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Justification—the act of God declaring men free from guilt and acceptable to him, notice Romans 4:25.
Since Romans is a book of logic, it is a book of “therefores.”
Preachers have always said when you find the word “therefore” in the Bible, you should always look and see what it is “there for.”
We have the “therefore” of condemnation in Romans 3:20.
We have the “therefore” of justification in Romans 5:1.
We have the “therefore” of no condemnation in Romans 8:1.
We have the “therefore” of dedication in Romans 12:1.
In presenting his case, Paul has proved that the whole world is guilty before God, and that no one can be saved by religious deeds, such as keeping the Law.
To this point in the Book of Romans, Paul has convinced us all that the only way of salvation is to be justified by grace, through faith.
Now he will tell us what the practical benefits of this are, explaining that it is more than an interesting idea.
He explained two basic truths: the blessings of our justification (Rom.
5:1–11), and the basis for our justification (Rom.
5:12–21).
/What is justification?
It is the declared purpose of God to regard and treat those sinners who believe in Jesus Christ as if they had not sinned, on the ground of the merits of the Savior.
It is not mere pardon.
Pardon is a free forgiveness of past offenses.
It has reference to those sins as forgiven and blotted out.
Justification has respect to the law, and to God's future dealings with the sinner.
It is an act by which God determines to treat him hereafter as righteous—as if he had not sinned.
The basis for this is the merit of the Lord Jesus Christ, merit that we can plead as if it were our own.
He has taken our place and died in our stead; He has met the descending stroke of justice, which would have fallen on our own heads if He had not interposed./—Albert
Barnes
/Dr.
Roy Gustafson has the finest illustration of justification I have ever heard.
It seems that there was a man in England who put his Rolls-Royce on a boat and went across to the continent to go on a holiday.
While he was driving around Europe, something happened to the motor of his car.
He called the Rolls-Royce people back in England and asked, "I'm having trouble with my car; what do you suggest I do?"
Well, the Rolls-Royce people flew a mechanic over!
The mechanic repaired the car and flew back to England and left the man to continue his holiday.
As you can imagine, the fellow was wondering, "How much is this going to cost me?"
So when he got back to England, he wrote the people a letter and asked how much he owed them.
He received a letter from the office that read: "Dear Sir: There is no record anywhere in our files that anything ever went wrong with a Rolls-Royce."
That is justification./—John
Flavel
!! I. Blessing # 1: Peace with God (v. 1)
A. The unsaved person is at “enmity with God” (Rom.
5:10; 8:7) because he cannot obey God’s Law or fulfill God’s will.
This is not the peace of God spoken of in other places (such as Philippians 4:7).
This is peace with God; the battle between God and us is finished - and He won, winning us.
Two verses from Isaiah make the matter clear:
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.—Isaiah
48:22
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.—Isaiah
32:17
Condemnation means that God declares us sinners, which is a declaration of war.
Justification means that God declares us righteous, which is a declaration of peace, made possible by Christ’s death on the cross.
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.—Psalm
85:10
“Because the Law worketh wrath” (Rom.
4:15), nobody condemned by the Law can enjoy peace with God.
But when you are justified by faith, you are declared righteous, and the Law cannot condemn you or declare war!
/The Personnel Journal reported this incredible statistic: since the beginning of recorded history, the entire world has been at peace less than eight percent of the time!
In its study, the periodical discovered that of 3530 years of recorded history, only 286 years saw peace.
Moreover, in excess of 8000 peace treaties were made—and broken./—Moody
Bible Institute, Today In The Word, June, 1988, p.33
/Peace is such a precious jewel, that I would give anything for it but truth./—Matthew
Henry
!! II.
Blessing # 2: Access to God (v. 2)
A. The believer can now approach God because of his new standing.
In the Bible there is a distinction between our standing and our state:
Our standing refers to our position and never changes (1 Corinthians 15:1; 2 Corinthians 5:17).
Our state refers to our condition on earth and may change (for better or for worse) daily (Philippians 2:19, Colossians 4:7).
Illustrate: My children have total access to me because I’m their dad.
Our new standing now gives us that blessed privilege not experienced by either Jew or Gentile in the Old Testament.
We now have access to God’s throne itself.
In the Old Testament there was very little of this.
Consider:
1.
A Gentile was barred at the gates of the Temple.
2. A Jewish woman was stopped at the woman’s court.
3. A non-Levite Hebrew could not enter the inner court.
4. The High Priest himself could only enter into the Holy of holies once a year.—BUT on Calvary this veil separating God’s glory from sinful man was rent in two by Christ (Matthew 27:51; Hebrews 10:19).
!! III.
Blessing # 3: Hope in God (v.
2b)
“Peace with God” takes care of the past: He will no longer hold our sins against us.
“Access to God” takes care of the present: we can come to Him at any time for the help we need.
“Hope of the glory of God” takes care of the future: one day we shall share in His glory!
The word “rejoice” can be translated “boast,” not only in Romans 5:2, but also in Romans 5:3 and 11 (“joy”).
When we were sinners, there was nothing to boast about (Rom.
3:27), because we fell short of the glory of God (Rom.
3:23).
But in Christ, we will amplify this in Romans 8:18–30.
!! IV.
Blessing # 4: Assurance from God (vs.
3-4)
“Knowing that tribulation worketh”:
Patience—means perseverance or endurance.
Experience—tried character.
Hope—expectation of good, joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation.
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations: Paul replies, “I know we have many tribulations now but we glory in those also.”
Paul isn’t simply spinning out spiritual platitudes.
First, he uses strong words.
“Tribulations” is a strong term.
It does not refer to minor inconveniences, but to real hardships" (Morris).
Second, Paul lived a life full of tribulation.
If this is true Paul knew it better than anyone.
Knowing that tribulation produces patience or perseverance: We can glory in tribulations (literally, stresses) because they are the occasion to produce perseverance (endurance).
A runner must be stressed to gain endurance.
Sailors must go to sea.
Soldiers go to battle.
For the Christian, tribulation is just part of our Christian life.
We should not desire or hope for a tribulation-free Christian life, especially because:
God uses tribulation wonderfully in our life, God knows how much tribulation we can take, and He carefully measures the tribulation we face.
Those who are not Christians face tribulation also.
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