Hope in the Love of God – Romans chapter 5, verses 6 to 11
There is something missing in the lives of many Christians, and it stunts their growth. What is it that’s missing? It is failing to grasp the greatness of the Love of God.
The Greatness of God’s Love, Roman’s 5:6-8
To understand it we need to see ourselves through God’s eyes: Weak, helpless, sinful.
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:6-8
The Accomplishments of God’s Love, Romans 5:9-11
- We are justified for Jesus’ sake. (Declared “not guilty” before God’s Law) .
- We are saved from wrath and the judgment to come.
- We are reconciled to God (the relationship restored.
- All this gives strong hope, no matter what our present circumstances.
9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10 For if, while 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! 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 5:9-11
