WE HOPE IN THE GLORY OF GOD
Romans 5.1-11
Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 1 of 14
vv. 1–2 “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand …” (esv)
v. 2 “… we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” (niv)
WE REJOICE IN GLORIOUS HOPE BECAUSE …
WE SEE A Process At Work
v. 3 “… we rejoice in our sufferings …” (esv)
v. 3 “… we also boast in our afflictions …” (csb)
vv. 3–4 “… we rejoice … knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope …” (esv)
v. 5 “… hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” (esv)
WE REMEMBER OUR Lack of Hope
v. 6 “… we were still weak … ungodly.” (esv)
v. 8 “… we were still sinners …” (esv)
v. 10 “… we were enemies …” (esv)
v. 6 “You see, at just the right time … Christ died for the ungodly.” (niv)
vv. 7–8 “… for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But …” (niv)
v. 8 “… God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (esv)
WE EXPECT OUR Reconciliation to Succeed
vv. 9 & 10 “… much more shall we be saved …” (esv)
v. 9 “… we have now been justified by his blood …” (esv)
v. 10 “… we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son … now … we are reconciled …” (esv)
vv. 10–11 “… much more … shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” (esv)