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This morning we begin a new sermon series on Romans 5-8 called United with Christ.
One of the main purposes of this series will be to explore the wonders of our salvation.
I invite you to go on a journey of exploration and discovery.
It will be like an treasure hunt in a far away land.
At times our study will feel like we are walking through a beautiful oasis at night and as you look up into the sky, there are thousands upon thousands of stars glowing back at you.
Our breathes will be taken away and we will stand with our mouths open in wonder, awe, and adoration at the infinite beauty of our salvation.
At other times we will be on the dig site.
We will have pick and shovel in hand and we will get down and dirty in the sand and dirt and stone.
We will with much labor and difficulty mine away the rock and with sweat on our brow we will uncover the most beautiful diamonds know to man.
We will have to wash away all the dirt and debris to get down to the diamond itself and then we will have to spend much time polishing the stone until it sparkles in the sunlight.
And then we will spend much time with our face pressed against the stone staring at each stunningly beautiful angle and pattern.
And as we turn the gem of our salvation over and over in our hands we will marvel at its glory!
This is the journey I invite you take with me through Romans 5-8 as we ponder our Union with Christ and the resulting wonders of our Salvation.
The first path on our journey begins in Romans 5:1-11
An Entirely New Situation / Present and Future Benefits of Justification
In Romans 5:1 Paul states:
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith...”
Transitional statement- Paul sums up his central argument of chapters 1-4.
Review: Thesis statement of Romans
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed by means of faith and faith alone!
Paul spent the first three chapters arguing for why salvation must be by faith and faith alone:
Because of the righteous wrath of God
Because of the perfect justice of God
Because of the total depravity of humanity
Because of the necessity of justification
Then in chapter 4 Paul explained exactly what justification means, or what God does for us when we are justified by faith alone.
Justification- a change in God’s records in which all our sins are forgiven, and the righteousness of Christ is credited to us.
— Myron Houghton
By believing in Jesus Christ all Christians have been declared innocent of all charges justly brought against those who sin and fall short of God’s glory.
—Douglas Moo
The one who has been justified is a blessed person.
Happiness is found in the doctrine of justification!
Justification is able to make a person truly happy: Why is that?
Because justification is based on God’s promise no our performance.
Because justification is based on credited righteousness not our works.
Then we transition to Chapter 5.
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith...” From here in 5:1 through the end of chapter 8 Paul begins to speak of justification as a past event.
“Since we have been justified.”
Justification is a once-for-all act by which God changes your records- all our sins are forgiven, and the righteousness of Christ is credited to us.
This once-for-all change brings about an entirely new situation!
In Romans 5 Paul is going to show us exactly what that means.
What is the exact nature of this new status for those who have been justified?
What are the implications for our present lives and for the future?
“Paul proclaims that Christians are not only ‘justified’—‘acquitted’ in a legal sense—but placed into an entirely new situation, both in the present (‘reconciliation’) and in the future (‘sharing the glory of God’).”
—Douglas Moo
How does the past act of justification change our present and future situation?
Paul teaches us two ways in which our justification has caused us to enter into an entirely new situation.
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Because of justification we presently enjoy reconciliation with God (vv.
1-2a, 11)
1Δικαιωθέντες οὖν
Therefore, since / because we have been justified
ἐκ πίστεως
by (means of) faith
εἰρήνην ἔχομεν[1]
PEACE we have
πρὸς τὸν θεὸν
with God
We have PEACE
[1]Present tense- something that we gained in the past with ongoing present results.
At the moment of our justification we entered into a new situation with God- one of the results of justification is the moment we believed we gained peace with God.
And that peace has present ongoing results.
We still have peace with God and will continue to have peace with God forever!
Here in this context Paul does not mean the peace OF GOD- that inner sense of well being or feeling at peace.
Paul means an outward situation of being in a relationship of peace with God.
And how is this new situation possible?
διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
through our Lord Jesus Christ
Peace with God is one of the results of our justification- since we have been justified, therefore we have peace with God!
And it is possible only through Jesus.
It is his sacrificial death on the cross that makes a relationship of peace with God possible?
Why?
Let’s take a moment to ponder all that was necessary in order for this relationship of peace to become possible.
Before justification this was not your situation with God!
Original State
Here is the original state of all humanity.
We are turned away from God, our sin separates us from God, and God is turned away from us.
Not only is God a perfectly just, holy, and righteous God who cannot look at wrong.
Not only does our sin separates us from such a perfectly holy God.
But we, in our sin corrupted state want nothing to do with God.
What does it mean that were turned away from God?
What We Were
Romans 5:10 (ESV)
10 For if while we were enemies
Ephesians 2:12 (ESV)
12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ...having no hope and without God in the world.
Ephesians 2:13 (ESV)
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off...
Our New Situation!
What does it take for a holy God to be able to turn towards us?
Propitiation- God’s justice had to be satisfied, His wrath had to be appeased.
This is only possible because Jesus became the object of God’s wrath in his death on the cross.
What does it take for the problem of sin to be removed?
Redemption- We were slaves to our sin, we were in the slave market of sin, but Christ provided our ransom payment.
He bought us out of the slave market.
He paid our ransom with is precious blood.
What does it take for God’s enemies, for those dead in sins, for those hostile in mind and deeds to be turned toward God?
Reconciliation- the gracious work of God were He places the sinner in a position of nearness.
Ephesians 2:13–14 (ESV)
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he himself is our peace,
This is the glory of your salvation!
If you have been justified you have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
God’s justice has been satisfied, sin’s ransom has been paid, and you have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ!
Romans 5:2 (ESV)
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