Lesson: Romans 5:1-2
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.”
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (5:1-2a) A. Christians have peace with God (5:1)
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…”
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (5:1-2a) A. Christians have peace with God (5:1) o Because of justification (1a) o Your relationship with God is one of peace (1b)
B. Christians have access to God’s grace (5:2a)
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand,
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (5:1-2a) A. Christians have peace with God (5:1) o Because of justification (1a) o Your relationship with God is one of peace (1b)
B. Christians have access to God’s grace (5:2a) o Not a relationship based on law o You are always in God’s grace
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (v1) II. Look forward to what you will! (v2)
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.”
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (v1) II. Look forward to what you will! (v2) A. Christians will be glorified – Romans 8:17-18 “And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him. (18) For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.”
B. Grace will be fully realized C. You will never fail again!
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (v1) II. Look forward to what you will! (v2) 1. When you sin, remember what you have and look forward to what you will! 2. When you feel insignificant, remember what you have and look forward to what you will!
Concluding Image:
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.”
• Peace with God=“not an inner sense of well-being, or ‘feeling at peace’…but the outward situation of being in a relationship of peace with God” (Moo 299) • “this grace in which we stand”=“the ‘state’ or ‘realm’ into which God’s redeeming work transfers the believer. It is the realm in which ‘grace reigns’ (5:21), a realm that is set in contrast to the realm or domain of the law (6:14, 15: the believer is not ‘under the law’ but ‘under grace’; cf. also Gal. 5:4)….the notion goes beyond justification to all that is conveyed to us by God in Christ.” (Moo 301) • “glory of God”=“As in 3:23, ‘the glory of God’ is that state of ‘God-like-ness’ which has been lost because of sin, and which will be restored in the last day to every Christian (cf. 8:17, 18, 21, 30). A joyful confidence in this prospect, overcoming our (proper) frustration at our present failure to be all that God would want us to be, should be the mark of every believer” (Moo 302)
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (5:1-2a) A. Christians have peace with God (5:1)
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…”
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (5:1-2a) A. Christians have peace with God (5:1) o Because of justification (1a) o Your relationship with God is one of peace (1b)
B. Christians have access to God’s grace (5:2a)
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand,
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (5:1-2a) A. Christians have peace with God (5:1) o Because of justification (1a) o Your relationship with God is one of peace (1b)
B. Christians have access to God’s grace (5:2a) o Not a relationship based on law o You are always in God’s grace
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (v1) II. Look forward to what you will! (v2)
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.”
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (v1) II. Look forward to what you will! (v2) A. Christians will be glorified – Romans 8:17-18 “And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him. (18) For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.”
B. Grace will be fully realized C. You will never fail again!
What lifts us from failure? I. Remember what you have! (v1) II. Look forward to what you will! (v2) 1. When you sin, remember what you have and look forward to what you will! 2. When you feel insignificant, remember what you have and look forward to what you will!
Concluding Image:
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.”
• Peace with God=“not an inner sense of well-being, or ‘feeling at peace’…but the outward situation of being in a relationship of peace with God” (Moo 299) • “this grace in which we stand”=“the ‘state’ or ‘realm’ into which God’s redeeming work transfers the believer. It is the realm in which ‘grace reigns’ (5:21), a realm that is set in contrast to the realm or domain of the law (6:14, 15: the believer is not ‘under the law’ but ‘under grace’; cf. also Gal. 5:4)….the notion goes beyond justification to all that is conveyed to us by God in Christ.” (Moo 301) • “glory of God”=“As in 3:23, ‘the glory of God’ is that state of ‘God-like-ness’ which has been lost because of sin, and which will be restored in the last day to every Christian (cf. 8:17, 18, 21, 30). A joyful confidence in this prospect, overcoming our (proper) frustration at our present failure to be all that God would want us to be, should be the mark of every believer” (Moo 302)
