An Exposition of Romans 5:1-11

Salvation isn’t gained by anything you have, but rather it is personally

given as a gift. What guarantees your salvation? What guarantees your

entrance into heaven? What gives you confidence that you will endure to

glory? Your personal steadfastness? Your personal grit? Keeping your life

free from sin?

As believers we hope not in ourselves, but in God. We hope that He who

started a good work will be faithful to complete it in us (Philippians

1:6).

We are to think of God’s love for us, not in general sentiment, but in

concrete and detailed reality. God doesn’t love you because He is generally

good, or you aren’t too bad, or He recognizes that compared to the worst of

the worst, you may not be the best of the best, but you aren’t that bad…

instead, our confident assurance is rooted and grounded in the distinct

expression of God’s love for us in the death of Christ. He killed His son

to uphold His perfect justice for punishing sin, and simultaneously

reconcile you to Himself.

4 Realities of the Cross that Result in Joy and Confidence

1. The cross reverses your hopeless condition (1-2)

2. The cross redeems your earthly suffering (3-5a)

3. The cross reveals your Father’s love (5b-8)

4. The cross reassures your glorious future (9-11)