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| − | This means that believers are no longer under the threat of God's wrath as sinners are, but are at peace with God. Both justification, as the act of saving, and peace, as the condition of being saved, come through Jesus Christ (cp V2, 9-11; 2Cor 5:18-21; Col 1:19-22). The hope of the glory of God in Ro 5:2 refers to the believer's hope of participating in the glory of heaven. Wrath in Ro 5:9 refers to both the Great Tribulation - which is God's wrath poured out upon sinners, and the lake of fire - or hell - into which all sinners will be cast at the Great White Throne Judgement (cp 1Th 1:10 with Rev 2:11; 20:11-15). Atonement in Ro 5:11 (KJV) means reconciliation. God has reconciled believers to Himself through Christ's shed blood. It was only the sacrificial death of Christ and the shedding of His blood that appeased and averted God's wrath and justice against sinners, so that all who believe on Jesus can be justified by faith (see also comments on Ro 3:19-23, 3:24-26 (A) and Ro 4:1-5). | + | ====5:1 What is meant by "we have peace with God"?==== |
| | + | This means that believers are no longer under the threat of God's wrath as sinners are, but are at peace with God. |
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| − | ==<div id="5:3-5 What do we learn from what Paul says here?"></div> 5:3-5 What do we learn from what Paul says here?==
| + | Both justification, as the act of saving, and peace, as the condition of being saved, come through Jesus Christ (CP V2, 9-11; 2Cor 5:18-21; Col 1:19-22). |
| − | Firstly, in the context of Ro 5:3-5 tribulations refers to persecutions, afflictions, oppressions and hardships, etc. These are promised to every believer in Christ. Believers are warned from the commencement of their Christian walk that they must go through many tribulations in the process of conforming to the image of Christ (cp Jn 15:18-20; Ac 14:21-22; 2Ti 3:12).
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| − | Secondly, we learn that tribulations are needful for believers to develop strength of character and steadfastness in faith (cp Jas 1:2-4;1Pe 1:3-9; 4:12-14). True faith will withstand the testing process of tribulations because of the believer's hope in the gospel of Christ to save them (cp Ro 1:16). Ro 5:5teaches that this hope is grounded in God's super-abundant love which has been poured in, and still floods the hearts of believers, by the Holy Spirit. This love is the motivating force in believers. Here is the literal English rendering of V3-5 from the Greek text according to Kenneth Wuest's Word Studies in the Greek New Testament:
| + | The hope of the glory of God in Ro 5:2 refers to the believer's hope of participating in the glory of heaven. |
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| − | "And not only this, but we also are exulting in our tribulations, knowing that this tribulation produces endurance, and this endurance approvedness, and this approvedness, hope, and this hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts and still floods them through the agency of the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
| + | Wrath in 5:9 refers to both the Great Tribulation - which is God's wrath poured out upon sinners, and the lake of fire - or hell - into which all sinners will be cast at the Great White Throne Judgement (CP 1Th 1:10 with Rev 2:11; 20:11-15). |
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| − | <div id="5:9-10 What wrath did Christ save us from?"></div> 5:9-10 What wrath did Christ save us from?
| + | Atonement in Ro 5:11 (KJV) means reconciliation. God has reconciled believers to Himself through Christ's shed blood. |
| − | The wrath Paul refers to here is the divine judgment to be inflicted upon all the ungodly in the earth during the great tribulation which prefaces the second coming of Christ (cp Mt 24:29-31; Lk 21:23; Rev 6:12-17; 11:18; 19:11-15 with Eph 2:3; 5:6; 1Th 1:10; 5:1-9). See also comments on Mt 24:1-3; Rev 6:1-2, 6:12-17 and 19:11-21
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| − | ==<div id="5:12-14 How was sin and death transmitted to the human race by Adam?"></div> 5:12-14 How was sin and death transmitted to the human race by Adam?==
| + | It was only the sacrificial death of Christ and the shedding of His blood that appeased and averted God's wrath and justice against sinners, so that all who believe on Jesus can be justified by faith |
| − | Humans are born with the propensity to sin because we all descend from Adam and have inherited his sin nature (cp V19 with Jer 17:9 and Ac 17:26). Scriptures teach that sin is present in every human being from the moment of conception (cp Psa 51:5 with Ro 3:9-10, 23 and 8:8-9). Because of sin, physical death came upon mankind, and now all mankind is subject to death (cp Gen 2:16-17; 3:17-19; Ro 5:17-18; Jas 1:14-15). God never intended humans to die but to be immortal. He set the tree of life in the Garden of Eden for Adam and Eve to eat from in order that they could live forever, but they forfeited their right to it when they sinned, and so death came upon the whole human race (cp Gen 2:8-9, 15-17; 3:17-24).
