Romans 5:1 Access By Faith

"In Romans 3:21-26, we found that God gives righteousness through faith to all who believe; and that He gave Christ to die in order to make this gift of righteousness consistent with His own righteousness. In Romans 3:27; 4:25, we found that justification through faith is in harmony with God’s treatment of Abraham. In Romans 5:1, Paul will assume that justification is through faith and through Christ, and will then go on to develop logically the results of these doctrines. We shall find (in Romans 5:1, 2) that they give us peace with God and a joyful hope of glory; a hope (Romans 5:3, 4)." Beet

5:1 "Therefore"/ *Then God / depraved man, no hope, inexcusable, no law or human effort could save!

"being justified by faith"/ DikaiwqenteV - Aor Pass Ptc

past completed action, but a continued activity by God! It is irreversible!!

That his readers are justified, is taught in 1 Corinthians 6:11; Titus 3:7; and that by faith they are already in the way of salvation, which is the same doctrine in another form, is stated in other epistles bearing the name of Paul. By an important coincidence, the same doctrine in the same phrase is in Acts 13:39 attributed to Paul in a recorded address; as is similar teaching in Romans 16:31; 26:18. All this taken together is decisive documentary evidence that as matter of historic fact Paul taught, in language equivalent to that used in Romans 1:17; 3:21, 22, that God accepts as righteous, in spite of their past sins, all who believe the Gospel. This teaching, which we may conveniently speak of as justification through faith, is the FIRST and chief fundamental doctrine of the Epistle to the Romans and of the theology of Paul.

We now ask, How did Paul come to this claim? An answer is suggested by the fact that although the phrase justified through faith is found only

with Paul, the equivalent doctrine that all who believe the Gospel are in the way of salvation is found in other N.T. documents altogether different in thought and phrase from the epistles of Paul.

In the Fourth Gospel Christ is said to have frequently taught that all who believe in Him will have and already have eternal life: Romans 3:15; 5:24; 6:29, 35,40,47.

If so, they already possess by faith the favor of God. Similar teaching, in Mark 1:15; 16:16; Luke 8:12; 18:14. And in Matthew 8:10; 9:22, 29; 15:28; 17:20; 21:21 we have, attributed to Christ, teaching wonderfully in harmony with the same. So also James 2:1, 14-26; 5:15; 1 Peter 2:6, 7; 1 John 5:1-13.

1. "we have peace with God"/ ecomen / Pres Act Ind

continuous present benefit from God / reconciliation: 2 Cor. 5:17-21 / "with" is proV

Peace: "Before, while sinners, we were in a state of enmity with God, which was sufficiently proved by our rebellion against his authority, and our transgression of his laws; but now, being reconciled, we have peace with God. Before, while under a sense of the guilt of sin, we had nothing but terror and dismay in our own consciences; now, having our sin forgiven, we have peace in our hearts, feeling that all our guilt is taken away. Peace is generally the first-fruits of our justification." Clark

"This shows that all men, till they are justified, are at war with God. But when they are justified by faith, the wrath of God, which abideth on those who believe not on His Son, John 3:36, is turned away, and they cease to be enemies to God. Thus peace, succeeding hostility, brings with it every blessing; for there is no middle place for the creature between the love and the wrath of God.

This peace, then, arises from righteousness, - the imputation of the righteousness of God by which the believer is justified, and is followed

by a sense of great peace. So long as men look upon their sins as unpardoned, and on God as the avenger of their transgressions, they must

regard Him as being to them a consuming fire. But when they view God in

Christ reconciling them to Himself, not imputing their iniquities to them,

peace, according to the measure of faith, is established in the conscience.

This never can be experienced by going about to establish our own righteousness. If any man have peace in his conscience, it must flow from

Christ’s righteousness. Resting on this righteousness, the believer beholds God at peace with him, perfectly reconciled." Haldane

"Through this sense of the pardon of sin, and of friendship with God, the

peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keeps his heart and mind

through Christ Jesus. The maintenance of this peace, by preserving the

conscience free from guilt by continual application to the blood of Christ,

is the main point in the believer’s walk with God and the powerful spring

of His obedience. The Apostle prays that the Lord Himself may give His people peace by all means, and enjoins that the peace of God should rule in the hearts of believers." Haldane

How would you define peace? / eirhnhn / The word primarily means to bring to peace or reconcile. In Mark 9:50, the Lord desires that the disciples be at peace with one another.

