Romans
5 – Faith Triumphs in Trouble
The
theme of Paul’s letter to the Romans is the righteousness of God. There are two
aspects here that Paul points out. First, that man is desperately in need of
God’s righteousness because of his sin; secondly, God has provided
righteousness which is available through faith in Jesus Christ. Paul reaffirms
what we already studied in the first four chapters and prepares the way to a
better understanding of the new life we have in Christ. He reaffirms that we
have Salvation through faith, then he points out the differences between Adam
and Christ. The main idea he expresses is that we are saved by grace.
Throughout
the Bible there are lists and these lists go from the beginning to what comes
next. This list states that in life we will have tribulations and from our
tribulations we learn perseverance or patience. Through being patient our
character is building into a better person. Because of all of this we have hope
in Christ Jesus. Outside of the Holy Word, the world does not know of God’s
redemptive Love. Mere words cannot express how much He truly loves us. In
spited of our helplessness, sinfulness, and ungodliness, God loves us! God
Himself is the nature of Love, there is no one so sinful or corrupt or violent
or adulterous that prevents God from reaching out to us with compassion and
love and with the offer of His grace. Even the basest of persons God loves. In
I John 4:10 it says, “Herein is love, not that we loved Him, but that He loved
us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” God’s sacrifice of
His Son is something that He has done for all mankind which no man on all the
earth deserved. No man on earth has ever sacrificed himself for someone whom he
considered unworthy, but God loves us so much that He has redeemed His love
beyond and above human level. No way should we ever believe that Christ was
forced on the cross by God’s wrath. Christ and God maintain the same redemptive
love and Christ laid down His life for us on His own freewill. There is no
reason as Christians that we need to fear God’s wrath on the Day of Judgment.
It is through Christ that we are delivered from the wrath of God. He died for
us and saved us from our sins. It is through Christ that we are reconciled with
God and our sins are forgiven. Because Christ was raised from the dead and
lives on today we are saved by faith through Him. Christ lives within us and so
we can be confident in His saving grace. Know this that when sin abounds, grace
abounds that much more. It is offered freely to all mankind.
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read the chapter listed so that you can understand God’s Word better.
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Nelson’s
Quick Reference Commentary. J Vernon McGee Thru the Bible
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David Jeremiah Study Bible.
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