Romans 5:1-11!

 

Romans 5:1–11: Being put right with God opens the way for living the new life of faith. The apostle Paul teaches that God’s love for us is poured into our hearts by the gift of the Holy Spirit and that God’s grace comes to us through Jesus Christ.

Today’s Key Verse: Romans 5:8 GNT

But God has shown how much he loves us—it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!

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5 Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ² He has brought us by faith into this experience of God's grace, in which we now live. And so we boast of the hope we have of sharing God's glory! ³ We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance, ⁴ endurance brings God's approval, and his approval creates hope. ⁵ This hope does not disappoint us, for God has poured out his love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to us.

⁶ For when we were still helpless, Christ died for the wicked at the time that God chose. ⁷ It is a difficult thing for someone to die for a righteous person. It may even be that someone might dare to die for a good person. ⁸ But God has shown us how much he loves us—it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us! ⁹ By his blood we are now put right with God; how much more, then, will we be saved by him from God's anger! ¹⁰ We were God's enemies, but he made us his friends through the death of his Son. Now that we are God's friends, how much more will we be saved by Christ's life! ¹¹ But that is not all; we rejoice because of what God has done through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has now made us God's friends.

Reflect

Reread verses 1–5. What does Paul teach about hope? In verses 12–19, what does he say about Adam and Christ? About sin and grace? According to Paul, what was the purpose of the Law (verse 20)?

Pray

Thank you, God, for making me your friend through the sacrificial death of your Son, Jesus. I now have peace, and my heart is filled with hope because I am right with you. Sin no longer has control of my life. Thank you, God, for your gift of grace and for loving me perfectly. Amen.