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| − | In Ro 5:12-14 Paul shows that because death was the penalty for sin, and people died during the period between Adam and Moses before the law was given, it was obvious that sin was always present in humans irrespective of the law; and even if they did not directly disobey God like Adam did, the fact they died is evidence that they sinned.
| + | (see also comments on Ro 3:19-23, 3:24-26(A) and 4:1-5). |
| − | Paul's statement in V13 that sin is not imputed when there is no law, simply means that the law did not apply to those who lived before the law was given. Paul then goes on to say that Adam was a figure or type of the One who was to come, meaning Christ. Adam was the Old Testament figure of Christ in the sense that he was the first man or head of the old creation, as Christ is the first man or head of the new creation (cp Gen 2:7 with 1Cor 15:45-49).
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| − | ==<div id="5:15 What exactly does Paul mean by what he says here?"></div> 5:15 What exactly does Paul mean by what he says here?==
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| − | Here Paul contrasts Adam's sin which brought condemnation and death to the whole human race with Christ's gift of life through God's grace which freely takes away all sins and restores life. Christ's power to save is greater than Adam's sin is to destroy. His gift of life is immeasurably greater than the consequences of Adam's sin (cpRo 5:16-19). Those who avail themselves of Christ's gift of life reign in life; sin no longer has dominion over them (cp 6:14). God's grace is more powerful than sin - it not only forgives sin, it also overcomes the desire to sin.
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| − | Where sin abounds grace abounds even more to empower believers to resist sin (cp Ro 5:20-21 with 1Jn 3:6-10;5:4, 18). The word abound is used twice in Ro 5:20 and derives from two different Greek root words. The first time it is used, "The law entered that the offence might abound", teaches that not only did the law reveal sin, but it also caused it to happen. Whereas the second time it is used, "…but where sin abounded grace did much more abound", teaches that grace is exceedingly more powerful than sin. It provides forgiveness of sin and as we learned in 1Jn 3:6-10 and 5:4, 18 it also empowers believers to resist it (cp Ro 6:1-2).See also comments on Ro 3:9, 5:12-14, 6:1, 6:3-5, 6:6-11, 6:12-14, 6:15, 6:16, 6:17-20, 6:21-23, 7:7-23, 8:1-2, 8:3-4; Ga 5:17; Jas 4:5 and 1Jn 3:6-9
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This means that believers are no longer under the threat of God's wrath as sinners are, but are at peace with God.
Both justification, as the act of saving, and peace, as the condition of being saved, come through Jesus Christ (CP V2, 9-11; 2Cor 5:18-21; Col 1:19-22).
The hope of the glory of God in Ro 5:2 refers to the believer's hope of participating in the glory of heaven.
Wrath in 5:9 refers to both the Great Tribulation - which is God's wrath poured out upon sinners, and the lake of fire - or hell - into which all sinners will be cast at the Great White Throne Judgement (CP 1Th 1:10 with Rev 2:11; 20:11-15).
Atonement in Ro 5:11 (KJV) means reconciliation. God has reconciled believers to Himself through Christ's shed blood.
It was only the sacrificial death of Christ and the shedding of His blood that appeased and averted God's wrath and justice against sinners, so that all who believe on Jesus can be justified by faith
