THE LOVE OF GOD
Romans 5:6-11, 8:31 -39
V:6-8. " For while we were still helpless, at the right
time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though
perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. "
A. Our birth in the flesh was in weakness.
1. As new babies
we were totally dependant on our parents.
2. As babes,
having considered no sin, we were born
in sin and shaped in iniquity.
3. All flesh is
born in sin because of Adam's sin in the garden.
B. We were also born in spiritual weakness, incapable if
resisting sin.
1. Since all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God, then all of
us were born
in a condemned state.
2. God in His
omniscience, knew our condemned state and provided us a
redeemer in
His Son Jesus Christ.
C. God on Mount Sinai , gave Moses His
commands so that we might know Him
and His
righteousness.
1. The Word of God
makes us aware of our sinful state and condemned
destination of
Hell.
2. Because of
God's great love for us, He sent His Son down from heaven to
die for our
sins.
D. The text says at the right time Christ died for us.
1. At the right
time when we knew our sins, Christ died.
2. At the right
time when we knew our state of condemnation, Christ died.
3. At the right
time when we knew we needed a redeemer, Christ died.
4. At the right
time in God's divine plan of redemption, Christ died.
5. God gave Us
His Word, judges, prophets and apostles to teach His
Word to us.
6. At the right
time God brought us to our knees and made us call on Him.
7. At the right time when we knew our
helplessness and our need for Him,
Christ became
real to us.
E. The evidence of God's love for us is the cross.
1. How did you and
I get to the cross?
2. Jesus said, we
did not choose Him, He chose us.
3. God's choice of
us was before the foundation of the world.
Eph 1:4
ENEMIES MADE FRIENDS
V:9-10. " Much more then, having now been justified by
His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be
saved by His life. "
A. We have three Biblical terms that are key to understanding redemption.
1. Reconcile is a
mutual change, from hostility to holiness.
2. Atonement is
the exchange of Jesus sinless nature for our sinfulness.
3. Justification
is our delivery from eternal damnation.
B. God has a process for His of plan for our redemption.
1. Romans 8:30 states, " And those he predestined,
he also called; those he called, he
also
justified; those he justified, he also glorified. "
2. God selected
His Son to be our redemption. Gen 3:15
3. God called us
out of the world.
4. He commanded His
son, who knew no sin to die for our
sins; that is atonement.
5. We are
justified by our faith in the blood of Jesus shed on the cross.
(freed from
the penalty of sin)
6. The Lord
reconciled us to Himself. We were change from a state of hostility to
a state of
holiness in Christ Jesus.
a. Any man in
Christ is a new creation.
b. Any new
creation is under Jesus care.
7. Jesus gave us a
measure of faith that enabled us to accept Him as our salvation.
Rom 12:3
a. No one can
come to Jesus unless He drawn by the Father.
John 6:65
b. We came to
Jesus not on our own, but by divine intervention.
c. Those who
come to Christ have thirst for Him given by Him. John 6:37-38
.
JESUS JOY GIVEN BY HIM
V:11. " And not only this, but we also exult in God
through our Lord Jesus
Christ, through whom
we have now received the reconciliation. "
A. Jesus said, if I be lifted up, I will draw all men to
Myself.
1. Once in Christ
we are given a conscience to have joy in Him.
2. In John 15:11 Christ states, " I have
told you this so that my joy may be in
you and that
your joy may be complete. "
B. If we keep our focus on the cross, any sadness we have
should evaporate.
1. Happiness is
conditional on the way we feel.
2. But joy is
eternal based on our knowledge of the goodness of God.
MORE THAN
THE WORLD AGAINST US
Romans 8:31-39
V:31. " What, then, shall we say in response to this?
If God is for us, who can be against us?"
A. One of the comforts that every believer has is God on
their side.
1. The
"if" means that we have to be doing what God approves.
2. The
"if" means that our objective is to glorify God.
B. God is more than the whole world against us.
1. God will
complete the good work He began in. Phil
1:6,
2. God has an
interest in those He loves. 2 Cor 9:8
IT IS ALL ABOUT JESUS
V: 32-33. : He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him
up for us all — how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all
things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is
God who justifies. "
A. For our good, God is willing to do everything that is
good for us that He
may get the
glory. John 15:8
1. Since Jesus and
the Father are one, for our good, God sacrifice Himself for
our salvation. John 10:30
2. For those God
has predestined, there is nothing that will prevent them from
being saved.
3. Jesus said ,
those that Father has given me, I lose none.
John 6:30
B. God has a vested interest in all believer because we were
created for good
works. Eph 2:10
1. No one is able
to speak a word against our salvation, that Father will
listen to. Psalms 103:11-12
2. The blood of
Jesus has atoned for our sins past, present and future.
Psalms
103:11-12
JUSTIFICATION BY THE MAN AT THE TOP
V:34-35. " Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who
died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and
is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or
sword?"
A. Our Faith in Jesus was sealed from the moment we
confessed Him as Lord
and savior. Eph 4:30
1. The redeemed of the Lord are not perfect
and will sin from time to time.
2. We have the
mercy of God that forgives our sins and the grace of God
continues to
show us favor.
3. Jesus is seated
at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us.
a. It is the
will of the Father that none of His elect be lost. John 6:30
B. There is only one judge who condemns and He is
Jesus. Acts 10:42
1. We are not
promised a life without trials.
2. We are promised
that our circumstance will not separate us from love
of the Father.
3. James 1:2-3
states: "2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of
many kinds, 3
because you know that the testing of your faith develops
perseverance."
MORE THAN CONQUERORS
V:36-37. " As it
is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered
as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him who loved us."
A. These verses are the Apostle Paul's testimony to his love
for Jesus and His Church.
1. He was able to
find strength in his persecutions.
2. Even though,
Paul was continuously persecuted by the Jews, His love
for Jesus
prompted him to encourage us doing times of trouble.
B. Trouble in the life of a believer is not a sign of
defeat.
1. Trouble in the
time of a believer is God's time to be glorified through us
John 11:4
2. According to
verse 37, we gain supernatural strength in our trouble if we
endure the time.
3. According to
the verse, it is not our strength, but the strength of Jesus imparted
in us.
C. We are more than conquerors because we have victory in
this life and
the eternal life
to come.
INSEPARATABLE FROM THE LOVE OF GOD
V:38-39. " For I
am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither
the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor
anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
A. Having been adopted in Christ by our faith in the blood
of Jesus we belong
to Him.
1. We have been
sealed with the Spirit of God until the day of redemption.
2. Like Paul, we
have to be certain in our minds, that nothing separates us from the
love of..
3. We were created
new in Jesus because of God's love for us.
B. Notice in these verses Satan mission to separate us from
Christ.
1. Our physical
death is not the end of God's love for us.
2. Trouble in this life is no indication of
God's abandonment of us.
3. Trouble caused
by Satan and his demons are not an indication of
God's lack of
love for us.
4. The trouble that
man may causes in your life is not an indication
of a lack of
love of God.
5. Nothing in
creation can separate us from the love of God.
C. The truth is, we are bound to heaven by the love of God
and neither
we or anyone
else can change that.
THANK GOD FOR HIS GREAT
LOVE
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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