The word occurs in every book of the NT, except 1 John. It describes harmonious relationships between men, between nations, friendliness, order, quietness in the churches, the reconciled relationships between God and man accomplished through the Gospel, Acts 10:36; Eph. 2:17; the sense of rest and contentment.

"The God of peace" is a title used in Rom. 15:33; Rom. 16:20; Phil. 4:9; 1 Thess. 5:23; Heb. 13:20; cp. 1 Cor. 14:33; 2 Cor. 13:11. The corresponding Hebrew word shalom primarily signifies wholeness, uncut, full, finished. In Gen. 26:31 the term "peace_offering" is called the "salvation offering" (Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48). In 2 Thess. 3:16, the title "the Lord of peace" refers to the Lord Jesus.

"Peace"/ is described in the Old Testament and is beautifully seen as a gift, a blessing, or that which emanates from the Lord.

Job 22:21 "Acquaint thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee."

Psalm 29:11 "The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace."

Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 32:17 "And the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."

The Lord, being the God of PEACE, desires that His children have peace in their hearts that passes all understanding! We often toss and turn all night, because stress dominates our living, but the David said,

Psalm 4:8 " I will lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell safely."

HOW CAN WE OBTAIN THIS PEACE?

1. Through salvation by grace: Romans 5:1

2. Obey the Word of God: Psalm 119:165; Prov. 3:1-2

3. Look for His coming and kingdom: 2 Peter 3:13-14

4. Search for His wisdom: Prov. 3:15-18; 2 Tim. 2:22

5. Live in His presence and power: John 20:19-21

6. Live a life of true trust and faith: Romans 15:13

7. Live in unity with the brethren: 2 Cor. 13:11; Eph. 4:3

8. Give thanks, pray with supplication: Phil. 4:6-7

9. By the transforming of your mind: Romans 8:6-8; Phil. 4:9

 

"through the Lord Jesus Christ"/ intercession through and by His life. 3:24; 5:10; John 14:6

2. "by whom also we have access by faith"/ prosagwghn / to lead or bring into the presence of a king / extreme access / Eph. 2:15-18; Heb. 4:16; 7:19,25; 10:19-22

3. into his grace wherein we stand"/ esthkamen / Pf. Ind

set, appoint, place, confirm, fix, establish, / *permanency

Heb. 10:9;

5:3-5 We Glory in All Things - Progressive List

"And not only so, but we glory" - kaucwmeqa - Press Mid

to glory (whether with reason or without), to glory on account of something. Sometimes translated, glory 23, boast 8, rejoice or make boast.

tribulations"/ qilyiV / pressing together, anguish, pressure, distress, persecution, trouble

"Worketh" - katergazetai - to perform, accomplish, achieve

"patience"/ upomonhn / not swerving from a place of loyalty during tribulation or suffering - Eph. 3:13; James 1:2-3,12

Psalm 40:1; I Pet. 2:20

"experience"/ dokimhn / the real proving, proof of what is real, documentation, worth/ I Pet. 5:10

"hope"/ elpida - joyful expectation / Rom. 15:4; 2 Cor. 4:8

"And hope maketh not ashamed"/ kataiscunei / Pres Act Ind not confounded, disgraced, "blush" because of God’s failure. Faith in Him is always right and is never embarrassing due to His failure. He is always faithful. We have not been deceived.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. Psalms 22:4-5

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. Phil 1:20

WHY? "Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts"/ ekkecutai / Pf Pass Ind / poured out, gush out or distribute in large portions. Rom. 8:35-37

BY WHOM? "by the Holy Ghost which is given us"/ doqentoV Aor Pass Ptc / Lit. "granted to us" because of His obligation of love, etc.

