The Result of the Gospel (Romans 5:1-11)

(Class Notes)

• Experiencing the Result of the Gospel (5:1-5)
  • Result - Peace with God (5:1)
    • The RESULT of the gospel is that we have received the "RECONCILIATION" (5:11)
    • CHRIST effected the RECONCILIATION (Ephesians 2:14) via "the BLOOD of His CROSS" (Colossians 1:20)
  • Experience - Access to God (5:2)
    • POSITIONALLY we are SEATED with Christ "in the heavenlies" (Ephesians 2:6) and through Christ we EXPERIENTIALLY have ACCESS to God via His Spirit (Ephesians 2:18)
    • Under the LAW there was RESTRICTED ACCESS to God via the BLOOD of the SACRIFICIAL TYPES (Hebrews 9:6-9 cf. John 1:16-17; Hebrews 10:1-4), but there is UNRESTRICTED ACCESS via the BLOOD of the TRUE SACRIFICE (Hebrews 10:16-20 cf. Matthew 26:27-28; II Corinthians 3:6-8,17-18)
  • Experience - Rejoicing in hope of the glory of God (5:2)
    • Man, because of SIN, comes "SHORT OF THE GLORY" of God (3:23) and is AFRAID OF THE GLORY of God (Luke 2:9), just as Adam and Eve who "HID THEMSELVES FROM THE PRESENCE of the Lord God" (Genesis 3:8) - AFTER HAVING SINNED (Genesis 3:6-7,9-13)
    • It is ONLY WHEN GOD SHINES the LIGHT of His GLORY (CHRIST) INTO the SINNER'S HEART (II Corinthians 4:6) - that THEN CAN the SINNER LOOK UNTO the "BLESSED HOPE" of the SAVIOR'S "GLORIOUS APPEARING" (Titus 2:13)
    • God sees HIS ELECT as ALREADY GLORIFIED, as well as JUSTIFIED (Romans 8:30) - for CHRIST, "the HOPE OF GLORY", PRESENTLY DWELLS WITHIN each one of them (Colossians 1:27)
  • Experience - Rejoicing in tribulations also (5:3-4)
    • TRIBULATION is what provides the TESTING of our FAITH, which results in the FRUIT of PATIENCE (5:3 cf. James 1:3)
    • PATIENCE builds EXPERIENCE (5:4) from which comes WISDOM (James 1:4-5)
    • The "HOPE OF GLORY", i.e. "CHRIST IN YOU" (Colossians 1:27) is made real by the "FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS" (Philippians 3:10), which in turn manifests the "POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION" (Philippians 3:10 cf. II Corinthians 4:7-11)
    • Our present MOMENTARY AFFLICTION is indeed "LIGHT" in comparison to the future "MORE EXCEEDING and ETERNAL WEIGHT of GLORY", IF we FOCUS ON the UNSEEN THINGS which are ETERNAL (II Corinthians 4:17-18) and which we share as "JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST" (8:17-18)
    • "FAITH is the substance of THINGS HOPED FOR, the evidence of THINGS NOT SEEN" (Hebrews 11:1) and PATIENTLY WAITS FOR the UNSEEN THINGS TO BE SEEN (8:24-25)
  • Experience - Love of God (5:5)
    • Our HOPE IN CHRIST makes us not ashamed, because we do not look within to see ourselves, but to see the LOVE OF GOD (II Thessalonians 3:5) which is produced by His Spirit within us (15:13)
    • It is through TRIBULATION that God PROVES to us that we are "MORE THAN CONQUERORS" THROUGHT CHRIST Who loved us and PERSUADES us that we CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM HIS LOVE (8:35-39)

