The Benefits of Righteousness - Peace and Hope (Romans 5:1-11) By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce

 The Benefits of Righteousness - Peace and Hope (Romans 5:1-11)

By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce      

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The Benefits of Righteousness - Peace and Hope

Scriptures reading Romans 5:1-11

 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

 

5:3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;5:4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

5:6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 5:7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 5:9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 5:10 For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!5:11 Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Romans5:1-2 The very faith that justifies us and cuts off the flesh with its natural energy and effort also gives us access into God’s grace. If we remain in the flesh with its natural effort, we will neither know nor enjoy the grace of God; but if we live by faith, we will enter into the full enjoyment of God’s grace. Grace is for our standing, and peace is for our walk.  Grace is the Triune God Himself, processed that we may enter into Him and enjoy Him. Grace here, in the deepest sense, is the Triune God as our enjoyment. It is more than mere outward blessing; we are in His grace. Faith first gives us access into grace, then, a solid standing in grace. Our hope is that we will be brought into the glory of God, that is, into His expression. This will be fully realized in the coming millennial kingdom, where Christ will be revealed as our glory. Today we are in the hope of this coming glory.

Romans 5: 3-5 Suffering or Tribulations are part of the “all things” in 8:28 that God causes to work together for good that we might be sanctified, transformed, and conformed to the image of His Son, who has entered into glory. Because of this, we can receive tribulations as the sweet visitation and incarnation of grace and thereby boast in them. Through tribulations the killing effect of the cross of Christ on our natural being is applied in us by the Holy Spirit, making the way for the God of resurrection to add Himself to us. in the verse 5 The love of God is God Himself (1John4:8,16). God has poured out this love in our hearts with the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us, as the motivating power within us, that we may more than conquer in all our tribulations. Therefore, when we endure any kind of tribulation, or suffering, we are not put to shame. Perseverance, endurance, meaning persistence. Persistence is the product of patience plus suffering.  Character is an approved quality or attribute resulting from the enduring and experiencing of suffering, tribulation and testing. 

 

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