Romans 5
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
(HEBREWS 11:1)
Hope may begin as a tiny yearning, but when fanned by encouragement, it can light a mighty blaze. It's life-giving. People may feel ill. Once assured their symptoms will pass and that they will recover, they are often strengthened until they are well. A business may be failing. But when the owner sees signs of increased demand for his product, he perseveres through the down-time.The power of hope may be most obvious when it's gone. It's tragic to look into the eyes of one who has lost hope. To anticipate the realization of the thing we're looking forward to gives joy and motivates us. But the person without hope can hardly take another step.
Even in the direst of situations we need not despair because of one - and only one - hope that lies at the heart of every believer: the hope given to us in Jesus Christ. As our world caves in around us, even a spark of hope in Jesus is enough to cling to. That spark grows into the fire of faith of knowing our answer will come, if not in this world, then in the next.
INSIGHT
"SUFFERING PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE; PERSEVERANCE, CHARACTER; AND CHARACTER, HOPE. AND HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT US..."
(ROMANS 5:4-5)
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Exodus 9-10
Psalm 30
Mark 10
Romans 5
New International Version (NIV)
Peace and Hope
5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we[c] 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.
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.
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.
Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Footnotes:
a. Romans 5:1 Many manuscripts let us
b. Romans 5:2 Or let us
c. Romans 5:3 Or let us
Cross references:
A. Romans 5:1 : S Ro 4:25
B. Romans 5:1 : S Ro 3:28
C. Romans 5:1 : S Lk 2:14
D. Romans 5:1 : ver 10
E. Romans 5:2 : Eph 2:18; 3:12
F. Romans 5:2 : 1Co 15:1
G. Romans 5:2 : S Heb 3:6
H. Romans 5:3 : S Mt 5:12
I. Romans 5:3 : S Heb 10:36
J. Romans 5:5 : Php 1:20; S Heb 3:6; 1Jn 3:2, 3
K. Romans 5:5 : ver 8; Jn 3:16; Ro 8:39
L. Romans 5:5 : Ac 2:33; 10:45; Tit 3:5, 6
M. Romans 5:6 : Mk 1:15; Gal 4:4; Eph 1:10
N. Romans 5:6 : ver 8, 10
O. Romans 5:6 : Ro 4:25
P. Romans 5:8 : Jn 3:16; 15:13; 1Pe 3:18; 1Jn 3:16; 4:10
Q. Romans 5:9 : S Ro 4:25
R. Romans 5:9 : S Ro 3:25
S. Romans 5:9 : S Ro 1:18
T. Romans 5:10 : Ro 11:28; Col 1:21
U. Romans 5:10 : ver 11; Ro 11:15; 2Co 5:18, 19; Col 1:20, 22
V. Romans 5:10 : Ro 8:34; Heb 7:25
W. Romans 5:11 : S ver 10
X. Romans 5:12 : ver 15, 16, 17; Ge 3:1-7; 1Co 15:21, 22
Y. Romans 5:12 : ver 14, 18; Ge 2:17; 3:19; S Ro 6:23
Z. Romans 5:12 : S Ro 3:9
AA. Romans 5:13 : S Ro 4:15
AB. Romans 5:14 : Ge 3:11, 12
AC. Romans 5:14 : 1Co 15:22, 45
AD. Romans 5:15 : ver 12, 18, 19
AE. Romans 5:15 : Ac 15:11
AF. Romans 5:17 : S ver 12
AG. Romans 5:17 : Jn 10:10
AH. Romans 5:18 : S ver 12
AI. Romans 5:18 : S Ro 4:25
AJ. Romans 5:18 : Isa 53:11
AK. Romans 5:19 : ver 12
AL. Romans 5:19 : S Ro 3:9
AM. Romans 5:19 : S Php 2:8
AN. Romans 5:20 : Ro 3:20; 7:7, 8; Gal 3:19
AO. Romans 5:20 : Ro 6:1; 1Ti 1:13, 14
AP. Romans 5:21 : ver 12, 14; S Ro 6:16
AQ. Romans 5:21 : S Ro 3:24
AR. Romans 5:21 : S Mt 25:46
"CHRISTIAN" MYTHS ABOUT MONEY [PART 3]
with Dr. Ben Witherington
Sometimes we believe things that sound biblical without ever really examining them for truth. Many Christians believe myths about money that are not present in the Bible. Do you know what they are?
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