• Measuring the Result of the Gospel (5:6-11)
  • Positive Measurement - for the Ungodly (5:6)
    • Christ "in DUE time ... DIED FOR THE UNGODLY" (5:6 cf. I Timothy 2:6):
      • "DUE time", i.e. "SET time" (5:6 cf. I Timothy 2:6)
    • The UNGODLY (5:6), i.e. the "US" who are SINNERS (5:8):
      • We "were yet WITHOUT STRENGTH" (5:6)
      • Our "COUNSEL" (Psalms 1:1) is "like the CHAFF" that is DRIVEN AWAY by the wind (Psalms 1:4)
      • ONLY the SON Who is the TRUTH can SET us FREE (John 8:32,36)
  • Negative Measurement - for the Righteous (5:7)
    • The RIGHTEOUS see NO NEED for the DEATH OF a SUBSTITUTE, so that they can BE SET FREE (5:7):
      • CHRIST came FOR SINNERS and NOT FOR the RIGHTEOUS (Matthew 9:13; Luke 5:32)
      • Those who BOAST of their OWN RIGHEOUSNESS are those who REFUSE GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS (10:3)
      • The SELF RIGHTEOUS Pharisees (Luke 18:11-12) REFUSED John's "BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE" (Luke 7:29-30 cf. Mark 1:4-5)
    • MAN'S RIGHTEOUSNESS was TESTED BY the LAW (Deuteronomy 6:25):
      • The RESULT - "ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSES are as FILTHY RAGS" (Isaiah 64:6)
    • GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS has been PROVIDED BY His GRACE (3:24-26):
      • To "FRUSTRATE" that GRACE is to REJECT that DIVINE "ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Galatians 2:21 cf. Isalah 61:10; Revelation 7:13-14), i.e. "CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS, according to the Scriptures" (I Corinthians 15:3 cf. Isalah 53:10)
  • Positive Measurement - for Sinners (5:8)
    • GOD'S LOVE - demonstrated in CHRIST'S DEATH FOR SINNERS (5:8):
      • "By ONE MAN SIN ENTERED into the world, AND DEATH BY SIN" and, thus, "ALL HAVE SINNED" (5:12)
      • CHRIST'S DEATH was the PAYMENT FOR OUR SINS and CHRIST'S RESURRECTION was the VALIDATION OF that PAYMENT (4:25), so that the BELIEVER could be PRONOUNCED JUSTIFIED (5:1)
      • "For the WAGES OF SIN is DEATH, but the GIFT OF GOD is ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS our Lord" (6:23)
  • Result - the Deliverance from the Wrath to Come (5:9)
    • Now that we have been "JUSTIFIED BY FAITH IN HIS BLOOD" (5:9 cf. 3:24-26), we are assured that we will be "SAVED FROM THE WRATH TO COME" (5:9 cf. I Thessalonians 1:10):
      • "THE WRATH TO COME" (Matthew 3:7; Luke 3:7) will be VISIBLY "REVEALED FROM HEAVEN" (1:18) AS it was IN TIMES PAST (Genesis 7:11; Genesis 19:24)
      • The FUTURE "DAY OF WRATH" (2:5; Revelation 16:15-17)
  • Result - the Reconciliation of Divine Enemies (5:10)
    • IF we as HIS ENEMIES have been "RECONCILED TO GOD BY THE DEATH OF HIS SON" (5:10 cf. Colossians 1:21-22) THEN how much more so shall we be "SAVED BY HIS LIFE" (5:10 cf. Galatians 2:20):
      • Our "BAPTISM INTO HIS DEATH" (6:3) makes it possible for us to "WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE" (6:4)
      • "PUTTING OFF" the "OLD MAN (ADAM)" (Ephesians 4:22) and "PUTTING ON" the "NEW MAN (CHRIST)" (Ephesians 4:24) is done by TRUSTING IN our IDENTIFICATION WITH CHRIST (6:6,9,11)
  • Result - the Enjoyment of God through Christ (5:11)
    • Therefore, we "JOY (REJOICE) IN GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST" (5:11 cf. 5:1-2):
      • Little wonder is it that the APOSTLE OF GRACE (1:1,5), i.e. the "CHIEF OF SINNERS" and our EXAMPLE of GOD'S LONGSUFFERING OF SINNERS (I Timothy 1:15-16 cf. Acts 9:13-16) - REJOICED IN CHRIST (Philippians 1:18) and EXHORTED his hearers to do the SAME (Philippians 3:1; Philippians 4:4)

Study Outline

Experiencing the Result of the Gospel (5:1-5)

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Measuring the Result of the Gospel (5:6-11)

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