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Please Stand. Turn to Romans 5. Creating a Proven Character to Endure

R OMANS 5:1-2 “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

R OMANS 5:3-4 “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope...”

R OMANS 5:1 “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ...”

R OMANS 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: The question is If God is a loving God, am I not already at peace with Him?

“The unsaved person is at ‘enmity with God’ (Rom. 5:10; 8:7) because he cannot obey God’s Law or fulfill God’s will.” Wiersbe Enmity: positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will

R OMANS 5:1 through our Lord Jesus Christ...” “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ...”

God’s solution to my inability to keep His commandments is NOT to eliminate the commandments but to find me righteous in Jesus Christ if I believe in His Son as the Christ.

61 x Paul uses the description “our Lord” “our Lord”

R OMANS 5:1 Our Lord Jesus Christ kurios /koo·ree·os/ From kuros (supremacy) – noun or neuter – masculine USED about 748 x in N.T. Favorite

LORD: (K URIOS ) he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master the possessor and disposer of a thing. the owner; one who has control of the person, the master the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor.

LORD (K URIOS ) a title of honor expressive of respect and reverence with which servants salute their master this title is given to God, the Messiah.

J ESUS IS L ORD. Implications Because Jesus is LORD he can boldly walk up to a person and say, “Follow me”! And when they say, “I have a funeral to attend to,” He unequivocally declares His authority when he says, “Let the dead bury the dead.”

Application Is He your LORD? Is He your Master?

Application Are you more prone to think of Jesus as your Savior or your Boss?

Application There is NO peace with God if He isn’t your LORD.

W E S TAND IN G RACE. Romans 5:2 – “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” The word “access” here means “entrance to the king through the favor of another.” The word “access” here means “entrance to the king through the favor of another.”Wiersbe

“entrance to the king through the favor of another” which is Grace

W E S TAND IN G RACE. Romans 5:2 – “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

D EFINE G RACE. Unmerited divine favor and assistance —through our Lord Jesus Christ— to people who deserve wrath for the purpose of regeneration and sanctification

Picture this: access by faith to stand in grace.

R EJOICE IN H OPE Romans 5:2 – “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

S ECULAR H OPE “The Biblical concept of hope is not to be confused with the secular notion of hope that permeates our society which is often only a desire, a wish, that is uncertain.” INSTEAD INSTEAD

B IBLICAL H OPE “NT hope is certain because it is certified by the promise of God, who cannot lie. It is confirmed within us by the work of the Holy Spirit, and it becomes the anchor of our souls. It is stable, it is trustworthy, it is solid.” An Exposition of Romans R. C. Sproul

H OPE OF G LORY Romans 5:2 – “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Turn to Psalm 24:7-10.

R EJOICE IN OUR S UFFERING Romans 5:3 – “And not only so, but we glory [REJOICE] in tribulations [SUFFERING] also...”

R EJOICE IN OUR S UFFERING Romans 5:3 – “And not only so, but we glory [REJOICE] in tribulations [SUFFERING] also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience...” What does this mean?

P ATIENCE steadfastness, constancy, endurance in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings. Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance

Turn to 2 Corinthians 4:16-18.

Why would I rejoice in suffering? NOT because trials are pleasant, but because they produce a step- by-step transformation that makes believers more like Christ. ESV Study Bible

Application Do you want to go the distance?

Turn to Hebrews 12:1.

R OMANS 5:3 “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience...” I am going to rejoice in suffering/tribulation because I know that those events increase my endurance to go the distance for my Lord!

R OMANS 8:18 “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”

R OMANS 5:4 “And patience, experience; and experience, hope...” Tried Character

J AMES ’ VERSE ON TRIALS James 1:2-3 – “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; – Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”

Is there an absence of Proven CHARACTER in our culture? In the church?

Wrap-Up Romans 5:1-4.