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INTRODUCTION:
When we consider WWII in retrospective, D-Day was the decisive victory over Germany.
It was the battle that determined the rest of the war.
But D-Day did not mark the official end of the War
For another almost, year and a half, Allied forces would struggle inch by inch with doubt and fear in order to bring victory, V-Day in June 1945.
In fact, December 1944 represented a point in history in which we wondered if we had lost the war.
The Germans launched a counter offensive the nearly changed the course of the war.
You can imagine being a soldier in the trenches.
D-Day may historically have been the decisive battle.
But the time in between D-Day and V-Day would have been full of doubt and fear.
Yet history tells us the war was already won when allied forced established a beach head in Normandy.
The gospel is very similar to this.
The cross represents the day when Christ decisively saved all those who believe and trust in his perfect payment for our sins.
From those who looked forward to the Messiah in the OT, to all those who have believed in Christ since his death - were decisively saved when he died on the cross.
Jesus bought them Justification and reconciliation with God, peace with God, Grace with God, Hope with God,
Jesus bought them Justification and reconcilation with God, peace with God, Grace with God, Hope with God,
Jesus won the decisive battle over our souls
But we remain here - waiting for the final battle; the battle when victory is officially won.
And while we wait we battle sin, death, and demonic forces, who have already been defeated, but continue to resist.
And it is natural while we wait for the official day of victory, the final battle … when every knee will bow to Jesus>>>> to doubt our salvation.
- Sometimes that doubt is because of sin.
The natural struggle fighting sin and apathy in our lives – is the doubt our salvation because were still waiting for the victory we have in Christ.
- Other times, are doubt simply because we waiting for the day when we will see victory in the full list of ways.
It is this reason that Paul assures us of our salvation in .
Background:
You can imagine why the Jews struggled with assurance of their salvation - for the first time they realize they cannot be justified by the law.
Having grown up under the Old Testament law
– it was hard to realize they cannot be justified by the law,
>>>but they could be justified by Christ.
You can imagine as a Gentile, a non-Jew, that it was just as easy to doubt your salvation.
We often act like living in a multicultural world this something new
– but a Gentile Christian would've been saved in a world of paganism.
This multicultural world of paganism would've mocked Christ and even persecuted them.
and it was natural for them to wonder – do I really believe in the one true God? Do we really have peace with God?
And so you can understand why Paul addresses the assurance of our salvation in .
Likely, everyone sitting here has also had times where you've doubted whether you really are saved by Christ.
Maybe you sitting here and wondering – would God really save a sinner like me?
Maybe you are sitting here and wondering – Did Christ really give me eternal life?
According to ,
we have peace with God,
the grace of God,
and the hope found in God.
But how do you know that you have peace, grace, and hope?
To say it more simply,
How do you know You are saved this morning?
> Now I don’t want to assume your saved.
Salvation comes only be believing that Christ died to pay the debt you owe to God for your sins.
And everyone of us have sinned.
But if you do confess - I believe in the Gospel.
Then, doubt
These are all natural questions for those who are waiting for victory
- the day when every person who believes in Christ will officially hear the verdict, saved under the blood of Christ.
So don't be surprised if you face these struggles – because Paul expected you to have these struggles.
So Let's read .
The Assurance of our Hope.
Romans 5:611
Our text teaches,
According to to 5,
we have peace with God, the grace of God, and the hope found in God.
But how do you know that you have peace, grace, and hope?
To say it more simply,
How do you know You will be saved?
How do you know You will be saved?
PROP: We can be confident that we are saved in Christ
PROP: We Can Be Confident in our Salvation
TRANS: And this text gives us 2 reasons why.
Why can we be confident we are saved?
because of the
We can be confident in our salvation,
first, because of the
(1) We can be confident in our salvation because of - the Love of God ()
Many times we doubt our salvation because we don't understand the depth of God's love.
Our first struggle with understanding God's love is understanding is that I don't have to be good enough for God's love.
Our first struggle with understanding God's love is understanding is that I don't have to be good enough for God's love.
This kind of love is outside our culture isn't?
When you went to marry your spouse – did you look for the weakest, most ungodly person you could find?
And of course not.
If you are Christian at the time, then you looked for someone who strong in the faith and who had a life that obeyed the Scriptures.
Even if you weren't a Christian – you are at least looking for someone you could build a life with.
You ignored those who were a mess and were controlled by their foolish desires.
Even if you weren't a Christian – you are at least looking for someone you could build a life with.
You ignored those who were a mess and were controled by their foolish desires.
You certainly were not looking for these kinds of people -
Rom 1:293
Is that the kind of person you looked to marry?
Yet, that is exactly the kind of person Christ came to die for.
We don't understand the depth of God's love because we don't understand –
a. Christ died for the unworthy and helpless (weak).
(v. 6) “For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.”
What does it mean that Christ died for the weak?
The word weak is modified by the word ungodly.
They are parallel words in this setting.
What does it mean that Christ died for the weak?
We were weak in that we were controlled and enslaved to sin.
The word “ungodly” and the language of enslavement to sin in >>>> helps us to understand that this word has the idea we were trapped in sin.
We were weak because we cannot help ourselves out of our sin nature.
Grant Osborne describes this as being powerless to resist sin.
Grant Osborne describes this as being powerless to resist sin.
You ask, did God really save a sinner like me in the cross?
And the answer of that is you are exactly who God came to die for.
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