Romans 5-7 Week 1 – The Greatness of our Salvation
Today’s passage includes wonderful guarantees for those who have genuine faith in Christ Jesus:
Romans 5:1“declared righteous by faith”Romans 5:1“We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”eirēnē (Greek: εἰρήνη) – a state of rest, denoting the absence or end of strife. It refers to a state of untroubled, I disturbed well-being. Peace; a state of natural tranquility.Romans 5:2“We have also obtained access through him by faith into this grace in which we stand”Romans 5:2“…and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.”Romans 5:5“This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”Romans 5:3-4“we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope.”thlipsis (Greek: θλῖψις) – a pressing, pressing together, pressure; oppression, affliction, tribulation, distressTake note: we rejoice in both!Showered with Divine Love!
Romans 5:6-8“But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”Romans 5:9-10“How much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath”Romans 5:11“we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.”