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The Book of Romans - Lesson 7 - Justification Through Jesus Christ
Scripture Passage:
Romans 5:1-11 - THE BENEFITS OF JUSTIFICATION (Romans 5:1-5 [1] Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
[2] By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
[3] And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
[4] And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
[5] And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
See All...) - Our Position (Romans 5:1-2)
- Peace (Romans 5:1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
See All...; John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
See All...) - Peace with God (Ephesians 2:12-17 [12] Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
[13] Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
[14] For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
[15] Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
[16] Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
[17] For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
See All...) - Peace of God (Philippians 4:7
See All...,9; Colossians 3:15Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
See All...; Isaiah 26:3
See All...) - Access (Romans 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
See All...) - By faith (Hebrews 11:6
See All...) - With confidence (Ephesians 3:12Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
See All...) - For help (Hebrews 4:16
See All...) - Hope (Romans 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
See All...) - Our glimpse of glory (2 Corinthians 4:16-18
See All...; Colossians 3:1-4 [1] A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. [2] O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. [3] God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. [4] And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
See All...) - Our source of joy (Philippians 4:4
See All...) - Our Growth (Romans 5:3-5)
- Tribulation (Romans 5:3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
See All...; 2 Timothy 3:12Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
See All...; James 1:2-4) - Patience (Romans 5:3-4 [3] And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
[4] And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
See All...; Romans 12:12; 2 Corinthians 4:8-12
See All...) - Experience (Romans 5:4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
See All...; Genesis 30:27
See All...; Psalm 37:23-24
See All...) - Hope (Romans 5:4-5 [4] And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
[5] And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
See All...; Romans 8:23-25) - Boldness (Romans 5:5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
See All...; Philippians 1:20
See All...) - The Method of Justification (Romans 5:6-11 [6] For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
[7] For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
[8] But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
[9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
[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.
[11] And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
See All...) - By His Death (Romans 5:6-8,10)
- For the ungodly (Romans 5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
See All...) - For sinners (Romans 5:7-8 [7] For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
[8] But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
See All...) - For his enemies (Romans 5:10For 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.
See All...) - By His Love (Romans 5:8)
- The offer of His love (John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
See All...; 1 John 4:8-11
See All...) - The proof of His love (John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
See All...) - By His Blood (Romans 5:9)
- The price of justification (Acts 20:28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
See All...; Colossians 1:14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
See All...; 1 Peter 1:18-19) - Our freedom from wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9
See All...) - By His Life (Romans 5:10-11)
- Our salvation (Romans 5:10For 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.
See All...; 2 Timothy 2:11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
See All...) - The atonement (Romans 5:11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
See All...; Leviticus 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
See All...; Leviticus 17:11For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
See All...)
MEMORY VERSE: Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Proverbs 28:25
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.