5:6 "For yet when we were without strength" - asqenwn

weak, infirm, feeble - Eph. 2:1-5

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; Col 2:14

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us...

Titus 3:3-6

"In due time" - kairon - a measure of time, a larger or smaller portion of time, a fixed and definite time, the time when things are brought to crisis, opportune or seasonable time

"Christ died for the ungodly" - asebwn apeqane - While helpless and not seeking God, Christ came!

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Gal 4:4-5

5:7 "for scarcely for a righteous man will one die" - moliV

no need, with difficulty, hardly, not easily, very rarely

"good man"/ some may see the need, or perhaps die

"sinner"/ must have someone to die for him -

5:8 "but God commendeth"/ sunisthsi / placed together, showed, introduced, expressed without reservation

"His love toward us" - John 3:16

"In that, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us"

Matt. 20:28; I Pet. 1:18-20; Gal. 3:13

I John 3:16 "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."

Propitiation: Rom. 3:25; I John 2:2

Reconciliation: Rom. 5:10; Eph. 2:16; Col. 1:20; 2 Cor. 5:18

Substitution: Isa. 53:6; I Pet. 2:24; 3:18

5:9-10 "Much more then" - pollw sun mallon - as if God has not done enough already! Even with all that He has done for us in salvation, justification, inheritance, etc. What was already great is greater in degree. It is the comparative and superlative combined to show its greatness. 3:24-25; 5:1

"Being now justified by His blood" - dikaiwqenteV

Aor Pass Ptc - An event in the past with continuing results. What He has done already in the past and continues to due in the present.

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." I John 1:7

"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." Eph. 2:13

"We shall be saved from wrath through Him" swqhsomwqa Fut Pass Ind- the promise of the future! Rom. 8:1,30

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." John 5:24

"And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come." I Thess. 1:10

5:10 Another comparison. If we were saved when we were enemies, imagine how the life that we possess because we have been reconciled.

"we were enemies" - ecqroi onteV - Pres Ptc - hateful, hostile, opposing another, at enmity with God by their sin, opposing God in the mind.

"we reconciled..." - kathllaghmen - Pres Ptc - to receive one into favor.

"we shall be saved" - swqhsomwqa - Fut Pass Ind

"By His life" - en th zwh autou

"And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day." John 6:40

"As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever." John 6:57-58

"Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also." John 14:19

5:11 "...but we also joy in God" - kaucwmenoi - Pres Ptc

glory, boast, rejoice.

"Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:"

1 Peter 1:8

"Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom also we have received the atonement" - The atonement has been made already, but it must be received - John 11:25; 8:24; 3:16;

Acts 16:31

Salvation = justification: Eph. 2:5 - "being"

Sanctification: I Cor. 1:18 "now"

Glorification: Heb. 9:28 - "shall be"

 

5:12-14 For until the law of Moses sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed as a transgression against the law. Adam’s sin was the breaking of a direct command of God and not imputed as sin against the law.

Death was the result of direct disobedience. Even thought sin was not imputed as a result of the law, death still had power over man, even though he had not broken a direct command of God the way Adam did.

Don’t make Adam the hero. He is the one responsible, even though Eve was deceived. Adam broke the covenant of God. Men did die from Adam to Moses, and the cause was the direct disobedience of Adam.

"who is the figure of him that was to come" - tupoV

the mark of a stroke or blow, print, figure formed by a blow or impression, the pattern in conformity to which a thing must be made

ADAM

CHRIST

Head of the race passing on a genetic sin nature

Second Adam giving a spiritual inheritance

He was innocent, but sinned

Sinless perfection

Inherited the image of God

Express image of God

Potential

Reality

Earthly domain

Heaven

Created man by nature

Eternal nature as God

 

5:15 "many" / indicates that not all are in Christ, but derive their life and character from Adam

"much more"/ from Christ / abundantly more, certain fullness of life

"the gift by grace" / the gracious act of God in giving the gift of salvation through mercy. His Son abounds "unto many" (those who come to Christ). His infinite grace transcends the result of Adam’s sin.