BIG Idea: Justification by faith gives us a firm foundation of peace, hope, love, and eternal security in Christ.
Application: Live in the reality of your justification—stop striving, start trusting, and rejoice in the peace and security Christ has already given you.
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Romans 5:1 (NIV)
1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1. Justification gives us
We no longer stand as enemies of God – there is no more striving or fear. We have peace
Colossians 1:21 (NIV)
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
Peace with God is not a
Romans 5:2 (NIV)
2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
2. Justification opens the door to
Justification doesn’t just clear your
3. Justification transforms our
Romans 5:3-5 (NIV)
3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Suffering is no longer
Suffering –> Endurance –> Character –> Hope.
In Christ, pain is never
4. Justification
Romans 5:5-8 (NIV)
5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The death of Christ is not just a moment of sacrifice, but a
5. Justification secures our
Romans 5:9-11 (NIV)
9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
That means we can stop