The BIG Picture (Shorts)

⏱️ 2-Minute Read | Part 5 of 16 The Gospel of Grace: A Walk Through Romans   Section 3: The Results of Justification (Romans 5) Peace and Standing in Grace Scripture Focus:   "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:" (Rom.5:1) Today's Lesson  Romans 5 establishes the eternal security and present benefits that flow directly from being justified by faith. First, justification grants complete peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. This peace is not a temporary emotional feeling, but a permanent legal standing (read that again!!) where all enmity between God and the believer is abolished. Through Christ, we have present access into this grace wherein we stand, enabling us to rejoice even in tribulations. Paul emphasises that divine love operates on an entirely different plane from human affection. Men rarely lay down their lives for a righteous person, yet God commended His love toward us in that while we were yet sinn...

  REACTION: You misrepresent the Lord. Your illustration of the Lord dangling a sinner over hell is not the nature of our Lord. REPLY: My post was an allegory. Your reference to Isa.42 is a beautiful prophecy of the meekness of Christ in His earthly ministry. Meekness is one part of God’s character, but God is not only love and meekness. He is also just, and righteous. God will sooner throw us in hell than defile His righteousness. Yet, He does not because of the cross of His Son. See Rom 3:25-26; Rom 4:5. Through Jesus, God is in the unique position to justify the ungodly, Rom 3:26. God can remain just and righteous yet justify ungodly people! Why? Because of the cross of Christ. However, as much as God reveals his love, He also reveals His hatred and wrath towards unrighteousness and ungodliness. Just read Romans 1. Thus, we cannot only rely on God's meekness and love, because His righteous wrath still remains over us. The only thing that saves us from God’s wrath is the cross wo...