diversified sects holding opinions drawn from a great variety of sources”

The Gnostics were the knowers, the intellectual ones. Gnostics taught that matter was
essentially evil and that the creating God was not the true God. They considered Jesus as only
one of the many intermediaries between God and man. Some of them even denied that Jesus
came in the flesh (1 John 2:23; 4:2-3; 2 John 7). They frequently denied that He died on the
cross (1 John 5:6-8). According to the Gnostics, the way to God was barred by a series of
emanations. Getting past these emanations to the true God was through knowledge and a
series of passwords which only the Gnostics could supply. This meant that salvation was
limited to only a few intellectuals (or pseudo-intellectuals). The Gnostics claimed to be the
elite, the wise, the philosophers, to whom was revealed a secret knowledge which the
overwhelming mass of mankind could never know. The intellectual pride of the Gnostics
would have changed the gospel into a philosophy of which only a select intellectual few
could be a part. The series of emanations (or aeons or angels) in their totality were called the
Pleroma (fulness). In most Gnostic systems the Pleroma consisted of 30 beings ranging from
the highest God at one end to Sophia (wisdom) at the other end (F. Jenkins, The Theme of the
Bible, p. 44). In this way, the gulf is bridged between God and mankind (see chart). The
highest aeons approximate closely to the divine nature, they were the most spiritual and free
from matter. These form the highest hierarchy of angels, and these with many other grades of
angelic hosts are to be worshiped. The Epistle to the Colossians reveals the existence of
ascetic practices taught by the false teachers (2:21-23). These ascetic practices became very
common among Gnostics. “Those who favored unnatural asceticism often fell into the
opposite sin of shocking licentiousness. As body and soul are entirely distinct in their nature,
the soul cannot be defiled by anything, however carnal and gross, that the body can do. Let
the soul go its way on the wings of spiritual thought, and the body indulge its fleshly desires
Observe the many allusions to the Gnostic.

Gnosticism was distinguished by an unethical, loveless intellectualism. John vividly

described this dry knowledge which had no love or pity. Because the ethical standards of
many Gnostics were low, John emphasized the reality of the incarnation and the high ethical
standard of the earthly life of Christ. In Gnosticism knowledge was the supreme end and
purpose of life, but Gnostics were left in a loveless state.
Summary of the Colossian Heresy

A. Detracted from the person of Christ. Paul stresses the preeminence of Christ (Colossians
1:15-19). B. Emphasized human philosophy. Paul showed that it was empty speculation apart
from Divine revelation (Colossians 2:8). C. Contained elements of Judaism, such as
circumcision (Colossians 2:11; 3:11); rabbinical tradition (Colossians 2:8); dietary
regulations and Sabbath and festival observances (Colossians 2:16). Paul’s response is in the
verses cited. D. Included angel worship. Angels were considered as intermediaries to keep the
highest God (pure Spirit) unsullied by contact with the physical universe (Colossians 2:18).
This was a pagan feature. The Jews did not worship angels, nor did they regard the physical
universe as evil. E. The errorists flaunted an exclusivist air of secrecy and superiority. In
response, Paul stressed the all-inclusiveness and public nature of the gospel (Colossians 1:20,
23, 28; 3:11). F

Q6. What was timothy family and spiritual background prior to his joining Paul in ministry?

Ans:- Timothy was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra in Asia Minor, born of a Jewish mother

who had become a Christian believer, and a Greek father. The Apostle Paul met him during
his second missionary journey and he became Paul’s companion and co-worker along
with Silas. The New Testament indicates that Timothy traveled with Paul the Apostle, who
was also his mentor. Paul entrusted him with important assignments. He is addressed as the
recipient of the First and Second Epistles to Timothy.

Timothy was a native of Lystra in Lycaonia (Anatolia). When Paul and Barnabas first visited

Lystra, Paul healed a person crippled from birth, leading many of the inhabitants to accept his
teaching. When he returned a few years later with Silas, Timothy was already a respected
member of the Christian congregation, as were his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice,
both Jews. In 2 Timothy 1:5, his mother and grandmother are noted as eminent for their piety
and faith. Timothy is said to have been acquainted with the Scriptures since childhood. In 1
Corinthians 16:10 there is a suggestion that he was by nature reserved and timid: "When
Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the
Lord".
Timothy's father was a Greek Gentile. Thus Timothy had not been circumcised and Paul now
ensured that this was done, according to Acts 16:1–3, to ensure Timothy's acceptability to the
Jews whom they would be evangelizing. According to McGarvey: "Yet we see him in the
case before us, circumcising Timothy with his own hand, and this 'on account of certain Jews
who were in those quarters'". This did not compromise the decision made at the Council of
Jerusalem, that gentile believers were not required to be circumcised. So, Timothy became St
Paul’s disciple, and later his constant companion and co-worker in preaching
Q7. what way did Titus demonstrate his abilities as a problem solver?

Ans:- Consider the characteristic of good problem solver modeled Titus;

I) They anticipated problems. Titus anticipated problem in Corinth and prevented a possible
Church.
ii)They accepted the truth. Titus was always honest with Paul and the trouble church he led.
He faces reality.
iii)They see the big picture, Titus knew how to deal with the church in, due to his large
perspective.
iv)Titus took the initiative and deal with one major conflict at a time.
v)Titus tenaciously addressed the conflict in Corinth until he solves them.

Q8. State several of the leading exhortation of Paul to Timothy found in 2 Timothy.

Ans: - This letter is much more personal than the first one. Paul wrote this letter to timothy
from prison just before he died.
The several exhortations of Paul to Timothy found in 2Timothy are:
i) He urges Timothy to try to come before the winter(2Tim.4:21).
ii) He asks Timothy to bring the warm coat that he had left in the town of Troas.
iii) He also wants Timothy to bring his book and paper(2Tim.4:13).
iv)He urges him to be strong in what he believes.
v)He must use the gift that God has given to him and also teach the gospel and teach the
truth.
vi)He should not be ashamed if the Lord or of Paul and he must be prepared to suffer for the
gospel (1:8-2:13).
vii) Paul want Timothy that he must do what the scriptures say (3:10-17).
viii)He must preach the gospel because it is the urgent that people heard it (4:1-5).
ix)He end the letter with greetings to his friend and ask the Lord to bless Timothy (4:19-22).

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