1. ROMANS 5

2. Review

3. Therefore…We have peace with God
Justified:
Just as if I’d never sinned

4. Confidence
In his grace
In suffering
In God’s Spirit

5. ROMANS 5:1-5,

6. TESTING OUR BELIEFS

7. What happens when we are NOT confident in his grace?
We misspell grace with GUILT
Affects:
The way we talk
The way we approach God
The way we open up and are real

8. What to do if this is you:
Consider God; how does this make him feel?
Decide to believe God’s Word, replace thinking
with truth

9. STAND in
God’s Grace
Confidence in his grace. God has credited us with righteousness. This changes our position in him.

10. When we stand we feel peace, we don’t wonder if we are saved…we know we aren’t good enough, but confident God is gracious and loving enough to fully save us

11. Romans 5:10 ◦
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!

12. Look at your account. Someone deposited unlimited funds
Look at your account. Someone deposited unlimited funds. What does the truth say about what is in our account?
So, why do we still think like, and act like…we are poor, out of money, can’t give anything, or worry about many things?

13. Therefore… We have peace with God. We stand in his grace.
We have been made right in God’s sight.
We stand in a place of undeserved privilege.
We confidently look forward to sharing God’s glory.
We joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

14. CONFIDENT IN
SUFFERING

15. Problems and trials: help us develop endurance.
strengthen our confident hope of salvation.
produce perseverance, character, and hope.

16. THE REFINER’S
FIRE

17. God, Jesus, and the Spirit suffer with us
Isaiah 63:7-9
Isaiah 16:9-11

18. How suffering helps us:
We observe God’s power and goodness
We release our hold on worldly hope
Strips us down to the basics; no pretense
or fluff
Reveals inner selves, sharpens focus, changes worldview
Conforms us to righteous perfection
Gives us an eternal perspective

19. CONFIDENT IN
GOD’S SPIRIT

20. God’s Spirit:
pours God’s love into our hearts.
fills our hearts with his love.
is our counselor.
is God loving, speaking, breathing,
and living among and in us.

21. Why do we row against the wind, instead of
Why do we row against the wind, instead of sailing with the wind- the pneuma of God?

22. WHAT IS ONE THING II I CAN TO CHANGE OR STRENGTHEN MY VIEW OF GOD’S GRACE TOWARD ME?