PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Paul writes to Romans; how we can be at peace with God and be under His grace and remain in His grace that causes us to receive ten blessings from God.
Grace: usually defined as unmerited favour. Grace cannot be earned by us: it is given freely. We count on God’s grace that helps us to bridge our relationship with Him.
Romans 5:1 – Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. This is a blessing.
Romans 5:9, says Much more than, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
Romans 5:2 – Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
We enter this grace of God or forgiveness, by faith in what Christ did. We enter His grace and remain in grace.
Romans 5:4 – And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance, perseverance, character; and character hope.
What is hope: a feeling/anxiety expecting and desiring for things to happen.
Romans 5:5 – Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:6 – For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for us, for the ungodly.
Peter gives Christ’s, example of suffering, in a poignant way:
I Peter 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Sprit.
Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ causes us to receive.
Blessings under God’s grace:
Justification (Romans 5:1,9)Peace with God (Romans 5:1)Access by faith into grace (Romans 2)Standing in the grace (Romans 5:2)Joy in God (Romans 5:2-3.11)Grace in tribulation (Romans 5:3-5)Love of God in our hearts (Romans 5:5)The Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5)Salvation from wrath (Romans 5:9-10)Reconciliation by blood (Romans 5:10-11)
Sol.Gerardo