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Please Stand Turn to Romans 5:5-11 The Implications of Possessing God’s Love

R EVIEW Access to God

R OMANS 5:5 A – And hope maketh not ashamed; – and hope does not put us to shame – and hope does not put us to shame, Commentary Followers of Christ have no reason to fear humiliation on the judgment day, for they now belong to God.

R OMANS 5:5 because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Who is receiving this love of God? (Vs.1) why

R OMANS Romans 5:5 – because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Poured out into our hearts

1 Corinthians 6:10-11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

T ITUS 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

New wine into new bottles Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new And that ye put on the new man By a new and living way And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant

S OUND D OCTRINE The Apostle Paul teaches very clearly that all who have been justified (saved or born- again) receive both: The Apostle Paul teaches very clearly that all who have been justified (saved or born- again) receive both: God’s Love God’s Love Holy Spirit Holy Spirit He does not indicate any additional thing one must do to receive the Holy Spirit.

B ENEFITS OF BEING A CHILD OF THE K ING Justified Declared Righteous Set Apart (sanctified) Adopted into His family Given His Love Given His Love Indwelt with His Holy Spirit Indwelt with His Holy Spirit

G OD ’ S L OVE 1 John 3:1 – Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God : therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

“Love” is Subjective God’s Demonstration is very OBJECTIVE (vs. 6-10)

R OMANS 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Picture of Love Picture of Love – Morally Weak—sinners—ungodly people are those whom Christ died for to save.

I LLUSTRATION Romans 5:7 – For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

G OD ’ S L OVE 1 John 4:10 – Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. A sacrifice that bears God’s Wrath and turns it to favor.

G OD ’ S L OVE Romans 5:8 – But God commendeth [demonstrated] his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

E PH 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; What does this love look like?

G OD ’ S L OVE 1 John 3:14 – We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. – He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Paul & John “Unified in Truth” 1 John 4:7-21

God is Love Now Look at Romans 5:9

R OMANS 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Love doesn’t mean the absence of wrath.

R ECONCILIATION Romans 5:10 – For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Irreconcilable differences between two Christians are NOT optional. If they can’t be reconciled, someone is not born-again.

T WO P OINTS : Reconciliation between two adults doesn’t mean that one rolls over and plays dead in a blind and obnoxious submission to the will of the other. Expecting someone to submit like that is NOT love!

Practical Application: What do two Christians, who love each other, do when they are heading down a road of irreconcilable differences?

Christ’s Standard Matthew 18:15

G OD ’ S L OVE 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. Poured in You

A MAZING T HING I am commanded to love Him, and He pours that love in me to love Him. I am commanded to love my brother as myself, and He pours that love in me. I am commanded to love my brother as myself, and He pours that love in me. In fact, He loved me before I love Him. Fact: It’s all Grace!